Language Arts and all about
Social Studies Stuff
Famous People from the past
100
A verb acting like a noun ending in -ing (a noun wanna-be) example: I like "playing" in the dirt.
What is gerund?
100
a strict ruling; people usually are not happy with the ruler; one ruler (forceful)
What is dictatorship?
100
our first U.S. president.
Who is George Washington?
200
When someone makes a reference to a well known topic example: "we aren't in Kansas anymore," the movie "Easy A" is a reference to the scarlet letter
What is Allusion?
200
The mass slaughter of Jews by Nazis. (remember the book: The Diary of Ann Frank)
What is the Holocaust?
200
The man on the penny.
What is Abraham Lincoln?
300
The height of voice or tone while talking (usually dealing with poetry)
What is pitch?
300
Meaning Native or Indigenous
What is Vernacular?
300
Helped Lewis and Clark on the expedition.
What is Sacagawea?
400
The act of leaning towards one opinion.
What is bias?
400
A government run by a small group.
What is an Oligarchy?
400
The person who invented the cotton gin.
What is Eli Whittney?
500
A positive conclusion made from premises that is absolutely true based on facts.
What is deductive reasoning?
500
the great charter of English liberties, forced by King John in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta?
500
The "first Justin Bieber" who is so much better than the current one.
What is Jesse Mcartney
M
e
n
u