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History (the second half)
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Most of the time, adding an "ly" at the end of a word transforms it into what part of speech?
What is an adverb?
100
The name of the main female character in "The Giver"
Who is Fiona?
100
A picture made up of small pieces of tile, glass, or colored stone.
What is a mosaic?
100
The favorite food of the Minions in "Despicable Me 2."
What are bananas?
100
The philosophy where the government treats it's people like it's children and the citizens think of their rulers as "father figures."
What is Confucianism?
200
The term for giving non human things human-like qualities
What is personification?
200
Papa's first name in "Farewell to Manzanar"
What is Ko?
200
The year that western Roman empire fell.
What is 476 A.D.?
200
Shakespearean character that said "To be or not to be, that is the question...."
Who is Hamlet?
200
Famous explorer who was unfortunately eaten by native peoples.
Who is Giovanni de Verrazano?
300
If a sentence has an Indirect Object, then it also MUST have one of these
What is a Direct Object?
300
The term for the "perfect place"
What is Utopia?
300
The term for a journey to a holy site
What is a Pilgrimage?
300
The number of acres in North America dedicated to growing corn,according to Michael Pollan's essay.
What is 80 million?
300
Belief that God has determined a person's salvation at birth.
What is Predestination?
400
What a sentence is called that has an independent and subordinate clause.
What is a complex sentence?
400
The type of animal considered the protagonist in "Rikki Tikki Tavi"
What is a Mongoose?
400
The term for the sovereign ruler of a Muslim area
What is a sultan?
400
The number of times the Miami Heat have made it to the NBA Finals in consecutive years
What is 4?
400
Explorer who destroyed the already divided Inca empire.
Who is Pizarro?
500
When, what, who, where, are considered what part of speech?
What are coordinating conjunctions?
500
The author of "The Landlady"
Who is Roald Dahl?
500
Type of government used in China where government officials where chosen by their qualifications.
What is a Meritocracy?
500
The name of the boy in "The Landlady" that inquires about a room
Who is Billy Weaver?
500
what is "on the revolutions of the celestial spheres"
The name of the book written by Copernicus