Fur Trade in Wisconsin
Which animal was king of the fur trade?
The Beaver
Mesopotamia is located in which region of the world?
Middle East
What is the name for a story published on printed paper and bound between two covers?
Who wrote Romeo & Juliet?
William Shakespeare
What do we call the perspective when a book is written from the view point of the main character?
First person
What was the fur trade?
The process of exchanging European trade goods for Indian goods, such as pelts or wild rice
Mesopotamia is found in which modern countries
Iraq and Syria
What is the most exciting moment in a book called?
The Climax
What is the literary term for the battle between the protagonist and the antagonist?
Conflict
What is the literary term for where a book’s story takes place?
Setting
Why were the Europeans interested in trading with the native for pelts?
At the time, fur hats and coats were very popular and stylish back in Europe.
3 major groups of Mesopotamia
1- Sumerians
2- Assyrians
3- Babylonians
What is the literary term for the main character in a book?
The Protagonist
The type of words that describe how we do things (by modifying verbs) are called:
Adverbs
What is the literary term for the ending of a book?
Conclusion
What where the two large trading companies that formed at this time?
The Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company
The two main rivers in Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
What is the literary term for the villain or the force that opposes the hero of a book?
The Antagonist
What is the literary term for the type of story in a book, such as horror, mystery, or coming-of-age?
Genre
Name all of the FANBOYS words: these are the words we use to combine independent clauses into a compound sentence.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet
Where were the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company located?
They were located in French controlled Canada.
What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
land between two rivers
What is the literary term for information given about a story’s world before the story even begins?
Exposition
Name (3) of the types of conflict in literature
Main Character vs. Other Character, Supernatural, Nature, Society, Self
What is the literary term for a quotation at the start of a book or chapter that is meant to set the mood?
Epigraph