History's Hard Truths
$100 Clue: The primary purpose of the Chinese Head Tax was to discourage people from this country from immigrating to Canada.
Answer: What is China?
$100 Clue: This is the turning point, or the most exciting and tense part, of a story's plot.
Answer: What is the climax?
$100 Clue: Covering more than 30% of the Earth's surface, this is the largest ocean in the world.
Answer: What is the Pacific Ocean?
$100 Clue: These chemical messengers travel through the bloodstream and are responsible for triggering the physical changes of puberty. (Hint: Starts with a H)
Answer: What are hormones?
$100 Clue: On Dragon's Den, the individuals who step onto the stage to pitch their business ideas to the investors are known by this title.
Answer: What are entrepreneurs?
$200 Clue: The Residential School system was funded by the Canadian government but run primarily by these organizations.
Answer: What are churches/religious organizations?
$200 Clue: Words like "brave," "cunning," "loyal," and "stubborn" are examples of these, which help define a person in a story.
Answer: What are character traits?
$200 Clue: With an area of just 0.49 square kilometers, this is the smallest fully independent country in the world.
Answer: What is Vatican City?
$200 Clue: This is the two-word term for the sudden and rapid increase in height and weight that most people experience during puberty.
Answer: What is a growth spurt?
$200 Clue: Driving for Uber, delivering food for DoorDash, or walking dogs on Rover are all examples of participating in this type of flexible economy.
Answer: What is the gig economy?
$300 Clue: In 2006, the Canadian government officially did this regarding the Chinese Head Tax, offering compensation to surviving payers or their spouses. (Hint Mr. Ablett put a video of this on in class)
Answer: What is apologize?
$300 Clue: Located at the very beginning of the plot diagram, this stage introduces the setting and the main characters.
Answer: What is the exposition (or introduction)?
$300 Clue: Because it crosses the equator and the prime meridian, it is the only continent to be situated in all four hemispheres.
Answer: What is Africa?
$300 Clue: During puberty, these specific glands become much more active, which is why regular showers and deodorant become important parts of a hygiene routine.
Answer: What are sweat glands (or sebaceous/oil glands)?
$300 Clue: If a Dragon offers you $10,000 in exchange for 10% equity in your company, they are implying that your entire company has this total valuation.
Answer: What is $100,000?
$400 Clue: The devastating, underlying goal of the Residential School system was to force Indigenous children to abandon their culture, a process known by this term.
Answer: What is assimilation?
$400 Clue: This is the underlying message, moral, or main idea that the author wants you to take away from the story.
Answer: What is the theme?
$400 Clue: Located in the Atlantic Ocean, this is the only sea on Earth that does not have a land coastline.
Answer: What is the Sargasso Sea?
$400 Clue: Often called the "master gland," this pea-sized gland located at the base of the brain signals the body to begin puberty.
Answer: What is the pituitary gland?
$400 Clue: In the gig economy, workers are usually not classified as employees, but rather as this two-word legal and tax status.
Answer: What are independent contractors (or freelancers)?
$500 Clue: The Chinese Head Tax started at $50 in 1885. By 1903, it had been raised to this maximum, financially crippling amount.
Answer: What is $500?
$500 Clue: This specific term refers to a character who undergoes a significant internal change or growth throughout the course of the story.
Answer: What is a dynamic character?
$500 Clue: While Mount Everest is the highest above sea level, this Hawaiian volcano is actually the tallest mountain in the world when measured from its underwater base to its peak.
Answer: What is Mauna Kea?
$500 Clue: A person's voice drops and deepens during puberty because this part of the respiratory system, also known as the voice box, grows larger. (You MUST list the scientific name of this body part here)
Answer: What is the larynx?
$500 Clue: In business, this is the financial term for the money a company gets to keep after all of its expenses, manufacturing costs, and taxes have been paid.
Answer: What is profit (or net income)?