Social Studies
This invention revived slavery in the south pre-civil war era
What is the Cotton Gin?
He was born in Ur
Who is Abraham?
In the sentence, "Mrs. T will attend the play tonight," the word "will" is this type of verb.
What is a helping verb?
The name of the main character in the book titled, The Call of the Wild.
When a verb ends in the suffix -ing, it is this verb tense.
In the book, A Long Walk To Water, an inciting event begins a young boy on a difficult journey of survival as he travels in search of safety and belonging. Name the primary reason for the inciting event.
What is civil war in Sudan?
What is civil war?
What is war coming to Salva's village/school?
When writing in MLA format, a writer can avoid plagiarism by including citations to show what information is taken from an outside source. Name one of the two required ways a writer should cite information according to MLA format guidelines.
What are in-text or parenthetical citations?
What is a Works Cited page?
Name one quality/characteristic that defines the historical fiction genre.
What is a real historical setting?
What are real characters?
What is a fictional retelling of a real historical event?
What are time, place, and people are believable, but not necessarily accurate to real-life?
Name the vocabulary word (word of the day) with the following definition:
"Experienced in the imagination through the actions or feelings of another person."
What is "vicarious?"
In the novel, The Call of the Wild, the main character - a dog named Buck - is kidnapped from his home in California and shipped to Seattle. Name the gardener's motive for this crime, according to the text.
What is Manuel had a gambling debt?
What is the gardener needed money for gambling?
Name the verb tense for the following sentence:
"I have finished my homework already."
What is the present perfect tense?
In Chapter One of The Call of the Wild, Buck is purchased by two men who take their dog team from Seattle north to the Klondike and Yukon regions. The text tells us the name of the boat that transported them from Seattle to Skagway. Name this boat.
What is the Narwhal?