Navajo Code Talkers Vocabulary

Match the vocabulary word to the definition: Native Americans who sent military messages in Navajo by radio.

• code talkers

• radar

• aircraft carriers

• bombers

The code used by the Navajo Code Talkers _.

• had been used by the Marines for years

• was an ancient Navajo code

• was developed by the code talkers themselves

• none of the above

The code of the Navajo Code Talkers used _.

• codes for letters

• codes for words

• English and Navajo words

• all of these

Answer explanation

The turtle is coming!

The Navajo code was _.

• never broken

• finally broken by the Japanese in 1945

• used in one battle

• used only in 1942

Their language was used to encode messages at Iwo Jima and Okinawa...

• Mexican-Americans

• Navajo Code Talkers

• German Prisoners of War

• French Generals

Which group of Native Americans created a code that was never broken during WWII?

• Navajo

• Apache

• Sioux

• Iroquois

Why did the United States military use codes?

• To help put the airplanes in order.

• To help forecast the weather.

• To grade the soldiers on their success in the military.

• To make it difficult for the enemy to know their plans.

Why did the author include the sample of the Navajo dictionary in the selection?

• To help readers understand how the code worked.

• The author thought it was pretty.

• To help the enemies break the code.

• To show the reader how to spell Navajo.

The code word for the United States was ne-he-mah which means ___________ in Navajo.

• eagle

• mother

• president

• land

What is the meaning of the word reveal in Navajo Code Talkers?

• to make known

• to realize

• to share