Quilt of a Country
Quilt of a Country vocabulary
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100

The author of the text

Who is Anna Quindlen

100

Essentially different in Kind

What is disparate

100

The quote Daniel Boorstin wrote

What is "Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image."

100

Printed cotton cloth

What is Calico

100

The author's career.

What is a journalist

200

When the essay was written

What is two weeks after the terror attacks

200

Coming together in one body or place

What is coalescing

200

The politician and former New York governor

Who is Mario Cuomo

200

Fabrics with raised patterns in gold or silver.

What are Brocades

200

This word is being compared to vanilla-pudding and it stands for a little more than the allowance of letting others live unremarked and unmolested

What is Tolerance

300

The date of the terror attack.

What is September 11, 2001.

300

Variety of different ethnic or cultural groups

What is diversity

300

Reference to Betty Smith's novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

What is Nolan's famous tree

300

A set of Christian beliefs based on the teachings of John Calvin

What is Calvinist

300

Where Hijackers crashed two airliners

What is the World Trade Center

400

Number of people killed in attacks

What is almost 3,000 people

400

Having multiple parts of aspects

What is pluralistic

400

WASP

What is short for white Anglo-Saxon Protestant

400

 The survey: "The U.S. is a unique country that stands for something special in the world."

What is the National Opinion Research Center

400

The number of people killed when a jet crashed into the Pentagon.

What is 224

500

The location of the terrorist attacks

What is Washington D.C.

500

Unrelated; out of place

What is discordant

500

Intermingled; combined

What is Interwoven

500

The name of the school the author graduated from.

What is Barnard College

500

The number of people on board the aircraft near Shanksville, Pennsylvania

What is 44