Unit 18 Vocabulary Test

Many nutritionists say that including olive oil in your diet can have ______ health benefits.

• significant

• minimal

• negligible

• no

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

This ______ is based on findings that olive oil contains a special kind of fat that may help prevent heart disease.

• premise

• conclusion

• hypothesis

• assumption

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Choose the word from the box that best completes each item. Then write the word on the line provided. (You may have to change the word’s ending.) The Greeks have been making olive oil for thousands of years, so using it in meals is not a new ______.

• concept

• idea

• practice

• tradition

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

In fact, the process of obtaining an olive’s ______ oil has not changed much since ancient times.

• internal

• external

• essential

• natural

The ______ step in making olive oil is to grind the olives into paste.

• preliminary

• final

• intermediate

• initial

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.W.2.3

CCSS.W.3.3C

Then the paste is placed in a press, where the oil is ______.

• extracted

• boiled

• frozen

• dried

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Choose the word from the box that best completes each item. Then write the word on the line provided. (You may have to change the word’s ending.) Susan B. Anthony, who lived from 1820 to 1906, was an ______ for American women.

• advocate

• opponent

• bystander

• critic

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Choose the word from the box that best completes each item. Then write the word on the line provided. (You may have to change the word’s ending.) She challenged the ______ of people who believed that women did not deserve the same rights as men.

• ignorance

• knowledge

• awareness

• understanding

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Susan B. Anthony argued that women should be granted ______ rights, such as the right to own property, to have a job, to earn equal pay, and to vote.

• fundamental

• secondary

• conditional

• limited

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Susan B. Anthony voted in the 1872 presidential election. Her action ______ the law that protected the voting rights of adult male citizens.

• contradicted

• supported

• ignored

• upheld

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5