Quick quiz.NEWS SPECIAL: CELEBRITY GOVERNOR, PAGES 8-7 * Decide whether each sentence is true, false, or an opinion. Write your answer on the blank line (Print.) a vacant space of the breadth of a line, on a printed page; a line of quadrats. See also: Blank provided. --1. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] was a champion bodybuilder before becoming a movie star. --2. Before running for office, Schwarzenegger did part-time volunteer work for Governor Gray Davis. --3. Schwarzenegger is an excellent Governor. --4. Schwarzenegger altered Stanley Tookie Williams's sentence from life in prison to the death penalty. --5. Being born in Austria should not disqualify To deprive of eligibility or render unfit; to disable or incapacitate. To be disqualified is to be stripped of legal capacity. A wife would be disqualified as a juror in her husband's trial for murder due to the nature of their relationship. Schwarzenegger as a candidate for President. WORLD: RUSSIA: A BETTER LIFE? PAGES 10-13 * Use a word or phrase from this list to correctly complete each sentence. Alexi Beriashvili, capitals, Communists, deported, dictatorship, Georgians, gold, illegal, immigrants, independent countries, iron ore, legal, nationalists, natural gas, Nine Narsiya, Vladimir Putin, Soviet republics. 6. Before 1991, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan were-- 7. In 1991, the Soviet Union split into 15-- 8. Moscow has grown wealthy by exporting oil and-- 9. Russian-- object to having immigrants in their homeland.-- 10. The government of President--has not come up with a plan for immigrants living in Russia. WORLD HISTORY PLAY: THE GREAT DICTATOR, PAGES 14-17 * Write the letter of the correct answer on the line before each question. --11. Besides Julius Caesar Julius Caesar: see Caesar, Julius. , who were members of the triumvirate Triumvirate (trīŭm`vĭrĭt, –vĭrāt'), in ancient Rome, ruling board or commission of three men. Triumvirates were common in the Roman republic. ? A. Bibulus and Marcus Brutus B. Crassus and Pompey C. Pompey and Egypt's Pharaoh --12. While commanding an army in Gaul, Caesar was ordered back to Italy by which of the following? A. Augustus Caesar B. the Governor of Spain C. the Roman Senate --13. To reach Italy from Cisalpine Gaul Cis·al·pine Gaul A section of ancient Gaul south and east of the Alps in present-day Italy. , Caesar and his army had to cross which geographic feature? A. Adriatic Sea B. Mediterranean Sea C. Rubicon River --14. Fleeing from Caesar's army, Pompey was killed when he arrived where? A. Alexandria, Egypt B. Cisalpine Gaul C. the Roman Senate --15. Which of these was not promised by Caesar when Rome's Senate made him dictator for life? A. freedom for all Roman slaves B. relief to the poor C. respect for private property AMERICAN HISTORY: THE OTHER PIONEERS, PAGES 18-20 * Match each person or place in the left column with the correct description in the right column. --16. Deadwood Deadwood, city (1990 pop. 1,830), seat of Lawrence co., W S.Dak.; settled 1876 after discovery of gold. A Black Hills tourist center, it is also a trade hub for a lumbering, stock-raising, and mining region. A. expert tracker and U.S. marshal --17. Mary Fields B. town in Dakota Territory --18. Nat Love C. all-black frontier town in Colorado --19. Nicodemus D. cowboy and champion cattle roper --20. Bass Reeves E. delivered the U.S. mail and drove a stagecoach stagecoach, heavy, closed vehicle on wheels, usually drawn by horses, formerly used to transport passengers and goods overland. Throughout the Middle Ages and until about the end of the 18th cent. Answers: 1. true 2. false 3. opinion 4. false (Williams had already been sentenced to the death penalty. Schwarzenegger decided not to grant him clemency Leniency or mercy. A power given to a public official, such as a governor or the president, to in some way lower or moderate the harshness of punishment imposed upon a prisoner. Clemency is considered to be an act of grace. .) 5. opinion 6. Soviet republics 7. independent countries 8. natural gas 9. nationalists 10. Vladimir Putin 11.B 12. C 13. C 14. A 15. A 16. B 17. E 18. D 19. C 20. A |
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