Functional Text - How-To: How to Get Involved in Politics — Unit test Answers

What is the best definition for the following underlined word in the sentence below:The United States has veto power.

Who is the target audience for this poster?

Directions: Read the following passage, and answer the question that follows. Building a CampfireA If you’ve ever gone camping, chances are you spent some time around a campfire. Whether you’re backpacking in the wilderness or just roasting marshmallows in the yard, sitting by a campfire is great fun. Building a campfire sounds very simple, but doing it properly is more complicated than many people think. There are several different ways to build a campfire, and there are some important safety rules to follow.B The first step in building a campfire is to choose a good location. Then, clean away all the leaves, grass, or underbrush nearby. Your spot should be completely bare of everything but dirt. Also, clear the area around your spot for a distance of at least ten feet. Fires throw out burning sparks, so it is important to make sure that there is no dry grass, pine needles, or leaves that could catch fire. C There are three types of wood you will need for a campfire: tinder, kindling, and fuel. Tinder is material that will catch fire easily from a single match. Examples of tinder are dry pine needles, dry bark, and very thin twigs. A handful of tinder is about the right amount. One of the best things to use is the bark from a birch tree. The bark produces a good flame and will burn even when wet. Softwood such as pine or cedar is usually best because it catches fire quickly, but thin, dry hardwoods work as well.D The tinder needs to burn only long enough to ignite the kindling, which is the next largest type of wood you will use. Kindling includes thin sticks you find on the ground and dead branches that are still on trees. If a branch snaps off easily, it is dry and will probably burn well. If it bends instead of snapping, it is too green to use. Each branch should be about as thick as a pencil.E Fuel means larger pieces of wood that will burn for a long time at an even temperature. The best choices are hardwoods such as hickory, oak, beech, sugar maple, and white ash. Logs should be about a foot or two long.F There are many different ways to arrange the wood for your fire. Two of the most popular arrangements are the crisscross and the teepee. For cooking, the crisscross works best because it provides an even bed of hot coals. To build a crisscross fire, lay a pair of sticks alongside each other, a foot apart. Put the tinder, with the kindling around it, in the middle. Then, put another pair of sticks crosswise on top of the first two. Keep building the stack up until it is about a foot high. To build a teepee fire, first place the tinder on the ground. Then, shove a stick into the ground so that it slants at an angle over the tinder. Next, put kindling sticks around the slanted stick so that they are arranged in a circle with their tops leaning against each other. Leave a space between the sticks so that you can light the tinder and kindling with a match. Then, put the larger pieces of firewood around the kindling sticks in the same type of arrangement.G When you finish enjoying your fire, it is very important to make sure it is completely out. Have a canteen or bucket of water available. First, sprinkle water on the coals until they are soaking wet. Then, stir them around with a stick and sprinkle more water on any spots that are still hot. Sprinkle water on the ground all around the fire, also. Last, cover the wet ashes with dirt until they are completely buried.

Preview the following picture and caption and predict the title of the text: The ground is not forgiving in Africa

What tone would you use to read a speech about the positive effects of biodiversity in Africa?

Identify the persuasive language in the passage below: It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time, the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

Identify some strategy questions to help you understand the following cartoon.

According to the speech, what message did the Secretary of State receive from the Japanese Ambassador just on hour after the attack on the Island of Oahu?

Read the following text below and identify the correct fluency usage:First select the location, dates, and times that best fit with your groups academically and financially. It is also a good idea to set goals your group would like to achieve at the MUN conference you have chosen. Next, you will need to write a letter to the Secretary General or the Model UN conference contact person to ask for the necessary registration forms. If you choose, communicating with a faculty advisor or student that attended the conference may help you to decide if it is indeed one that your group should attend. Many of the conferences also have Internet sites you can view to get a feel for the size and the type of conference. A short time later, you should receive the registration and other necessary forms.

If you were giving a speech to your parents about increasing your allowance, what tone would you use to convey the importance and what visual would you use to emphasize your point?

The city is planning on developing a new sports stadium in your neighborhood. You are concerned about the noise and the traffic and your home value decreasing. What would be a good strategy for getting involved in this political process?

Fill in the blank with the best possible replacement word provided.I need to borrow some money from my parents as my deficit has ____________.

(Button says “NRA Handgun Lobby”) “You can do a favor for me--Rub out any gun control legislature.” What is the prominent political detail in the cartoon:

Directions: Read the following passage, and answer the question that follows. The Black DeathA The growing cities of the Middle Ages could be exciting places. However, many were dark, unsafe, and unhealthy. Streets were narrow, crooked, and filthy. There were no streetlights or police. Many people did not go out alone at night for fear of robbers. If people did go out, they often took servants along with them for protection and to carry lanterns or torches to light the way. Waste was dumped into open gutters. All in all, conditions were disgusting. This caused diseases to spread quickly through the crowded cities.B Beginning in 1347, one such disease, a terrible plague, swept through Europe. The disease was called the Black Death because of the darkened color of its victims’ faces after they died. The plague began in Asia and spread along busy trade routes. Trading ships carried the disease west to the Mediterranean. From the Mediterranean ports, the disease spread throughout most of Europe. Rats on the ships carried the disease. Fleas from the rats spread the disease to people.C Once people became infected, the disease could be spread from person to person. People became infected as they came in contact with the sick. According to Jean de Venette, a friar who lived at the time, young people were more likely to die than old people. Those who got sick lasted only two or three days and then died suddenly. This happened in such great numbers that often those who lived could not keep up with burying the dead. The friar wrote, “Someone who was healthy one day could be dead and buried the next. . . . A healthy person who visited the sick hardly ever escaped death.”D No one knows the exact number of plague deaths in Europe. Some guess that about 25 million people died in Europe from 1347 to 1351. This was about one third of the entire population. The death rate varied from place to place. Towns seemed to be harder hit than the countryside. Some entire villages and towns were wiped out. The plague affected the rich as well as the poor. Even the great and powerful, including royalty, were struck down. Throughout Europe, populations were devastated by, as the Welsh called it, “death coming into our midst like black smoke.”E The Black Death greatly affected Europe. Relations between the upper classes and lower classes changed. Workers, now in short supply, demanded higher wages. In several European countries, peasants staged uprisings. There were emotional effects as well. In some areas, the theme of death appeared in poetry, sculpture, and painting. People’s faith was shaken. The church lost some of its power and importance. The Black Death took a greater toll on human life than any war or illness before that time. It was perhaps the greatest tragedy in all of European history.

Identify a synonym for the following underlined word:I was enthralled to learn I scored an “B-” on my test.

What section header would go best with the picture above?

Identify the tone of the Irish poem below:What is this love, - this love that makesMy heart's warm pulses quiver?They say it is the power that wakesThe hyacinth 'mid hazel brakes,The lilies by the river,And that same thing that bids the doveSit in the pine-tree high above,Its sweetheart wooing;But oh! alas! wate'er it be,It comes for my undoing! The lily of the river sideBy its sweet mate reposesThrough autumn moons and winter-tide,To wake in love and beauty's prideWhen comes the time of roses;And in the springing of the yearThe doves' sweet voices you will hearTheir vows renewing;But oh! alas! whate'er love be,And howsoe'er it comes to me,It comes for my undoing!

What propaganda technique is used to recruit young men in the poster above?

Identify the persuasive words in the following sentence:While we celebrate the democratic power of the jurors, we no longer trust the verdicts they reach.

Identify the persuasive words in the following sentence:The flight from jury duty on the part of millions of Americans is a serious threat to the future of the system.