Biography Vocab
Essay Vocab
Wild Card
Biography
Basic U.S. History
100

A series of events that happen repeatedly and in the same order; (c)

cycle

100

Your main point

thesis

100

The protagonist of the circuit

Francisco

100

What NBA player has made the most three-pointers in league history?

Steph Curry

100

What is the United States' birthday?

July 4, 1776

200

Someone who likes to read (b)

bookish

200

How many paragraphs is your biography?

Three

200
A comparison using like or as

simile

200

What type of work did Cesar Chavez and Francisco Jimenez families do?

Migrant farm worker

200

Who wrote that the Emancipation was a great beacon of hope in "I Have A Dream"?

MLK

300

Connected with money, finance, trade, etc. of a country or area; (e)

economic

300

information that supports your thesis

evidence

300

separate or isolate, often based on race or gender

segregation

300

Where was Malala when she was shot?

On a school bus

300

Who was president during the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

400

To come out ahead, especially when something is difficult (p)

prevail

400

In a body paragraph, this introduces us to what you will be talking about.

topic sentence

400

A guess or hypothesis that you make based on the information you have.

inference

400

What jersey number is no one in major league baseball allowed to wear? (Except one day a year)

42

400

Who wrote "The Gettysburg Address"?

Lincoln

500

Open to members of all races or ethnic groups (I)

integrated

500

Which part of a paragraph about Cesar Chavez would this be? Cesar Chavez spent his life trying to improve conditions for farm workers.

Topic sentence or thesis

500

very light, airy delicate; other-worldly

ethereal

500

What college is Francisco now a professor at?

Santa Clara University

500

Who was the first person to write, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal?"

Thomas Jefferson

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