A factor that helped settle the territory of California was the discovery of this in 1848.
What is gold?
100
This type of sentence identifies the main idea of a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
100
One side of a square is 16 inches. The perimeter of the square would be ______________.
What is 64 inches?
100
When I was in 8th grade, it was cool to carry this portable radio around on your shoulder. It had a minimum of 2 speakers and the bigger, the better.
What is a boom box (or ghetto blaster)?
200
A triple beam scale measures this.
What is mass?
200
This purchase in 1803 doubled the size of our country.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
The three parts of an essay or paper.
What is introduction, body, and conclusion?
200
2x(6x8)=(2x6)x8 is an example of this property.
What is associative property of multiplication?
200
When I was in 8th grade, New Moon premiered. This hit movie featured these three main characters (first and last names, please).
Who is Bella Swan, Jacob Black, and Edward Cullen?
300
All elements that are known to man can be found on this table.
What is a periodic table?
300
The Shoshone guide that assisted Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
Who is Sacagawea?
300
Over, under, and around are all examples of this part of speech.
What is a preposition?
300
Matt has 10 red folders, 4 blue folders, 14 green folders, and 8 black folders on his shelf. The probability that he will randomly grab a black folder.
What is 2 in 9?
300
When I was in 8th grade, this Swiss watch was all the rage.
What is Swatch?
400
Sexual reproduction of cells is called this.
What is meiosis?
400
This famous document begins, "When in the course of human events...".
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
This is a book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
400
The radius of a circle is 4mm so the circumference of the circle is this.
What is 25.12mm?
400
When I was in 8th grade, this team won their 27th World Series championship.
Who are the New York Yankees?
500
Three organelles that are found in every eukaryotic cell.
What is nucleus, mitochondria, lysosome, golgi apparatus, endoplasmic reticulum, and/or ribosome?
500
This compromise allowed Maine to enter the union as a free state and Missouri to enter as a slave state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
500
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in "I could sleep for a year."
What is a hyperbole?
500
Bob is on a trip of 1,484 miles. He has already traveled 160 miles. He has 4 days left in his trip. The number of miles he needs to travel each day to complete his trip, traveling equal distance each of the remaining 4 days.
What is 331 miles per day?
500
When I was in 8th grade, in the late 70s, this "high tech" hand-held device began making math class much easier, if the teacher allowed such luxuries.