ELA
Arthur Miller's play entitled The Crucible, is said to have been patterned after this factual historical event which took place in the late 1600s in Massachusetts.
the Salem Witch Trials
A geometric sequence is shown below.
1/2 , 2, 8, 32, …
What is the common ratio?
4
What is the name for an explanation or proposed prediction based on prior knowledge that is tested during an experiment?
Hypothesis
The Republic of Panama is an example of this geographic feature, a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
A piano has white keys and a series of black keys, organized into groups of two and three. What is the note of the white key directly to the left of the two black keys?
C
This literary term is defined by using something tangible, to represent something intangible.
symbolism
Courtney went to a coffee shop to purchase lattes and donuts for her friends. One day she spent a total of $15.50 on four lattes and two donuts. The next day she spent a total of $18.10 on three lattes and five donuts. All prices included tax. If x represents the cost of one latte and y represents the cost of one donut, write a system of equations that can be used to model this situation.
4x + 2y = 15.50
3x + 5y = 18.10
This operator returns true only when both conditions on either side of it are true.
&& (AND operator)
Which U.S. President ended the war in Vietnam?
Richard Nixon
This type of ensemble, while resembling an orchestra, removes the strings and replaces them with saxophones and euphoniums.
What is a (concert) Band?
This literary device/term attributes human qualities to nonhuman/non living things. What is it?
personification
The number of fish in a pond is eight more than the number of frogs. The total number of fish and frogs in the pond is at least 20. If x represents the number of frogs, which inequality can be used to represent this situation?
2x + 8 >= 20
The name given to any self-regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival.
Homeostasis
This country faced such severe damage from combat in World War I that certain areas named Zone Rouge still remain so devastated that 99% of plant life cannot survive.
France
This band has at least 5 saxophones, 4 trombones, 4 trumpets , bass, guitar, drums and piano. The Grand Street Campus has 3 of them.
What is a Jazz Band?
This American poet wrote the lines:
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
Walt Whitman
In an arithmetic sequence, the first term is 25 and the third term is 15. What is the tenth term in this sequence?
-20
This law states that an object in motion should stay in motion, while an object at rest will stay at rest, unless acted upon by an outside force.
Newton's 1st Law
In his Presidential farewell address, Washington warned against two things that would threaten the U.S. Name both.
Political parties, and permanent treaties with other countries.
This is the name of the dance from the Rio de la Plata region between Argentina and Uruguay, known for a close embrace and intricate footwork.
What is a Tango?
This is the literary term that uses a part of something to represent a whole or a whole to represent a part. Examples include "We need boots on the ground as quickly as possible," where "boots" represents soldiers; or “Nice wheels!” where "wheels" represents a car.
Synecdoche
(pronounced si-NEK-duh-kee)
Line segment PAQ has endpoints whose coordinates are P(-2,6) and Q(3,-4). What are the coordinates of point A, such that PA:AQ = 2:3
(0, 2)
What caused the separation of PANGEA?
Divergent plate boundaries
Six Flags (as in Six Flags Great Adventure) is called Six Flags because because there were six flags that governed over Texas at different times. (Texas because that is the first Six Flags theme park) What are the six flags (six countries) that governed over Texas?
United States of America
Confederate States of America
France
Spain
Republic of Texas
Mexico
In a 4/4 time signature measure, what value does a dotted quarter note get?
1 and 1/2 beats