The Sixties Teacher's Book

1960 Vocabulary Matching

Match the words on the left to their definitions on the right.

1 colony

.....

h

a country controlled by a more powerful country

2 consequence

.....

i

the undesired result of a particular act or situation

3 construction

.....

j

an act of building something

4 cooperation

.....

k

an act of working together for a common purpose

5 craze

.....

l

a thing or idea which is very popular for a short time

6 dam

.....

m

a wall built across a river to stop the flow of water

7 demonstrator

.....

n

a person among a group who shows an opinion in public

8 earthquake

.....

o

a sudden shake of the ground that often causes damage

9 election

.....

p

a time when many people choose a person for a job

10 explorer

.....

q

a person who travels to a new or unknown place

11 female

.....

a

of or characteristic of a woman

12 heart disease

.....

r

a serious medical illness of the heart

13 independent

.....

b

not controlled by anyone else

14 inequality

.....

s

a situation when people are not treated fairly or equally

15 lonesome

.....

c

unhappy because you are not with other people

16 massacre

.....

t

an act of killing many people in a short time

17 mood

.....

u

the way you feel at a particular time

18 mutual

.....

d

sharing for the benefit of all participants

19 nationalize

.....

☺

to make a business under the control of the government

20 pill

.....

v

a small solid piece of medicine

21 presidential

.....

e

relating to a president

22 prime minister

.....

w

the leader of a government similar to that of the UK

23 racial

.....

f

relating to ethnic groups or skin color

24 security

.....

x

protection against attacks by other countries

25 separated

.....

g

no longer living with a partner

26 Shakespeare

.....

y

a 16th Century English writer of plays and poems

27 sit-in

.....

z

when a group of people protest by sitting in a public place

28 suffer

.....

☯

to experience something bad

29 treaty

.....

☭

a formal agreement between two or more countries

30 troops

.....

☮

organized groups of soldiers

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