http://professor-lyman.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] professor-lyman.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2006-02-01 01:14 pm
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US History (Wednesday, February 1, 7th period)

Josh was still bitching to himself about the State of the Union address when the history class began arriving.

"As promised," he said, passing around papers, "I have a test for you today. I know you're thrilled."

1. What did Christopher Columbus do that was so important?
2. Who was John Smith and why should you care? The John Smith we talked about in class, thanks. Not just any guy named John Smith.
3. Compare and contrast living situations in Virginia and Massachusetts at the time of Jamestown and the Pilgrims.
4. Which of the following states was not one of the original thirteen: Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or South Carolina?
5. What's that 36-word sentence in the Declaration of Independence that's so amazingly quotable?


"Question or concerns that aren't 'what's the answer to number 4?' Ask away."
absolutesnark: (Studying)

Re: Take the test (February 1, US History)

[personal profile] absolutesnark 2006-02-01 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
1. What did Christopher Columbus do that was so important? He gets all the credit for discovering North America, even though it's been proven that others have discovered it before him. So really, he didn't do anything important. Unless being a "Navigational Moron" counts.

2. Who was John Smith and why should you care? While everyone else was lazy and stupid, John Smith is the reason the Jamestown settlement survived.

3. Compare and contrast living situations in Virginia and Massachusetts at the time of Jamestown and the Pilgrims. While virginia dealt with slavery and malaria, Massachussets had to deal with religious intolerance and cold, harsh winters.

4. Which of the following states was not one of the original thirteen: Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or South Carolina? Vermont.

5. What's that 36-word sentence in the Declaration of Independence that's so amazingly quotable? "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."