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100
Name the river highlighted here.
The Danube River
100
What do you call a push or pull?
a force
100
Evaluate:
-xy - x if x = -3 and y = -2
-3
100
Which of the following is the Roman name for the goddess of hunting?
A. Minerva
B. Ceres
C. Diana
D. Juno
C. Diana
100
What type of rhyme is this?:
The Sun came up upon the left,
Out of the sea came he!
And he shone bright, and on the right . . .
- excerpt from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Internal Rhyme
The Sun came up upon the left,
Out of the sea came he!
And he shone bright, and on the right . . .
200
Who is holding the sign in this political cartoon?
Pres. Theodore Roosevelt
(known for “trust busting”)
200
Which scientist was held very high in society and divided motion into two types, natural and violent motion?
Aristotle
200
Simplify:
(-5)2 - 52 - (-5)4 + (-5)4
0
200
Give the definition of the word oculus.
eye
200
Identify the correct verb that agrees with the indefinite pronoun for the following sentence:
The group of women from the offices near the train tracks (was / were) late to the conference yesterday.
The group of women from the offices near the train tracks was late to the conference yesterday.
300
What is Lex Talionis?
The legal approach that originated with early Babylonian law (the Code of Hammurabi) and was later adopted by the Romans: “an eye for an eye.” Criminal punishments should mirror the damages caused to victims.
300
What is the path of a projectile called?
trajectory
300
Alison traveled at 5 miles per hour for 12 hours. Then she traveled at 8 miles per hour for 8 hours. How far did she go in all?
124 miles
300
Which Roman author wrote The Aeneid?
Virgil
300
How does Atticus describe Mrs. Dubose in To Kill a Mockingbird?
a. annoying
b. sweet as pie
c. a coward who should keep to herself
d. the bravest person he ever knew
the bravest person he ever knew
400
Upton Sinclair is considered to be what (from the Gilded Age)?
He was a writer who was considered to be a muckraker. He wrote the novel “The Jungle” as a criticism of the meatpacking industry.
400
What produces acceleration?
a force (push or pull)
400
Simplify:
(2 x 10-14) x (3 x 10-13)
6 x 10-27
400
How many months did the original Roman calendar have?
10
400
Who lied on the witness stand to protect herself (from her father and the judgment of the town) in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Mayella Ewell
500
Who was Archidamus II?
The Spartan king the Archidamian War is named after.
500
What are the 3 types of friction?
- air resistance or air friction
- fluid/liquid friction, and
- solid friction (objects in contact)
500
- 34 - 7b = - 5(8b - 4)
b = 1.64
500
Give the person, number, tense of the verb scripseramus.
Person: 1st person
Number: plural
Tense of verb: pluperfect (also 1st plural pluperfect)
500
Identify the incorrect words used in the following sentence (there are three):
One of the teachers were grading papers while everyone in the classrooms were focused on their lessons.
One of the teachers was grading papers while everyone in the classes was focused on his or her lessons.