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100
This is a prehistoric animal from the Ice age that is related to modern-day elephants.
What is a Mammoth?
100
Name one of the 4 civilizations we learned about in Ancient America.
Who are the Anasazi, Aztec, Maya, or Inca people?
100
Don't scream about this norwegian artist who was known for creating colorful, haunting artwork.
Who is Edvard Munch?
100
This book had a character called Buphead, a Brown Bomber, and a narrator who loved the song "Yakety Yak".
What is The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963?
100
This African-American woman refused to give up her seat on a bus and started the Bus Boycotts.
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
This is the highest cloud group, whose clouds rarely produce rain.
What is the Cirrus Group?
200
These people tell stories in African societies to help people learn lessons.
What are Griots?
200
This artist spent lots of time in New York, but then spent the last 15+ years of her life in New Mexico and Arizona.
Who is Georgia O'Keefe?
200
These things makes Despereaux different from other mice.
Various. Ears, love of reading, his friendship with humans, his eyes being open when born
200
This type of poem follows the pattern of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and then 5 syllables again.
What is Haiku?
300
Name an endangered animal.
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300
Istanbul used to be called ________________.
Constantinople.
300
Alma Thomas
300
Write one major difference between the Movie and the book Tale of Despereaux?
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300
This court case allowed students to attend any school, regardless of their skin color.
Brown V. Board
400
Temperature and precipitation make up this.
Climate.
400
The Byzantine empire fell to Mehmed II, who created what new empire?
What is the Ottoman Empire?
400
Wassily Kandinsky
400
What major real-world event happens at the end of Watsons Go to Birmingham?
The Birmingham Church bombing.
400
These two musicians are notable for being experts at playing the piano and singing Jazz or Soul music despite being blind.
Who are Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder?
500
The whole universe started with this, and the remnants of its energy can be see in space and heard in radio static.
What is the Big Bang?
500
This ancient African ruler controlled all the trade routes into Africa, allowing him to become absurdly wealthy even by today's standards.
Who is Mansa Musa?
500
Gustav Klimt painted this very gold painting.
What is the Tree of Life?
500
Younger kids: Flat Stanley is flat because of this.
Older kids: District 12 sent these two tributes in the Hunger Games.
Younger: A bulletin board crushing him
Older: Katniss and Peeta
500
This woman is considered immortal because her cells are still growing and being used to solve medical problems, even though she has been dead since 1951.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?