Grade 6 (Lit)
What was Esperanza's last name?
ORTEGA
What kind of person can order a legal, reasonable search of someone's person, house, or property?
A JUDGE
Which invention by Eli Whitney enabled the mass production of cotton?
THE COTTON GIN
Which emperor proclaimed (in the Edict of Milan) that all religions would be tolerated in the Roman Empire?
CONSTANTINE
What covers most of the Arabian Peninsula?
(Hint: It isn't forests.)
DESERT
The Annex, where the Giver trains Jonas, is located behind what building?
THE HOUSE OF THE OLD
Which Amendment states that "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed"?
2ND AMENDMENT
Which well-respected American statesman from Kentucky lost a presidential election three times?
(Hint: He lost to Quincy Adams, Jackson, and Polk)
HENRY CLAY
What was the sickness which wiped out a significant portion of the population of Europe in the Middle Ages?
Which city was the religious capital of the Arabian Peninsula?
MECCA
In The Giver, what was Lily's comfort object?
ELEPHANT
What would you be challenging if you cite the 8th Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment?
DEATH PENALTY
Which US President approved the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France?
THOMAS JEFFERSON
In the social status pyramid of Medieval Europe, what group was considered even lower than peasants?
SERFS
What is the name of Islam's holiest month, during which Muslims are expected to fast from sunrise to sunset?
RAMADAN
At the beginning of The Giver, Jonas decided that he felt ________ about the Ceremony of Twelve.
APPREHENSIVE
THE SUPREME COURT
THE SEMINOLES
What is the formal name for the process of cutting someone off from the Church?
EXCOMMUNICATION
Who ruled the Yuan Dynasty as Emperor when China was under Mongol rule?
KUBLAI KHAN
What was the sickness that afflicted Esperanza's mother called?
VALLEY FEVER
What is the name given to the group of teenage boys in NYC who were exonerated for their crimes to which they had confessed under duress?
THE CENTRAL PARK 5
Which political party supported a strong central government instead of having states have strong rights?
THE FEDERALISTS
Whom did Pope Leo III proclaim as the first Holy Roman Emperor?
CHARLEMAGNE
In the Third Crusade, King Richard the Lionheart of England fought against which Muslim ruler?
SALADIN