King George
What are taxes?
Money collected by the government to manage public institutions.
What does the word ferocious mean?
wild/savage
What is the genre of Pea Island's Forgotten Heroes?
informational text
What is realization?
understanding
Cougars can see moving prey from long distances. What fact about Cougars does this sentence support?
They have great vision.
Why did England need money?
England needed money because they had fought an expensive war.
What does the word keen mean?
What were the Pea Island surfmen known for?
They were a group of brave people. The 1st African-American group whose job was to save lives.
What is annoyance?
irritation/being annoyed/being bothered
How did the surfmen save the people from the E.S Newman?
They had to ignore their own needs for many hours and rescue each passenger.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
A protest against King George. Americans dumped tea into the water.
What is the main topic of the text?
Facts about cougars
What award was awarded to the surfmen?
A Gold Lifesaving Medal
What is keen?
eager
Describe the attitude of King George toward the Americans.
He was firm on his decisions. He didn't respect their opinions, and he tried to control them.
At the end, who was supporting King George?
Nobody
Why do cougars groom themselves and their kittens?
To keep their fur clean and hide their scent
The crew was stationed on this island.
Pea Island
What is warrior?
soldier/fighter
True or False: Cougars can be found in South America.
True
Who were the disobedient children? The English or the Americans?
The Americans
What does the word resemble mean?
To look alike
When the eighth grader was doing her research she wrote to this president.
Bill Clinton
What is squalling?
crying
Who was Elisa Carbone? (BONUS)
The author of Storm Warriors.