Vocabulary
Kii Yazhi: Navajo Culture
Background Knowledge
WWII
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To be disobedient, rebellious

What is Defiant?

100
What does Kii Yazhi mean in English?

What is little boy?

100

True or False: The Navajo Language links back to the Athabaskan people of Alaska.

What is True.

100

What year did WWII end?

What is 1945?

100

Why did Japan want to take all the land surrounding them?

What is they were in need of supplies/resources. They also wanted more power/control.

200
To take a leave of absence, a vacation

What is Furloughs?

200

How did Kii Yazhi and his uncle get to school?

What is they rode a wagon.

200

What makes up the 4 corners?

What is New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah

200

True or False: Code Talkers took part in most of the major battles fought in the Pacific.

What is true?

200

The reason the Navajo children could not speak their language at their schools.

What is the white men told them their native language did not matter, it was only English or nothing at all.

300
To be modest, unassuming

What is Humble?

300
Who was Jacob Benally?

What is a white man that told the Navajos their culture did not matter. They were not allowed to speak Navajo or not speak at all.

300

Why did the Navajos not like war?

What is they believed peace and balance were more important (Eagle).

300

The technology that the Code Talkers used to transmit their messages.

What is the radio?

300

What sport did Jim Thorpe play?

What is Football?

400

Echo continuously

What is reverberated?

400
True or False: Ned Begay actually likes school.

What is True.

400

Describe the Long Walk

What is a forced march of the Navajo Indians for 400 miles.

400

What was the famous battle that started the introduction of Navajos in war?

What is Pearl Harbor?

400

Where was John Roanhorse born and where did he die?

What is Gallup, New Mexico?

500

To board, get on

What is embark?

500

Who was John Roanhorse?

What is a Navajo student that was disobedient and spoke Navajo language. He was beaten with a stick and sent to the cellar.

500

True or False: Everyone knew the Navajo Code Language

What is False.

500

What is the name of the place where the famous U.S flag was raised by the Navajo soldiers?

What is Iwo Jima?

500
How old was Ned Begay when he passed?

What is 92 years old?

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