Constitutional Convention
Where did the Constitutional Convention take place? (City and state)
What is Philadelphia, PA?
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
What is 10?
What are the 7 continents?
Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Europe, North America, South America?
What type of figurative language compares 2 unlike things using the words like or as?
What is a simile?
During the Middle Ages just prior to the Age of Exploration, Europeans thought there were only 3 continents, name them.
What is Europe, Africa, and Asia.
The Constitution of the United States begins with which famous words?
a. When in the course of human events
b. Four score and seven years ago
c. We the People of the United States
d. I have a Dream
What is
We the people of the United States?
Who is the primary author of the Bill of Rights?
Who is James Madison?
Which two continents are part of one huge land mass (they are separated by a chain of mountains)?
What is Europe and Asia? (Separated by the Ural Mts. )
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Hyperbole Alliteration
Metaphor personification
What is alliteration?
Although he was killed during his voyage, and his crew finished the trip, this explorer was given credit for being the first to circumnavigate the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Which state declined to send representatives to the Convention?
a. Massachusetts b. Rhode Island
c. Delaware d. Georgia
What is Rhode Island?
What amendment protects citizens from double jeopardy, and self-incrimination?
What is the 5th amendment?
The equator is the main line of latitude, what is the main line of latitude?
What is the Prime Meridian?
The wrapped gift begged to be opened. This is an example of
hyperbole onomatopoeia
simile personification
What is personification?
What French explorer who sailed the St. Lawrence River founded Montreal, gave Canada its name?
Who is Jacques Cartier?
The first state to ratify the Constitution—by unanimous vote—on December 7, 1787, was __________.
a. Pennsylvania b. Delaware
c. Virginia d. North Carolina
What is Delaware?
Which amendment is most often cited in debates about excessive bail or harsh prison sentences?
What is the 8th amendment?
Name the highest mountain range above sea level?
The Andes
The Himalayas
The Alps
The Rockies
What are the Himalayas? 29,031.7 ft
Up the creek without a paddle is an example of what type of figurative language?
Alliteration Idiom
Metaphor Hyperbole
What is an idiom?
This Venetian explorer wrote a book about his travels to Asia and worked for the Kublai Khan.
Who is Marco Polo?
Why did three of the delegates refuse to sign the Constitution on September 17, 1787?
a. They had already left Philadelphia for their home states.
b. They thought it was too long.
c. It didn’t include a Bill of Rights.
d. They had wanted an American king
What is it did not include a Bill of Rights?
Name the 5 freedoms guaranteed under the 1st amendment.
What are freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press and petition.
What is the name of the region that spans thousands of islands including Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea?
What is Oceania?
This type of figurative language puts two opposite words together for effect (e.g., "deafening silence").
What is oxymoron?
The exchange of good from the New World to the Old World, and vice versa was named after an explorer. What was this exchange called?
The Columbian Exchange.