Unit Vocabulary
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Marvel Cinematic Universe
Artificial Intelligence
Basketball
100

This word means extreme physical or mental tiredness, often felt after a long journey

What is exhaustion?

100

In the poem, the line "I am a child of many diasporas, born into this continent at a crossroads" belongs to which text?

What is "Child of the Americas"?

100

This is the real name of the superhero known as Iron Man.

Who is Tony Stark?

100

The specific text instruction or question you give to an AI to get a response.

What is a prompt?

100

A spectacular shot where a player jumps highly and forcefully pushes the ball directly through the basket.

What is a slam dunk?

200

A tool or person that is consistently good in quality and can be trusted

What is reliable?

200

In this story, the father tells his daughter that a mango tree brought from Cuba was grafted onto a magnolia tree in Georgia.

What is "Mangoes and Magnolias" (by Carmen Agra Deedy)?

200

This rare and almost indestructible metal is found exclusively in the nation of Wakanda.

What is Vibranium?

200

An AI program designed specifically to simulate natural conversation with human users.

What is a chatbot?

200

 This is the premier professional basketball league in the United States.

What is the NBA?

300

 Delays, problems, or failures that stop you from making progress

What are setbacks?

300

hybrid cultural identities


What is the main theme common to all three texts?

300

This high school teenager gained superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive spider.

Who is Peter Parker

300

The process where computer systems use data to learn and improve their performance without being explicitly programmed.

What is Machine Learning?

300

This is the maximum number of players one team is allowed to have on the court during active play.

What is five?

400

The painful feeling of being forced to leave your homeland or origins

What is displacement?

400


Aurora Levins Morales has parents from which two countries?

Puerto Rico and Ukraine

400

The concept of infinite alternate realities, explored heavily by Doctor Strange.

What is the Multiverse?

400

A complex subset of machine learning that uses many layers of artificial neurons.

What is Deep Learning?

400

A shot made from beyond the large semi-circle line on the court.

What is a three-pointer?

500

A very valuable skill, person, or quality for a company

What is an asset?

500

According to Chapter 2, this type of literature explores cultural identity and immigrant experiences.

 What is multicultural literature?

500

This is the name of the intelligence organization led by Nick Fury.

What is S.H.I.E.L.D.?

500

A famous test proposed in 1950 to determine if a machine can exhibit intelligent behavior equal to a human.

What is the Turing Test?

500

An illegal physical contact against an opposing player

 What is a foul?