Return to Titanic &
The forgotten treasure
The forgotten treasure
Titanic: Why did people gather to watch Titanic begin its voyage?
Because they heard that the ship was big and beautiful.
Ancient past: What was the first step of Howard Carter's plan?
To study the history of ancient Egypt
Butterflies: How does the narrator find out that Mr. Garcia is part of the secret police?
a. She hears him talking to a man.
b. She sneaks into a neighbor's yard to watch him.
a. She hears him talking to a man.
Which word means "the order in which the events happen"?
a. power
b. sequence
c. tradition
b. sequence
The weather isn't good today. Our picnic ____ be cancelled.
a. might
b. can't
c. should
a. might
Treasure: What was the treasure to the hunter?
Family
Freedom: Why did Henson decide to escape?
Because his owner planned to sell him.
Butterflies: What does the narrator's father think of the Mirabal sisters?
He admires them for their great courage.
Which word means "the culture of a specific place, time, or group of people"?
a. audience
b. civilization
c. population
b. civilization
Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the given one: I have to call Jack97 before he leaves the city.
a. I can call Jack97 before he leaves the city.
b. I must call Jack97 before he leaves the city.
b. I must call Jack97 before he leaves the city.
Treasure: Why does the youngest brother refuse to play?
Because he wants his father.
Why did Henson travel at night?
a. to follow the stars
b. to avoid being seen
c. to let the children sleep
d. to move north more quickly
b. to avoid being seen
Freedom: What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
a. to tell people how to travel to the United States
b. to show people why freedom is important
c. to explain to people how different governments work
d. to list the freedoms people in the United States have
d. to list the freedoms people in the United States have
True or False: "Context" means "the book or other text that you used to gather information."
False! The correct word is "Source"
Two thirds is written as:
a. 3/2
b. 2/3
b. 2/3
Titanic: At the moment Robert Ballard found the lost Titanic, he was using
a. a robot to look inside the ship.
b. a machine with an underwater camera.
c. an underwater ship to travel to the wreck.
b. a machine with an underwater camera.
Ancient past: What do archaeologists do? Give an example.
They study objects from the past to learn about the people who made or used those objects and left them behind when they died.
Archaeologists discovered King Tut's tomb.
Freedom: True or False?
Freedom of the Press means that people are free to vote for the leaders they want.
FALSE! Freedom of the Press means that people are free to report the news in their own words
Which word means "to explain or tell what something means"?
a. interpret
b. organize
c. interview
a. interpret
It was very quiet _____ the train this morning:
a. in
b. on
b. on
Give an example of why the Titanic was like a "floating palace."
It was the largest ship in the world.
It had a swimming pool, carved wood, and fancy golden lights.
It had many rich and famous passengers.
What was Carter looking for?
a. hidden maps
b. stolen treasures
c. the Valley of the Kings
d. the tomb of King Tut
d. the tomb of King Tut
Freedom: What was apartheid? Where was it?
It was a set of unfair laws in South Africa that separated black and white people.
True!
Find the mistakes: I heard anybody singing in the room next door.
anybody => I heard somebody singing in the room next door.