The name of the song in which Mother asserts her agency and independence
What is "We Can Never Go Back to Before"?
100
The name of the most obedient Kao brother
Who is Chueh-sin?
100
The Cuban city that Chen Pan and Lucrecia lived in
What is Havana?
100
November 25, 1960
What is the date of the Mirabal sisters' murder?
100
Systematic segregation and oppression enforced by laws in South Africa from 1948-1990
What is apartheid?
200
The name of the song when Mother finds the baby in the garden
What is "What Kind of Woman"?
200
The name of a famous essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson about the importance of individual independence
What is "Self-Reliance?"
200
The process of analyzing significant words and phrases to show how they reveal deeper meaning
What is close reading?
200
Trujillo's mass killing of Haitians based on racial prejudice and a desire to "cleanse" the Dominican Republic
What is the Parsley Massacre?
200
South Africa's first black president and the leader of the anti-apartheid movement
Who is Nelson Mandela?
300
E. L. Doctorow
Who is the author of the original novel Ragtime?
300
A system of ethics in China that set guidelines for social relationships and tradition
What is Confucianism?
300
The mass migration of an ethnic group from one part of the world to another
What is diaspora?
300
A one-dimensional or one-sided view of a person or situation
What is a single story?
300
British and Dutch
What European colonizers imperialized South Africa?
400
A style of music popularized by African-American musicians at the turn of the 20th century, featuring playful, syncopated rhythms
What is ragtime?
400
A social movement in China in the 1910s and 1920s that pushed China to become more modern, reform education and gender regulations, and literacy more accessible for common people
What is the New Culture Movement?
400
The global transport of Asian indentured servants to become laborers in imperialized countries
What is the coolie trade?
400
The underground nickname for the Mirabal sisters (in Spanish)
What are las mariposas?
400
Jubilee Hotel
What is the name of the hotel Hally's mom used to run?
500
Rhythms that are in some way unexpected and make a piece of music offbeat
What is syncopation?
500
The name of the city that the Kao family lived in
What is Chengdu?
500
A movement in China led by Mao that sought to rid the country of capitalism and destroyed old traditions
What is the cultural revolution?
500
A version of history that honors the lived experiences of real people and their emotions