Vocabulary
Random Knowledge
BVMS Staff
The Golden Age of Islam
Geography
100

A thing done successfully, typically by effort, courage, or skill

Achievement

100

The planet known as the Red Planet

Mars 

100

Ms. Easter's first name

Katherine

100

The Islamic Golden was a period of time where they made...

Achievements in art, science, and math

100

The continent Brazil is on

South America 

200

The act of keeping something safe from harm, loss, or decay

Preservation

200

The word that describes a noun

Adjective 

200

The names of Ms. Easter's two siblings who work at Bear Valley AND their subject and grade level

Ms. Kane (Social Studies, 6th) and Ms. Murphy (Social Studies, 8th)

200

The House of Wisdom was...

A library where people went to study and make discoveries

200

The largest country in the world by land area

Russia

300

Historically, the leader of the Muslim community and the successor of the Prophet Muhammad

Caliph

300

The longest bone in the human body

Femur

300

What are Mr. Plesko's and Ms. Sutherland's first names?

Chris and Rachael

300

The two math concepts that were discovered and studied during the Islamic Golden Age were...

Geometry and Algebra 

300

The U.S. state has the longest coastline

Alaska

400

A design or shape, often repeated, used decoratively in a work of art.

Motif

400

The boiling point of water in Celsius

100 degrees Celsius 

400

Name all 7 math teachers

Mr. Jones, Mr. Mantell, Ms. G (Mr. Ryan), Mr. Graves, Mr. Morty, Ms. Triggs, and Ms. Guia 

400

Baghdad is known as 

The City of Peace 

400

The name of the sea located between Saudi Arabia and Africa (to the west of the Arabian Peninsula)

The Red Sea

500

The largest of the two main branches of Islam;   believed the Prophet Muhammad was succeeded by his close friend Abu Bakr

Sunni

500

The symbol for sodium on the periodic table

Na

500

The name of Bear Valley before it was Bear Valley

Henry Middle School

500

The first Caliphate 

The Umayyad Caliphate 

500

The mountain range that runs along the west coast of South America

The Andes