Cultral Literacy Flashcards

(50 cards)

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What is the 1001 nights?

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What is another name for the Arabian nights?

What is the 1001 nights

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What was for 1001 nights?

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How many days did the queen tell these tales to the king?

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3
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Who was a magician?

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Who sold Aladdin the lamp?

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4
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Who was the genie?

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What was brought forth when the lamp was rubbed?

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5
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Who was a poem and short story writer?

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Who was Eugenia W. Collier?

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6
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What was a power plant meltdown?

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What happened in chernobyl?

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When was 1909?

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When was Eudora Welty born?

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8
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What was a set of dickens?

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Her mother ran into a burning house just to save what?

What was a set of dickens

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What was the monkey trial?

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What did they call johns trial?

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10
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What was for teaching evolution in violation of state law?

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Why was John scopes arrested?

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11
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When is after the regular football season?

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When does the rose bowl take place?

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12
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Where is Pasadena California?

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Where does the rose bowl take place?

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When was after the civil war?

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When did sharecropping take place?

When was after the civil war

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14
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Where was the south?

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Where did it develop?

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15
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What was the Dakota people?

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Sioux Is the common name for what people?

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16
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Who was Bigfoot?

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What chief led the Indians to massacre the u.s. troops?

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17
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What are sit-ins?

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What is a form of nonviolent protest?

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18
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During the civil rights movement?

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When we’re sitins employed?

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19
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Who was a 20th century athlete?

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Who was Jim Thorpe?

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20
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What was the location of a serious nuclear power plant?

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What was the three mile island?

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21
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What was Pennsylvania?

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What state was it in?

22
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Where was somewhere in the soviet union in Ukraine?

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Where was Chernobyl?

23
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What was uncle Tom?

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What was a name applied to black people?

24
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What was uncle toms cabin?

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What was the name of the 19th century novel

25
What was six?
How old was JK Rowling when she wrote her first book
26
What was the Harry Potter series?
What books did she write?
27
What was used by the New English?
The term Yankee was originally used by the what?
28
What is the United States?
Now it is applied to everyone in the what?
29
What is wiretapping?
What is the use of any electronic device to eavesdrop on private calls?
30
What is any electronic device?
What devices can you use to wiretap?
31
What is the Museum of Natural History?
What is one of the museums of the Smithsonian Institute?
32
Who is James smithsonian?
Who is the institute named after?
33
Who was Claude McKay?
Who was the 11th child of a farming family?
34
What was 22?
How old was he when he wrote both of his poetry books?
35
What was the civil rights movement?
What was one of the things Julian bond participated in?
36
Who was julian bond?
Who faced jail for his convictions as a veteran?
37
Who was Langston Hughes?
Who was regarded as one of the Harlem reinesance once in the 1920s?
38
What was a doorman?
What was one of his jobs?
39
Who was Paul Lawrence Dunbar?
Who was born in Dayton?
40
Who was William dean Howell?
Who gave a full page review on Paul's book in harpers weekly?
41
What is the American system for distributing old age and disability pensions?
What is the social security administration?
42
What was 1935
What year did it start?
43
What is stud poker
What Famous game did ace In the hole come from
44
What is a hidden advantage?
What does ace in the hole mean?
45
What is something beyond human control?
What does act of god mean?
46
Who are Insurance company's and lawyers
What people frequently use the phrase?
47
What is a sea bird?
What is an albatross?
48
What is an annoying burden?
What does an albatross around my neck mean?
49
What was native American
What race was Jim Thorpe?
50
What was marigolds?
What was the name of eugenia w. colliers award winning short story?