Minoans 1
Inventions 1
Future Tense
Inventions 2
Minoans 2
100
What island did the Minoans live on?
Crete
100
In the beginning computers were
a. easy to carry
b. very powerful
c. big and heavy
d. made by the Japanese
c. big and heavy
100
is in perfect simple. is in future perfect.
a. They will have finished by 5 o'clock.
b. We left at 3:30 pm.
b. We left at 3:30 pm is in perfect simple.
a. They will have finished by 5 o'clock is in future perfect.
100
What was invented before the steam-power train, but after the horse-drawn bus?
First practical steamboat
100
How did the Minoans grow rich?
a. through trade
b. through painting frescos
c. through farming
d. through the eruption
a. through trade
200
The eruption of Thera caused
a. rocks and ash to fall on nearby islands
b. a very large, dark cloud
c. a tsunami
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
200
What is a product?
a. an item or object
b. an invention for space
c. a type of computer
d. a new part for a television
*Bonus Points: use product in a sentence*
a. an item or object
Bonus Points: example - The products were cheaply made.
200
Future Perfect is used to express an action or event.
Future Perfect is used to express an expected action or event.
200
Because of the invention of the gasoline engine, were no longer needed as much.
a. cars
b. roads
c. horses
d. lightbulbs
c. horses
200
How did trees on Crete help the Minoans?
a. The trees help other plants grow
b. The Minoans sold the trees for money
c. The Minoans built ships from the trees
d. People moved to the island to live near the trees
c. The Minoans built ships from the trees
300
Researchers think the Minoan culture collapsed around 1450. What does collapsed mean?
a. gained strength
b. fought enemies
c. fell apart
d. burned
*Bonus Points: Use collapsed in a sentence*
c. fell apart
Bonus Points:
Example: The table collapsed under the dog.
300
What was probably the first invention to help move people and things?
a. trains
b. carts
c. cars
d. engines
b. carts
300
The future perfect is often used with by the time + .
present simple
300
Because people wanted to go to space, they invented:
a. spacesuits
b. new materials to protect humans
c. ways to breathe when there is no air
d. all of the above
*Bonus Points: What is the mother of invention?
d. all of the above
*Bonus Points: Need is the mother of invention
300
The reading states theories are based on evidence. What is evidence?
a. something guessed about
b. something made by nature
c. a special type of jewelry
d. proof of something
d. proof of something
400
Why do researchers think the Minoans were peaceful?
a. The Minoans wrote it in their history books
b. Researchers have never found any weapons
c. The Minoans lived on an island
d. The Minoans' pottery and frescos show few battles
d. The Minoans' pottery and frescos show few battles
400
Which statement is not true:
a. Patents protect the inventor
b. Inventors are different from artists
c. Inventions make life easier
d. Patents are not necessary for inventions
d. Patents are not necessary for inventions
400
Write a sentence in future perfect using by.
*Bonus Points: write a sentence in future perfect using by then*
Example: We will have finished dinner by 8:00 pm.
Bonus Points: Example - The game will have ended by then.
400
A patent:
a. computers are safe to use
b. horses are treated fairly when pulling carts
c. ensures only the inventor can make and sell the invention
d. inventions are unique
c. ensures only the inventor can make and sell the invention
400
How did Crete become part of Greece?
a. The Greeks attacked and took over Crete
b. No one lived on Crete anymore so the Greeks moved in
c. The Minoans asked them for help after the volcano erupted
d. The Minoans tried to take over Greece, but they lost
a. The Greeks attacked and took over Crete
500
It is unlikely no one lived on Thera after the eruption of the volcano. Why?
a. It was covered in ash and rocks.
b. Most of the people living there were killed.
c. Much of the island was left below water.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
500
What does apply mean?
a. to ask
b. to beg
c. to request
d. to formally request
*Bonus Points: Use apply in a sentence*
d. to formally request
Bonus Points:
Example - I need to apply for a credit card.
500
Write a sentence in future perfect using the word patent.
Example: You will have received the patent in two days.
500
Many historians believe a German named invented the first computer.
a. Friedrich Hans
b. Wolfgang Dieter
c. Horst Klaus
d. Konrad Zuse
d. Konrad Zuse
500
After the volcano eruption, what shape was the island of Thera?
*Bonus Points: After the eruption, all that was left of the middle of the island was a large hole. What's the large hole called?
Crescent
Bonus Points: caldera