ELA
NUMBERS AND STUFF
REVOLUTION IN THE AIR
COMMON KNOWLEDGE
POLITICS
100
When taking a multiple choice test, this is one thing you should NEVER do
What is leave an answer blank?
100
The number of quarts in a gallon
What is 4?
100
Citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice
What are minutemen?
100
The temperature where water freezes
What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit/0 degrees Celsius?
100
The number of years between a Presidential Election as well as the Olympic Games
What is 4 years?
200
We use this when we need a pause between a sentence.
What is a comma?
200
When graphing inequalities, when it is when we have a closed circle on the line
What is when they are less/greater than or equal to?
200
The First Continental Congress took place in response to these acts that were imposed by Britain. The purpose of the Congress was to demand a repeal of these Acts.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
200
The number of stripes on the US flag. And what they represent
What is 13, to represent the original 13 Colonies?
200
The two main parties in our political system
What are the Democratic and Republican Parties?
300
The perspective from which a story is told; may be first person, third person, or less commonly, second person?
What is the author's point of view?
300
If you are 12.5 years old, this is the number of months you've been alive
What is 150?
300
These battles marked the start of the Revolutionary War. Minutemen fought off the British and killed or wounded many of them.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
300
The 7 continents of the world
What are Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica?
300
This branch of government is responsible for upholding the laws as well as making sure they are constitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
400
Identify this figure of speech: "His mouth is a lemon twist."
What is a metaphor?
400
In this word problem, the x will represent... Cody's Bikes rents bikes for $18 plus $5 per hour. Jason paid $48 to rent a bike. For how many hours did he rent the bike?
What is the number of hours Jason rented the bike?
400
He rode throughout the night to warn the American militia that the British were sending their troops for battle
Who is Paul Revere?
400
The 3 branches of government
What are the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches?
400
If something were to happen to the President (assassinated, impeached, falls gravely ill, etc..) this person makes Executive decisions
Who is the Vice President?
500
Identify this figure of speech: I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is a hyperbole?
500
The amount of time it'll take me to reach my destination 150 miles away traveling at 60 MPH
What is 2.5 hours?
500
He was picked to lead the colonial armies during the Second Continental Congress. He was the commander of the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War.
Who is George Washington?
500
The largest rain-forest in the world. It is located in South America mostly in Brazil
What is the Amazon rain-forest?
500
The number of Senators in the Senate
What is 100?