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100

Using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two unlike things

Simile

100

The repetition of a similar vowel sound in quick or close succession.

Assonance

100

Name the capital city of The Bahamas.

Nassau

100

Which two (2) islands of The Bahamas does the Tropic of Cancer pass through?

Exuma and Long Island

100

What word has as its meaning “Rebirth of Knowledge”?

Renaissance

200
  • Using specific words and phrases that are exaggerated or overemphasized.

Hyperbole

200
  • It was lovely to wake up to the tweet of the birds outside my bedroom window.

Onomatopoeia

200

What is the school age for children in The Bahamas?

5 to 16 years old

200

How often are General Elections held in The Bahamas?

Every 5 Years 

200

Name the present Speaker of the House of Assembly.

D. Halston Moultrie

300

Giving human traits and characteristics to inanimate objects and animals.

Personification

300
  • Mary looked awfully pretty at the party today.

Oxymoron

300

In reference to time, what is our dating system based on?

The Birth of Christ

300

What is the Arawak word for singing and dancing?

Arieto

300

Where was the first European settlement in the New World

HISPANIOLA (HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TODAY)

400

Comparing two unlike things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Henry was a lion on the battlefield


Metaphor

400
  • I meant to look for my missing watch, but I could never find the time.

Pun

400

Which two religions were at was in England in the 1640’s?

ANGLICANS AND INDEPENDENT PURITANTS

400

What year was the House of Assembly first established?

1729

400

Name the owner of the slave plantation on San Salvador (Watlings Island) during slavery in The Bahamas.

CHARLES FARQUAHSON

500
  • “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”

Alliteration

500

Name the six (6) Lord Proprietors.

ASHLEY, ALBERMARLE, BERKLEY, CRAVEN, CARTERET, COLLECTON.

500

Name the treaty signed between the British and the United States of America at the end of the American War of Independence.

THE VERSAILLES TREATY

500

Define the term ‘Amerlioration’

A PROPOSAL FOR THE BETTER TREATMENT OF SLAVES OR MAKING SOMETHING BETTER.

500

Name one world organization The Bahamas is a member of and the year The Bahamas joined.

COMMONWEALTH 1973, THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) 1973, THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) 1981, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND COMMON MARKET (CARICOM) 1983.