Religions
Newbery
India
MishMash
Vocab
100
It is one of the five pillars of Islam that requires a trip to Mecca.
What is Hajj?
100
A bicycle played an important part in this Mock Newbery novel. (bonus: can you name another book/ film where a bicycle played an important part?)
What is "Merci Suarez Changes Gears"?
Bonus: What is "Wadjda"?
100
Valmiki.
Who wrote the Ramayana?
100
This region includes countries in the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia.
What is the middle east?
100
This Wordly Wise word means to do really well at. It is also the name of a spreadsheet program.
What is excel?
200
This person is considered the father of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Who is Abraham?
200
This Mock Newbery book is a historical fiction that included a mystery and was set in Lambert, South Carolina.
What is The Parker Inheritance?
200
These three groups (countries etc.) which ruled over part of India at some point in history.
Who are Britain, Portugal, Holland, the Mughals, France?
200
Marial.
What is the name of Salva's friend, who gets eaten by a lion?
300
He was the founder of Buddhism (Buddha is not the correct answer because that wasn't his name when he founded the religion).
Who is Siddhartha Gautama, or the Buddha?
300
In this point of view, the narrator can know what any/ all characters are thinking (and of course saying).
What is omniscient point of view?
300
1857.
In what year was the Sepoy Rebellion?
300
This is what Niki calls a quote or passage from a novel where something interesting or meaningful occurs.
What is a sigmo?
300
Someone who works very hard is not indigent. They are this sort -of - rhyming word that was in Lesson 5.
What is diligent?
400
Brahma is the creator, Vishnu is the creator. He is the destroyer.
Who is Shiva?
400
The book trailer was a group assignment but this was the final individual assignment of the Mock Newbery unit.
What is an essay to propose whether your assigned book deserved the Newbery medal or an honor - or not?
400
these people.
Who are Jinnah, Gandhi, and Nehru?
400
This Roman emperor, known for 'laughing as Rome burned' , persecuted Christians in the first century.
Who is Nero?
400
If you are very fond of someone, you can say you have great _________ for them.
What is affection?
500
This is the pillar of Islam that requires a trip to Mecca.
What is Hajj?
500
These are 3 of the 6 criteria for the Newbery.
What are: 1) Interpretation of theme
2) Presentation of information including accuracy, clarity, and organization
3) Development of a plot
4) Delineation of characters
5) Delineation of setting
6) Appropriateness of style
500
This is the Mughal King who built the Taj Mahal.
Who is Shah Jahan?
500
These two connected sites are important in the Arab Israeli conflict.
What are the Western/ Wailing wall/ Temple Mount and Al Aqsa Mosque?
500
That's what attain means.
What is 'to succeed in achieving something?