2017 GMAS Review

Question 1

Samuel Morse came up with a code of dots and dashes. It sounds like beeps. It is called

Accepted Answer

Morse Code

Question 2

The Civil Rights movement was a time that people fought for equality for all. Who can we thank?

Accepted Answer

MLK Jr., Rosa Parks, Brown vs. Board of Education

Question 3

A type of figurative language is __________.

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 4

The stock market crashed in 1929. This day was known as Black Tuesday. What did this begin?

Accepted Answer

Great Depression

Question 5

The Spanish American War ended and America gained

Accepted Answer

Guam, Puerto Rico, Phillipines

Question 6

Where did cattle stay while waiting to be sold?

Accepted Answer

In stockyards

Question 7

If you use the conjunction NEITHER, you will use the word ________.

Accepted Answer

nor

Question 8

Segregation was made legal by these laws

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow Laws

Question 9

We are going to SLAY GMAS!!!!!

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 10

She sells sea shells down by the seashore

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 11

A drought caused farmers not to be successful at growing crops. This was known as

Accepted Answer

The Dust Bowl

Question 12

The RECONSTRUCTION amendments are

Accepted Answer

13, 14, 15

Question 13

Who was the general of the confederate states during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 14

When you are deciding if the writing is to persuade, inform, or entertain, you are deciding

Accepted Answer

Author's Purpose

Question 15

A squirrel laughed out loud

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 16

After the Civil War, America had to rebuild. This time period was called

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction

Question 17

Chronology (SEQUENCE OF EVENTS) means

Accepted Answer

To list things in order

Question 18

Types of TEXT STRUCTURE are

Accepted Answer

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 19

During WW1, soldiers spent most of their time in

Accepted Answer

the trenches

Question 20

Cowboys used cattle drives to sell beef. The Chisholm Trail stretched from

Accepted Answer

Texas to Kansas

Question 21

If you are writing "Just a STORY", You are writing a

Accepted Answer

Narrative

Question 22

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Courthouse

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