Vocabulary For Historical Events and Disasters
Vocabulary For Historical Events and Disasters
Vocabulary For Historical Events and Disasters
1. The murder of someone, usually an important politician, president or ruler for political
reasons is called __________________
2. The event which causes a huge loss of life especially due to burning is called a
____________________
3. If lots of people fight against a government or refuse to follow the existing authority, it's
called a _____________________
4. If the above was successful and the government was caused to fall, it would have been
__________________
5. If something or place is found for the first time it is called a ___________________
6. If something is thought-up or created for the first time it is an ________________
7. The event whereby the heir or heiress to the throne is crowned is called a
___________________
8. To lose in a battle is to suffer a ___________________
9. The merciless mass killing of defenseless people is an event known as a
_______________
10.What two-part word describes events such as typhoons, floods, droughts and
earthquakes? ________________
Disaster Vocabulary
blizzard, drought, famine, earthquake, tidal wave/tsunami, riot, explosion, tornado, epidemic,
pollution