Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
MN History
figurative language
Titanic trivia
100
back part of the ship
What is stern
100
person on a ship that is responsible for the comfort of the passengers
What is steward?
100
right to vote
What is suffrage?
100
repeating of same sound at the beginning of two or more words Ex: Aunt Annie ate applesauce with alligators.
What is alliteration?
100
the boat that rescued the Titanic
What is Carpathia?
200
the place on a ship where communication equipment is located
What is radio room?
200
raised structure on a ship's deck from which the ship is steered
What is bridge?
200
the year Minnesota became a state
What is 1858?
200
comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
200
the year the Titanic sunk
What is 1912?
300
the right hand side of a ship when a person is facing toward the front
What is starboard?
300
small platform near the top of a ship's mast often used as a lookout
What is crow's nest?
300
this person named the Falls of St. Anthony
Who is Father Louis Henneping?
300
comparison saying one object IS another object Ex: Adam is a motor with his constant talking.
What is metaphor?
300
the name of the captain
Who is Captain Edward Smith?
400
an old-fashioned name for a ship's radio
What is wireless?
400
front end of the ship
What is bow?
400
this city was first named after a one eyed bartender and was later named the capitol of MN
What is St. Paul?
400
giving things that aren't human the personalities or characteristics of humans
What is personification?
400
the number of "watertight" compartments on the bottom of the Titanic......these were however not sealed
What is 16?
500
isolation of person due to risk of disease
What is quarantine?
500
a piece of wood or steel that runs along the center part of the bottom of the ship
What is keel?
500
the Dakota were sent to these two states following prison camp at Fort Snelling
What is SD and NE?
500
words that imitate the sounds they make Ex: Grrr, band, cluck....
What is onamatopoeia?
500
the ship's builder
Who is Thomas Andrews?
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