Exams: Year 6, Term 3

Below are D's exam questions for term 3 of this year. She'll have her exams in early August.

 

Monday

 

The Age of Fable:
  1. Describe the mythology of the Norse.
  2. Retell the story of Beowulf.

 

Art History - Titian:
  1. Tell about the life and paintings of Titian.
  2. Give a detailed description of your favorite Titian painting.

Spanish:
  1. Translate to English: No soy catolica. No soy judia. Soy protestante. No soy canadiense. No soy mexicana. Soy americana. Yo estoy en los Estados Unidos.
  2. Translate to English: yo, usted, el, ella, nosotros, ellos, ellas.
  3. Translate to English: necesitar, venire, aprender, andar, querer, tener, comprar, entrar, vivir, hablar, decir, pedir.
  4. Conjugate hablar.

World History (Post WWII):
  1. Tell of the history of the nation of Israel.
  2. Give an account of the Cold War.
  3. Describe the Civil Rights Movement.
  4. Summarize the Korean War or the Vietnam War.
  5. What do you think was the single most important event to occur since 1945? Tell about this event and explain why you believe it was the most important one.

Tuesday

The Iliad:
  1. Compare and contrast Hector and Achilles. Who is the true hero of the Trojan War? Why?
  2. Tell of the last battle and death of Hector.

 

Latin (Prima Latina):
  1. Recite the Table Blessing in Latin.
  2. Recite the Table Blessing in English.
  3. Translate: alma mater, stupor mundi, altus, multus, bonus, longus, novus.
  4. Write the pronouns for each verb ending: o, s, t, mus, tis, nt.

Mathematics (Ray's Practical Arithmetic):
  1. Nine dollars equal how many cents?
  2. One square yard equals how many square feet?
  3. There are 14 pounds 4 ounces of beans. To put them in 4 containers equally, how much should you put in each container?
  4. Each crock pot holds 3 quarts 1 pint of chili and there are 6 crock pots at the potluck dinner. How much chili is there?
  5. Of 3 and 6, which is a prime number and which is a composite number?
  6. What are the prime factors of 46?
  7. Find the greatest common divisor of16, 24, and 40.
  8. Find the least common multiple of 10, 12, 15, and 20.

 

American History (Civil War-WWI):
  1. Describe the end of the Civil War.
  2. Tell of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
  3. Give an account of the presidency of Ulysses Grant, Grover Cleveland, or Theodore Roosevelt.

 

Wednesday

 

Plutarch - Philopoemen:

 

  1. Summarize the main events in the life of Philopoemen.
  2. You are the historian Polybius answering the Romans: why should Philopoemen's monuments remain?

 

Bible (John 13-21):
  1. Explain why Christ's sacrifice was necessary.
  2. Illustrate with colored pencils the Crucifixion or Resurrection of Christ.
  3. Describe Peter's or Thomas' meeting with the Resurrected Christ.

 

Chorus:
  1. Sing the three songs learned this term.

 

Catechism:
  1. Recite #38-48.

 

Drawing:
  1. Sketch one living thing.
  2. Sketch one non-living thing.

 

Thursday

 

Shakespeare - Twelfth Night:
  1. Summarize the events of Twelfth Night.
  2. Describe the character of the play's hero or heroine.

 

Apologia General Science Modules 4-6:
  1. What are the six basic machines? Briefly describe each of them. You may include illustrations.
  2. What three tests are used to evaluate documents? Give a brief description of each.
  3. Tell about dendrochronology or the Principle of Superposition.
  4. Compare catastrophism and uniformitarianism.
  5. What are the three basic types of rock? Tell about each.
  6. Tell about the two kinds of weathering.

 

Church History (The Early Church and Feast Days):
  1. Give an account of Saint Columba or Saint Kateri Tekakwitha.
  2. Describe the life of Saint John Chrysostom.
  3. Tell about the work of Saint Martin, Cassian, or Jerome.
  4. Give an account of the conversion of Saint Augustine.

 

Geography - Mexico and Central America:
  1. Label the map of Central America below: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, Lake Nicaragua, Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal. Add any other locations you remember.

 


  1. Label the map of Mexico below: Baja Peninsula, Gulf of Mexico, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Matamoros, Mexico City, Pacific Ocean, Sonoran Desert, Tijuana, United States of America, Yucatan Peninsula. Label any other locations you remember.

 


 

 

Friday

 

Pilgrim's Progress - Book II:
  1. Give a summary of Christiana's journey.
  2. Illustrate with colored pencils your favorite scene from the reading.

 

Nature Study:
  1. Turn in your nature journal.
  2. Describe the appearance and habits of one bird you have observed this term.

 

Poetry - Edna St. Vincent Millay:
  1. Tell about the life and poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay.
  2. Write a lyric poem in the style of Millay.

 

Music History - Richard Wagner:
  1. Tell about the life and works of Richard Wagner.
  2. Summarize one of Wagner's operas.

 

Composition and Grammar:
1.     List the steps of the SQ3R Study Method and explain each.
2.     Create a test on one topic you have studied this term. Include two examples for each of the following types of test questions: multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, short-answer, matching, and essay.