New York
Industrial Revolution
Stylistic Devices
Mr. Wohlfart
Visions of the Future
100

Name New York City's famous park.

Central Park 

100

When did the first industrial revolution start?

Mid-18th century to 1870

100

Describe the general function of a personification.

Gives human-like features to an object

100

What's my first name?

Jonathan

100

Name 3 tipping elements in earth's climate system.

Greenland / Antarctic Ice Sheet / Permafrost / Amazon Rainforest / AMOC

200

Name a possible solution to New York's traffic problem.

Congestion Pricing

200
What sparked the Pullman Strike?


Pullman reduced the wages 20-30% due to the economic crises, but costs of living didn't drop

200

Name the stylistic device that is used here.

Organised chaos

Oxymoron

200
How old am I? (1 year deviation is ok)


28

200

What's the name of the technology with which disfunctional genes can be replaced. 

CRISPR/Cas

300

Name the five boroughs of New York City.

Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island

300

Who invented the Telegraph?

Samuel Morse

300

Name the following stylistic device and spell it:

It allows the reader "to hear" the writing.

Onomatopoeia

300

What's my A-Level average? (0,1 deviation is ok)

2,1

300

Explain the term "tipping point"

Critical threshold at which a small change in a system leads to a drastically different state -> once crossed, the changes become irreversible

400

What's the name of New York City's new major?

Zohran Mandami
400

Name the English term for "Webmaschine"

Power loom

400

What stylistic device is described?

A reference in a literary work to a character or theme found in another literay work

Allusion

400

Describe three tattoos that I have.

Naruto / Smiley / Sunflower

400
What does AMOC stand for?


Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

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