Know your Facts
Research is FUNdamental
Bragging Rights
Booyah
Grab Bag
100
What is the definition of accommodate?
To provide with a space to stay or sleep
100
What is an antonym of originate?
conclude, end, stop
100
What chapter of the social studies textbook is about Early India?
Chapter 6
100
On what pages of your Social Studies textbook can you find information about Athena?
pages 112, 129, 155
100
Where would you look for information on World War I?
An encyclopedia, social studies textbooks
200
What country's flag has a white background with one red circle in the Center?
Japan (p. 174)
200
What is the definition of economy?
The careful use of money and goods
200
What are three synonyms for encounter?
meeting, confrontation, face-off, skirmish, brush, clash, run-in
200
What is the biggest island in the world? How big is it?
Greenland (840,000 square feet) p. 89
200
What part of speech is the word eligible?
An adjective
300
What civilizations are discussed in Unit 3?
Roman Civilization, Islamic Civilizations
300
What are two facts you might include in a report about bowling?
answers vary (use encyclopedia)
300
What's the definition of linguist?
A person skilled in languages
300
What is the capital of Norway?
Oslo (p. 821)
300
What pages of your social studies textbook provide information about the Seine River?
Page 513
400
What's one piece of information you might include on a poster of the burying beetle? Where did you find this information?
Answers vary from encyclopedia
400
Where would you look for information to write a report on Buddhism?
An encyclopedia, Social Studies textbook, book on religions, internet
400
What is the highest mountain peak in Africa? How tall is the mountain?
Mt. Kilmanjaro 19,340 ft. (p. 90)
400
If you were writing a research paper on banks what is one fact you might include? Where did you find it?
Encyclopedia (answers vary)
400
What are the different meanings of rail?
1. a bar that serves as a guard or barrier 2. to provide with railing 3. a family of wading birds 4. to scold or complain using harsh, bitter language
500
What are four synonyms and one antonym for the word leak?
synonyms: drip, flow, ooze, seep, spill, trickle, dribble, exude antonyms: conceal, hide, cover up
500
What are two pieces of information (facts) you might include in a research report about balloons?
Answers vary but should be found in an enyclopedia
500
On what pages in the social studies textbook would you find information about the fall of the Roman Civilization?
317-26, 322-24
500
What is the coldest temperature ever recorded in the United States? Where was it recorded? What day was it recorded on?
-80 degrees in Alaska on Jan. 23, 1971
500
What part of speech is evolve? What is a synonym for evolve?
derive, develop, emerge
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