The Hunger Games
Who is Katniss and Peeta's mentor?
Haymich Abernathy
What is the name of the belief that said it was America’s God-given right to expand west across the continent.
Manifest Destiny
What ancient civilization created democracy?
Greece
The Donner Party was traveling west to settle in which US state?
California
What do you call the time and place that a story occurs?
The setting
Name three characters other than Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch.
Prim, Gale, Effie, Cinna, Caesar Flickerman, Rue, Thresh, Cato, Glimmer, Clove, Fox Face, Claudius Templesmith
What is the name of the large land deal in 1803 that doubled the size of the United States?
The Louisiana Purchase
What gas do plants take in during photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide
In which mountain range did the Donner Party get stuck in?
The Sierra Nevadas
A society shown as perfect, peaceful, or ideal is called this.
Hint: It's not always what it seems
What resource/industry is District 11 known for?
Agriculture
What famous trail was named after a state and shares a name with a famous game?
The Oregon Trail
What war was fought between the North and South regions of the U.S.?
The Civil War
Because food ran out, some members of the Donner Party survived by doing what extreme act?
Eating people/cannibalism
What is the word for the main message or idea that an author wants the reader to understand in a story?
The theme
Katniss shoots an object during her private demonstration for the game makers. What item did she shoot? (Bonus shot: What score did it earn her?)
An apple in a pig's mouth.
(Eleven)
What is the name of the railroad that was completed in 1869 that connected Eastern and Western United States?
(Bonus Point: Name one company that helped make it)
The Transcontinental Railroad
(Union Pacific, Central Pacific, Western Pacific)
What theory explains how species change over time through natural selection?
Evolution
Which poorly chosen shortcut slowed the Donner Party and led to them getting stuck?
Hint: HC
Hasting's Cutoff
This point of view uses words like "I", "me", and "we" and is told by a character in the story.
First person point of view
Katniss remembers Peeta for helping her in a moment when she was struggling greatly. What was this moment, and what did Peeta do to help?
When Katniss was starving, Peeta threw her bread that he had burned in his parent's bakery.
Name three groups that sought opportunity or who's lives were impacted by Westward expansion.
Native Americans, Farmers, 49ers, Chinese, Irish, Germans, Texans, Mexicans, Californios, Mormons, Mountain Men, Pioneer Women, Explorers, Missionaries, etc.
Which document, written in 1776, announced that the American colonies were free from British rule?
The Declaration of Independence
Name one other mistake the Donner Party made besides taking the dangerous "shortcut".
Leaving late, Packing less food, getting robbed by Native Americans, getting stuck at the river, getting tricked by a store owner, etc.
What type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as"?
example: "quick as lightning", "Fought like cats and dogs"
Similes