Literacy
The most exciting part of a story.
What is the climax?
This was the social system used in Medieval Europe.
What is feudalism?
A floating island used to grow crops.
What is a chinampa?
Indigenous people living mostly on Japan's northern island, Hokkaido.
Who are the Ainu?
How many siblings does Mrs. Fawcett have?
Two
A comparison of two nouns using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
Holy wars waged by Christians to convert non-Christians and may have lead to the Renaissance.
What were the crusades?
The feathered serpent god.
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
This was the only European people who were allowed to trade with the Japanese during the Edo period.
Who are the Dutch?
What grade did Mrs. Fawcett teach at Connect Charter School when she first started?
Grade 5
An impossible or unbelievable exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
One of the most important inventions of the Renaissance that helped spread knowledge.
What is the printing press?
Gold, Glory and God!
What are the 3 G's? or What is the motto of the conquistadors?
At the end of the Edo period, this group lost their traditional power in society.
Who are the Samurai?
The name of Mrs. Fawcett's dog.
Who is Oscar?
A poem that has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line and 5 syllables in the third line.
What is a haiku?
A disease that wiped out a large number of people and may have contributed to the start of the Renaissance.
What is the Black Death/Plague?
This city impressed the Spanish with its technology, wealth and large population.
What is Tenochtitlan?
The requirement to live every other year in Edo.
What is alternate attendance?
Name one country that Mrs. Fawcett taught in besides Canada or Japan?
What are: New Zealand or Korea?
The author of "The Outsiders".
Who is SE Hinton?
The belief that focus on the importance of people rather than divine or super natural matters.
What is Humanism?
The Spaniard who led the conquest over the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
The era that followed the Edo period.
What is the Meiji era?
What is Mrs. Fawcett's favourite colour?
Magenta