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Constantinople
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Dog/Cat Vocab
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Potpourri
100
Constantinople lies between what two continents?
What is Europe and Asia.
100
The beginning of a story that "hooks" a reader.
What is the introduction.
100
What does it mean to be vain.
What is when someone is very proud of one's appearance.
100
In the year 44 BCE, this famous Roman leader was assassinated.
Who is Julius Caesar.
100
crowd, crew, herd, flock.......these are??
What are collective nouns.
200
What is the famous Byzantine church built by Justinian in the 530s.
What is the Hagia Sophia.
200
The part of the story where things begin to be resolved.
What is the falling action.
200
Jan Skiba's teeth PROTUDED like a buck's. What does this mean.
What is they stuck out or extended.
200
What does BCE stand for
What is before the common era.
200
sister-in-law, shoplifter, billboard.......what type of nouns are these??
What are compound nouns.
300
Art form that uses small pieces of tile to create a large picture
What is a mosaic.
300
The part of the story where everything is ended and "wrapped up."
What is the resolution.
300
The women of the house were ENTHRALLED with the mirror when the peddler first presented it to them. What does this mean?
What is they were fascinated by it......or charmed, captivated.....
300
Byzantine Empire falls to the Ottoman Turks.
What is 1453.
300
The series of wars in which the Roman Empire battled Carthage.
What are the Punic Wars.
400
What was the set of laws called that were used in Constantinople?
What is the Code of Justinian
400
The place in the story where the conflict(s) is introduced.
What is the rising action.
400
The girls tried to CONSOLE each other about the imperfections they noticed in the mirror. What does this mean?
What is they tried to comfort each other or to make each other less sad.
400
The last Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus is overthrown by the German barabarian Odoacer and the Western Roman Empire is ended.
What is 476
400
What is the sign for the key "ownership."
What is two hands on your stomach.
500
Justinian's wife.
Who is Theodora.
500
Name the four types of conflict in a story.
What are: character v. character, character v. self, character v. society, and character v. nature
500
In their ANGUISH, the dog and cat stopped eating. How did the dog and the cat feel.
What is they felt great suffering or agony.
500
Roman Empire reaches its greatest height under the emperor Trajan.
What is 117 AD .......or an estimate very close to this date....
500
What is the mascot of UC Davis?
What is an aggie.