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Printable 5th grade vocabulary worksheet on ancient civilizations with fill-in-the-blank sentences and word bank.
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This printable vocabulary worksheet gives 5th graders 16 fill-in-the-blank sentences with a word bank covering ancient civilizations and related topics. Students match definitions to terms like civilization, artifact, archaeologist, pyramid, glacier, and embargo. Useful for vocabulary preview, review before a unit on ancient cultures, or as classwork or homework.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
Anthropology
Grade Level:
5th Grade
Updated September 2025

Word Bank

  • drought
  • glacier
  • migrate
  • theory
  • artifact
  • specialize
  • ceremony
  • mesa
  • civilization
  • Ice Age
  • empire
  • slavery
  • surplus
  • tribute
  • archaeologist
  • pyramid

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