History
What was the Boston Tea Party?
When colonists dressed up like Native Americans and snuck aboard an English ship to dump all of the tea into the harbor in protest of the Tea Act
What are the names of the two "Ice Giants" that we can best see in the October sky?
Neptune and Uranus
What is wrong with this sentence?
Mrs. Rhodes loves you all so much and is very proud of all of your hard work
The sentence needs ending punctuation of either a period or an exclamation mark.
Mrs. Rhodes loves you all so much and is very proud of all of your hard work . or !
Is a debate the same thing as an argument?
No, a debate is a discussion over a specific topic or points, often with rules and guidelines.
List the 4 main characters in "Around the World in 80 Days".
Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, Detective Fix, Aouda
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem entitles "Paul Revere's Midnight Ride". What was it about?
When Paul Revere hung lanterns in the Old North Church bell tower to warn the colonists that the British were coming to attack by sea
Are the same stars visible in the night sky year around? Why or why not?
No. As the earth rotates and orbits the sun, different constellations across the night sky come into view during different seasons of the year.
What is an adjective?
Bonus 50 points if you can name on of the activities that we did in class while learning about adjectives.
An adjective is a describing word.
We dissected pumpkins, ate pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread, and ate popcorn!
Give an example of an informal debate.
(Answers will vary)
What you will have for dinner, what movie you should watch, etc.
Name a few things Daniel Boone is remembered for.
(Answers will very)
Frontiersman, paving the Wilderness Road to Kentucky, being adopted by Native Americans before escaping, rescuing his daughter, establishing Boonesborough, the "Judgement Tree", wearing buckskin clothing or a coonskin hat, etc.What events lead up to the American Revolution?
(Name at least 3 things)
(answers may vary)
Boston Massacre, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Tea Act, Quartering Act, Sugar Act, French and Indian War, Boston Tea Party, etc.
What is a large group of stars that form a pattern that looks like an animal, person, or object ?
A constellation
What is a noun?
A person, place, or thing
Give an example of a formal debate.
(Answers may vary)
Presidential debate; anything broadcasted over the radio or TV with rules, time limits, and a mediator.
Lewis and Clark explored what area?
The Louisiana Purchase Territory or (West of the Mississippi)
Why did the French Revolution begin?
A huge collection of stars, gases, and dust clouds is called a _____________.
Galaxy
What is a verb? Please provide 3 examples.
An action word. (Examples will vary)
What is the definition of rhetoric?
The art or science of public speaking
Name at least one thing that happened in Charles Dickens life, and how it may have effected his writing.
(Answers may vary)
Father in debtors prison, uncaring mother, lonely childhood, etc.
Why and how was the croissant invented?
In reference to the moon on the Ottoman Flag, as a reminder to when two bakers stopped the Turks from tunneling underneath their bakery
A cool, small star is ________________.
A red dwarf
How, where, or when something happened.
What is logic?
The art or science of reasoning
What is the setting in the beginning of "Great Expectations"?
A gloomy evening in the graveyard in England, where Pip meets his convict.