Stuff we learned in VDB's class
What is the class mascot?
Butter (Franklin's Dog)
Whose face is on the $10 bill?
Alexander Hamilton
"The water was as clear as glass" is an example of what type of figure of speech?
A Simile
This is the name of the road Marco Polo used to travel from Italy to Asia
The Silk Road
Who was the only new student to join 5th grade this year?
Kalen
Which two US Presidents died on the same day?
Jefferson and Adams both died on July 4th, 1826.
A metaphor
This explorer found a northwest passage between Europe and Asia.
Henry Hudson
Who has ZERO absent days?
Sky
True or False: Alexander Hamilton died immediately after Burr shot him during their duel?
False
"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood"? is an example of what?
An Alliteration
Those who were loyal to the king in the colonies were called?
Loyalists
What is the number that is "inside the house" in a division problem?
The Dividend
What was the name of the group of men responsible for the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty
What was the 49th state added to the US?
Alaska
This man was a slave and storyteller and lived in either Ancient Greece or Ethiopia.
Who is Aesop.
When is Mrs. VDB's birthday?
July 27th
Andrew Jackson
Name the original 13 colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
This term means a tax imposed by a government on goods and services imported from other countries
What is a tariff.