Nellie Bly
Vocabulary
Explorers
Subjects and Predicates
Just for Fun
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How do you know that Nellie Bly is a biography?
It gives information about why a person is important/ a story about a person's life told by someone else.
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The fallen trees made the hiking trail _____________.
Impassable
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What country hired Christopher Columbus to explore a quicker route to Asia?
Spain
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What is the complete subject in this sentence? The car broke down in the middle of the highway.
The car
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What was the name of Nellie's newspaper that she wrote for?
World's
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Why did Nellie buy a long lasting dress before beginning her journey?
She wanted to avoid having to take trunks along.
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Justin's team pushed themselves harder to win the game instead of being ______________ by losing.
disheartened
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What was the MAIN reason Christopher Columbus wanted to explore?
A faster trade route between Europe and Asia
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What is the complete predicate in this sentence? The taxi driver drove us to the movies.
drove us to the movies.
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What "First Lady" did we read about on Tuesday when we talked about Character's motives?
Dolley Madison
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What was Nellie MOST afraid of on her trip around the world?
Failure
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Connor believed that all creatures deserve protection so he _______________ for animal rights.
Crusaded
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What were the three main reasons countries wanted to go on explorations?
Gold (Riches) Power (Land) and and to spread their religion (Christianity)
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What is the simple subject in this sentence? Jessie called the babysitter to come help.
Jessie
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What novel or what author gave Nellie the inspiration for her journey?
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
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What was the first problem Nellie had on her trip?
She got seasick onboard the ship.
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David enjoyed giving presentations, so it did not _______ him when the teacher assigned him a speech.
faze
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Why did Pedro Menendez de Aviles want to destroy Fort Caroline?
He wanted to eliminate the French as competition for land and riches
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What is the simple predicate in this sentence? Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
sailed
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Who is the author of "The Daring Nellie Bly"?
Bonnie Chrstensen
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According to the mayor of Jersey City, what had Nellie proved?
American Women could be strong and independent.
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Amanda begged her brother until he _____________ and told her about the class trip to Canada.
Relented
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Which country hired Henry Hudson before Holland?
England
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What is the simple predicate in this sentence? We wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower.
visit
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What two causes did Nellie Crusade for?
Orphans and Women's rights
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