8th Grade Unit 1/2
What is the definition of an historian?
Someone who studies the past
What are the 5 Themes of Geography?
Location, Place, HEI, Movement, and Region.
What is the official duration of one quarter of NFL football?
15 minutes
What are the 5 main United States regions?
Northeast, South, Southwest, West, and Midwest.
What is the most watched movie of all time?
Titanic
Queen bloody Mary had two ways of executing her victims. What were these ways?
Burning at the stake and chopping of your head!
What is the definition of Social Science?
The study of the social life of human individuals and how they relate to each other in all types of groups.
Callaway, Cobra, and TaylorMade are all companies that mainly manufacture equipment used to play what sport?
Golf
Please define what it means to be a consumer?
Who is the main antagonist in season 1 of Stranger Things?
Demogorgon
Queen Mary died in November_______ from a form of________ cancer.
1558 and ovarian
What are two examples of a physical characteristic? And two examples of a human characteristic?
Physical: Trees and Rocks
Human: Cars and a School Building
Brothers Pau and Marc Gasol are both Spanish athletes that have collectively reached the pinnacle of their sport three times, and this sport's champions are honored with the Larry O'Brien trophy. What sport do these brothers both play professionally?
Basketball
"The Bible was their sole authority, and with these beliefs, they believed it applied to every area and level of life." This religious group of peoples were known as?
Puritans
What state or city does season 1 of the Walking Dead take place in?
Atlanta, Georgia
What is the definition of enslavement? And what was the number of enslaved Africans transported across the world?
The process of making someone a slave and 12.5 million.
What is the definition of Adaptation? And give one example how you the student must adapt in your everyday life?
To change to your natural environment.
Example: A student must adapt to fire drills by dropping everything they are learning in that moment and get ready to line up at the door and listen to their teachers' instructions.
Stamford, Connecticut is the home of what media and entertainment company known for “Sports Entertainment”, as Vince McMahon likes to call his performance product?
WWE
Which two famous laws did Queen Elizabeth implement to help save a chaotic medieval England?
The Act of Supremacy and The Act of Uniformity.
How many Star Wars movies officially hit theaters?
12
What did North America, Europe, and Africa receive in the triangle trade? (Two examples for North America and Europe).
North America: Enslaved Africans
Europe: Sugar and Cotton
Africa: Guns and Textiles
What are the three types of regions that make up YOUR region?
Cultural, Functional, and Physical.
What American city has occasionally been considered the first "purely American" city because it was the first city founded after the American Revolution? The city peaked in the late 19th century as the sixth most populous city in the U.S. although it had slipped to 65th most populous by 2018. The city remains well known because of multiple major sports teams.
Cincinnati
Define the term "Martyr" and how many people did Queen Bloody Mary execute?
Someone who dies for their religious beliefs and 280 people were executed.
What is Mr. Orlando's three favorite TV Shows of all time?
Sopranos, Game of Thrones, and the Walking Dead.