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M EMORY M ASTER C OMPETITION
2016
MASTER
RO U N D
ONE
Memory Master
Estimated Time: 2 hours
Finalists 16 to 12
In the first round, all sixteen finalists will compete at once.
Each finalist will be summoned to one of six judge’s stations where they will
be tested in one of the six categories. Students will rotate through stations
according to the schedules at the back of this book. Judges will score each
student based on 8, 9, or 10 points in each category. Singing, chanting, motions, or plain speaking are all permitted and encouraged—no one format
will be considered better than another.
The twelve students with the highest average scores proceed to the next
round. In the case of a tie, the finalists with the most “10s” will advance. A
second set of questions may be prepared in advance if needed to clearly
identify twelve winners.
If needed to break a tie the student will be given a history prompt from
anywhere in the three cycles and be asked to complete to a certain point
within thirty seconds.
JUDGES NOTES: Each judge will be responsible for one subject/category. The students will rotate in designated manner until all subjects are
completed. The questions and answers will be written out in a manner
that will be simple to track. At the end of the round the judges will tally the
points together and select the top twelve students to advance. There will be
a set of tie-breaker questions preselected.
Set up: each judge will have their own station with possibly a table to write
on. All information will be compiled in a binder for easy accessibility and
use. All judging notes remain in the binder for the deration of the competition. There will also be recording devices at certain stations.
ROUND ONE
3
TIMELINE
STUDENT NAME
Please name as many presidents with first and last names as you can within 30 seconds.
 1 George Washington
 2 John Adams
 3 Thomas Jefferson
 4 James Madison
 5 James Monroe
 6 John Quincy Adams
 7 Andrew Jackson
 8 Martin Van Buren
 9 William H. Harrison
 10 John Tyler
 11 James K. Polk
 12 Zachary Taylor
 13 Millard Fillmore
 14 Franklin Pierce
 15 James Buchanan
NOTES:
 16 Abraham Lincoln
 17 Andrew Johnson
 18 Ulysses S. Grant
 19 Rutherford B. Hayes
 20 James A. Garfield
 21 Chester A. Arthur
 23 Grover Cleveland
 24 Benjamin Harrison
 25 Grover Cleveland
 26 William McKinley
 27 Theodore Roosevelt
 28 William H. Taft
 29 Woodrow Wilson
 30 Warren G. Harding
 31 Calvin Coolidge
 32 Herbert Hoover
 33 Franklin D. Roosevelt
 34 Harry S. Truman
 35 Dwight D. Eisenhower
 36 John F. Kennedy
 37 Lyndon B. Johnson
 38 Richard M. Nixon
 39 Gerald R. Ford
 40 Jimmy Carter
 41 Ronald Reagan
 42 George H. W. Bush
 43 Bill Clinton
 44 George W. Bush
 45 Barack Obama
ROUND ONE
5
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
STUDENT NAME
Please name as many prepositions as you can within thirty seconds.
 About
 Above
 Across
 After
 Against
 Along
 Amid
 Among
 Around
 At
 Atop
 Before
 Behind
 Below
 Beneath
 Beside
 Between
 Beyond
NOTES:
 But
 By
 Concerning
 Down
 During
 Except
 For
 From
 In
 Inside
 Into
 Like
 Near
 Of
 Off
 On
 Onto
 Out
 Outside
 Over
 Past
 Regarding
 Since
 Through
 Throughout
 To
 Toward
 Under
 Underneath
 Until
 Up
 Upon
 With
 Within
 Without
ROUND ONE
7
SCI ENCE
STUDENT NAME
Please recite the first twelve (12) elements with atomic number and weight within 30 seconds.
 Hydrogen (H) 1
 Helium (He) 4
 Lithium (Li) 7
 Berllium (Be)9
 Boron (B) 11
 Carbon ( C) 12
 Nitrogen (N) 14
 Oxygen (O) 16
 Fluorine (F) 19
 Neon (Ne) 20
 Sodium (Na) 23
 Magnesium (Mg) 24
NOTES:
ROUND ONE
9
MATH
STUDENT NAME
Please recite all of the non-multiplication facts from weeks 12–24.
 WEEK 12: TEASPOONS AND TABLESPOONS
3 teaspoons (tsp.) = 1 tablespoon (Tbsp.)
2 tablespoons (Tbsp.) = 1 fluid ounce (fl. oz.)
WEEK 13: LIQUID EQUIVALENTS  WEEK 17: AREA
 OF A SQUARE
8 fluid ounces (fl. oz.) = 1 cup (c.)
2 cups (c.) = 1 pint (pt.)
2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.)
4 quarts (qt.) = 1 gallon (gal.)
The area of a square equals
length of its side squared.
WEEK 14: LINEAR EQUIVALENTS  WEEK 18: AREA OF
 A TRIANGLE
2.54 centimeters (cm) = 1 inch (in.)
12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.)
5,280 feet (ft.) = 1 mile (mi.)
WEEK 15: METRIC
 MEASUREMENTS
10 millimeters (mm) = 1 centimeter (cm)
100 centimeters (cm) = 1 meter (m)
1,000 meters (m) = 1 kilometer (km)
WEEK 16: AREA OF
 A RECTANGLE
The area of a
rectangle equals
length times width.
NOTES:
The area of a triangle
equals one-half base
times height.
WEEK 21: THE ASSOCIATIVE LAW
 The Associative Law for addition:
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
The Associative Law for multiplication:
(a × b) × c = a × (b × c)
WEEK 22: THE
 COMMUTATIVE LAW
The Commutative Law for addition:
a+b=b+a
The Commutative Law for multiplication:
a×b=b×a
WEEK 19: AREA OF A CIRCLE  WEEK 23: THE DISTRIBUTIVE LAW
 The area of a circle
equals pi (3.14) times
the radius squared.
WEEK 20: CIRCUMFER ENCE OF A CIRCLE
The circumference of a circle
equals two times pi (3.14)
times the radius.
The Distributive Law states:
a (b + c) = ab + ac
WEEK 24: THE IDENTITY LAW
 The Identity Law for addition states:
a+0=a
The Identity Law for multiplication states:
a×1=a
ROUND ONE
11
GEOGRAPHY
STUDENT NAME
Please state Cycle 1 weeks 1–10 geography facts.
WEEK 1: FERTILE CRESCENT
WEEK 5: EGYPTIAN EMPIRE
WEEK 9: EASTERN ASIA
Mediterranean Sea
 Mesopotamia
 Euphrates River
 Tigris River
 Sumer
 Egypt
 Nile River
 Upper/Lower Egypt
 West/East Deserts
 Nile Delta
 Crete
 Mongolia
 China
 Korea
 Japan
 Yellow Sea
 WEEK 2: ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
WEEK 6: ROMAN EMPIRE
WEEK 10: JAPAN
Red Sea
 Persian Gulf
 Caspian Sea
 Black Sea
 Babylon
 Spain
 Gaul/France
 Germania/Germany
 Alexandria
 Carthage
 Kyoto
 Tokyo
 Mt. Fuji
 Pacific Ocean
 Sea of Japan
 WEEK 3: HEBREW EMPIRE
WEEK 7: INDUS RIVER
Judah
 Israel
 Jordan River
 Dead Sea
 Phoenicia
 Sea of Galilee
 Ganges River
 Himalayas
 Arabian Sea
 Bay of Bengal
 Great Indian Desert
 WEEK 4: HITTITE EMPIRE
WEEK 8: CHINA
Hattusa/Hatti
 Asia Minor
 Turkey
 Arabian Desert
 Cyprus
 Huang He River (Yellow)
 Chang Jiang River (Long)
 An-Yang
 NOTES:
ROUND ONE
13
LATIN
STUDENT NAME
Please recite all Latin noun declensions and 1st conjugation verb endings.
CYCLE 1: Noun Cases
1st Declension Noun Endings
Nominative
 Genitive
 Dative
 Accusative
 Ablative
 Subject
 Possessive
 Indirect Object
 Direct Object
 Object of the Preposition
 Singular
NOTES:
-a
 -ae
 -ae
 -am
  -ā
Plural
-ae
 -ārum
 -īs
 -ās
  -īs
2nd Declension Noun Endings
Singular
-us
 -ī
 -ō
 -um
  -ō
Plural
-ī
 -ōrum
 -īs
 -ōs
  -īs
3rd Declension Noun Endings
Singular
various
 -is
 -ī
 -em
  -e
Plural
-ēs
 -um
 -ibus
 -ēs
  -ibus
4th Declension Noun Endings
Singular
 -us
-ūs
 -uī
 -um
  -ū
Plural
-ūs
 -uum
 -ibus
 -ūs
  -ibus
5th Declension Noun Endings
Singular
 -ēs
-ēī
 -ēī
 -em
  -ē
Plural
-ēs
 -ērum
 -ēbus
 -ēs
  -ēbus
1st Conjugation Verb Endings
Present Tense
Singular
ō
 s
 t
 Plural
 mus
tis
 nt
 1st Conjugation Verb Endings
Imperfect Tense
Singular
Plural
bam  bāmus
 bās
bātis
  batt
bant
  1st Conjugation Verb Endings
Future Tense
Singular
bō
 bis
 bit
 Plural
 bimus
bitis
 bunt
 1st Conjugation Verb Endings
Present Perfect Tense
Singular
ī
 istī
 it
 Plural
 imus
istis
 ērunt
 1st Conjugation Verb Endings
Pluperfect Tense
Singular
Plural
eram  erāmus
 erās
erātis
  erat
erant
  1st Conjugation Verb Endings
Future Perfect Tense
Singular
Plural
erō
  erimus
eris
eritis
  erit
erint
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RO U N D
TWO
Rapid Recall
Estimated Time: 2 hours
Finalists 12 to 6
In Round Two, the students will be asked questions in which the facts from
all three cycles are possible answers. Questions will be derived from the
Memory Work Flashcard from all three cycles. Questions will be publically
directed to a student much like a spelling bee—all will hear. Questions
will be randomly selected from all subject areas. The student will have two
seconds after the question is asked to begin the answer.
The six highest scores proceed to Round Three. A second set of questions
may be prepared in advance if needed to clearly identify six winners. Round
Two will send six students to the final round.
JUDGES NOTES: Questions will be pre-selected for each heat with
each of the subjects present. The emcee (Evelyn) will use the Memory
Master flash cards to ask the questions of the contestant. There will be a
total of nine heats with six “bee” heats and three timeline heats. If needed
additional heats will be prepared.
Example for a timeline question: Name the three cards before card 75
(“Francis of Assisi and Thomas Aquinas”) in reverse order.
ROUND TWO
17
FIRST HEAT
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER

1. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 3 WEEK 17
RIVERS (East)

F
A
N
B
O
Y
S
St. Lawrence River
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Arkansas River

2. LATIN CYCLE 3 WEEK 3
PRONOUNS
hic, hoc this
ipso, ipsum him
cuiwhose
quodthat
eamit
illumhim

3. ENGLISH GRAMMAR CYCLE 3
WEEK 22
SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

4. SCIENCE CYCLE 3 WEEK 8
What are six parts of
the circulatory system?
Heart
Arteries
Veins
Capillaries
Red and white blood cells
Platelets

5. SCIENCE CYCLE 2 WEEK 16
What is Newton’s first law of motion?
An object at rest tends to remain at
rest, and an object in motion tends to
continue moving in a straight line at
constant speed unless an outside force
acts upon it.

6. HISTORY CYCLE 2 WEEK 19
Tell me about the Korean War.
In 1950, General Douglas MacArthur
led UN troops to stop communist North
Korea from capturing all of South
Korea during the Korean War.
for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so
8. HISTORY CYCLE 1 WEEK 21
Tell me about the exploration of
Canada.
John Cabot and Samuel de Champlain
explored Canada and the St. Lawrence
River. Creation of the Hudson’s Bay
Company, in 1670, eventually led to
war between Britain and France. The
maple leaf is the symbol of Canada.

A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE does
not express a complete thought and
cannot stand alone (also known as a
dependent clause).

7. ENGLISH CYCLE 2 WEEK 22
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
9. SCIENCE CYCLE 1 WEEK 18
What are four types
of ocean floor?
Continental shelf
Abyssal plains
Mountain ranges
Ridges

10. MATH WEEK 3
5s and 6s Tables
5 1015202530
354045505560
6 1218243036
424854606672

11. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 1 WEEK 22
CANADIAN WATERS
Great Bear Lake
Great Slave Lake
Hudson Bay
Baffin Bay
Labrador Sea

12. ENGLISH CYCLE 2 WEEK 8
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
myself
yourself
himself / herself / itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
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SECOND HEAT
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER

1. LATIN CYCLE 3 WEEK 10
RULES (Articles)

Latin has no translation for articles
a, an, the. (These rules are observable in the passage you translated.)


5. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 2 WEEK 12
EASTERN EUROPEAN SEAS
White Sea
Barents Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Aral Sea

6. SCIENCE CYCLE 1 WEEK 15
What is each
continent’s highest mountain?
Everest in Asia
Aconcagua in S. America
McKinley in N. America
Kilimanjaro in Africa
Elbrus in Europe
Kosciuszko in Australia
Vinson Massif in Antarctica
8. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 1 WEEK 18
MESOAMERICA
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Olmec Civilization
Maya Civilization
Aztec Civilization

9. ENGLISH GRAMMAR CYCLE 2
WEEK 20
APPOSITIVE
An APPOSITIVE is a noun
(or pronoun) directly beside
another noun that explains or
identifies it.

10. ENGLISH GRAMMAR CYCLE 2
WEEK 24
INTERJECTION
An INTERJECTION is a word or
phrase used as a strong expression of feeling or emotion.
4. HISTORY CYCLE 1 WEEK 8
Tell me about the Age of Imperialism.
During the Age of Imperialism, the
British established rule over India
in 1858, and Queen Victoria was
declared the Empress of India in
1877.
Before his assassination in 1948,
Mohandas Gandhi led the passive
resistance movement, which
helped win India’s independence.


3. MATH WEEK 5
9s and 10s Tables
9 1827364554
6372819099108
102030405060
708090100110120

For every action, there is an equal
and opposite reaction.
2. HISTORY CYCLE 2 WEEK 13
Tell me about the Industrial
Revolution.
Watt’s steam engine, Cartwright’s
power loom, and Whitney’s cotton
gin spurred the Industrial Revolution that began in the 1760s.
7. SCIENCE CYCLE 2 WEEK 18
What is Newton’s third law of motion?

11. HISTORY CYCLE 3 WEEK 20
Tell me about Brown v. Board of
Education.
In 1954, in Brown v. Board of
Education, the U.S. Supreme Court
ruled that the segregation of public
schools by race is unconstitutional.

12. SCIENCE CYCLE 3 WEEK 9
What are four parts of the lymph
system?
Lymph vessels
Lymph nodes
Spleen
Thymus
ROUND TWO
19
THIRD HEAT
Please recite the three cards from Classical Acts & Facts® History Cards following the card number given:
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER

1. Card No. 118 The Monroe
Doctrine (1823)

119 Romantic Period of the
Arts (c. 1825–c. 1920)
120 Cherokee Trail of Tears (1838)
121 U.S. Westward Expansion
(1843–1869)

2. Card No. 82, The Hundred
Years’ War and Black
Death (1337–1453)
84 China’s Ming Dynasty
(1368–1644)
85 Age of Exploration
(c. 1400–c. 1600)
86 Prince Henry Founds School
of Navigation (c. 1419)

83 The Renaissance (c. 1350–c.
1600)
84 China’s Ming Dynasty
(1368–1644)
85 Age of Exploration (c. 1400–
c. 1600)

3. Card No. 91, The Spanish
Inquisition (1478–1834)
4. Card No. 50, Council
of Nicea (AD 325)
51
52
53

Augustine of Hippo
(AD 354–430)
Jerome Completes the
Vulgate (AD 405)
Visigoths Sack
Rome (AD 410)


67
68

Alfred the Great of England
(ruled 871–899)
Erik the Red and Leif
Eriksson, Norse Explorers
(c. 900–c. 1100)
Vladimir I of Kiev (958–1015)
10. Card No. 149, The Korean
War (1950–1953)
150 Martin Luther King Jr.
and the Civil Rights
Movement (1950–1968)
151 Jim and Elisabeth
Elliot, Missionaries to
Equador (1956)
152 The Antarctic Treaty (1959)

11. Card No. 73, Zimbabwe
and Early Mali in
Africa (1100–1500)
74
75
6. Card No. 151, Jim and
Elisabeth Elliot, Missionaries
to Equador (1956)
152 The Antarctic Treaty (1959)
153 The Vietnam War
(1965–1975)
154 US Astronauts Walk on
the Moon (1969 AD)
9. Card No. 65, Charlemagne
Crowned Emperor
of Europe (800)
66
5. Card No. 131, Boer Wars
in Africa (1881–1902)
132 The Spanish-American
War (1898)
133 The Progressive Era
(c. 1900–1920)
134 Australia Becomes a
Commonwealth (1901)
8. Card No. 14, China’s Shang
Dynasty (c. 1766 BC)
15 Hinduism in India
(c. 1500 BC)
16 Phoenicians and the
Alphabet (c. 1500 BC)
17 Olmecs of Mesoamerica
(c. 1500 BC)
92 Columbus Sails to the
Caribbean (1492)
93 Age of Absolute Monarchs
(c. 1500–c. 1800)
94 Protestant Reformation
(1517–1618)

7. Card No. 83, The Renaissance
(c. 1350–c. 1600)
76

Aztecs of Mesoamerica
(1100–1520)
Francis of Assisi and Thomas
Aquinas (1181, 1225)
Japan’s Shoguns
(1192–c. 1500)
12. Card No. 115, The War
of 1812 (1812–1814)
116 The Missouri
Compromise (1820)
117 Immigrants Flock to
America (c. 1820–c. 1930)
118 The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
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FOURTH HEAT
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER

1. SCIENCE CYCLE 3 WEEK 6
What are some parts of the digestive
system?
Mouth
Esophagus
Stomach
Liver
Small intestine
Large intestine

2. MATH WEEK 8

3. HISTORY CYCLE 2 WEEK 17
Tell me about World War II leaders.
4. LATIN CYCLE 1 WEEKS 1, 2, 13,
14 Noun Cases
NominativeSubject
Genitive Possessive
Dative
Indirect Object
Accusative Direct Object
Ablative
Object of the
Preposition



6. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 2 WEEK 14
BALTIC EUROPE
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
East Prussia (former)
8. SCIENCE CYCLE 2 WEEK 10
What are the phases
of the moon?
New
Crescent
Quarter
Gibbous
Full

9. SCIENCE CYCLE 1 WEEK 16
What are the four kinds of volcanoes?
Active
Intermittent
Dormant
Extinct

10. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 1 WEEK 9
EASTERN ASIA
Mongolia
China
Korea
Japan
Yellow Sea

5. HISTORY CYCLE 1 WEEK 9
Tell me about Confucius.
Confucius, who lived from 551 BC to
479 BC, taught obedience and respect.
Taoism means “The Path” and emphasizes harmony with nature.
7. ENGLISH GRAMMAR
CYCLE 3 WEEK 21
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
An INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
expresses a complete thought like a
sentence.
14s Table (up to 14 x 14)
14284256708498
112126140154168182196
World War II AXIS leaders were: Hitler
of Germany, Tojo of Japan, and Mussolini of Italy. WWII ALLY leaders were:
Churchill of England, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and MacArthur of the U.S., and
Stalin of the USSR.


11. ENGLISH GRAMMAR
CYCLE 2 WEEK 10
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
this
that
these
those

12. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 1 WEEK 11
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Constantinople/Istanbul
Rome
Athens
Ephesus
Antioch
ROUND TWO
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FIFTH HEAT
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER

1. MATH WEEK 7
13S TABLE (UP TO 13 X 13)

13263952657891104
117 130143156169


3. HISTORY CYCLE 3 WEEK 18
Tell me about Pearl Harbor.
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese
bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, causing
the U.S. to join the Allies in World War II.

6. SCIENCE CYCLE 2 WEEK 19
What is the first law
of thermodynamics?
Energy cannot be created or
destroyed.
8. ENGLISH GRAMMAR CYCLE 3
WEEK 1 INFINITIVE
An INFINITIVE is “to” plus a verb, used
as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

9. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 2 WEEK 11
EASTERN EUROPE
Constantinople/Istanbul
Moscow
Kiev
Russia (USSR)
Siberia (in Asia)

10. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 1 WEEK 3
HEBREW EMPIRE
Judah
Israel
Jordan River
Dead Sea
Phoenicia
Sea of Galilee
5. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 3 WEEK 11
Appalachian mountains (New
England features)
White Mountains
Green Mountains
Adirondack Mountains
Allegheny Mountains


4. SCIENCE CYCLE 3 WEEK 2
Which bones make up the axial
skeleton?
Cranium
Vertebrae
Ribs
Sternum

Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Vacuole
Mitochondria
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Chloroplasts
Golgi bodies
2. HISTORY CYCLE 1 WEEK 10
Tell me about the Heian Empire.
As the Heian government weakened in Japan, Shoguns began
to rule and expelled all foreigners
during the period of isolation. Circa
1853, Commodore Matthew Perry
of the U.S. restored trade, allowing the Meiji to modernize Japan.
7. SCIENCE CYCLE 1 WEEK 6
What are some parts
of a plant cell?

11. LATIN CYCLE 3 WEEK 11
RULES—NOUNS/PRONOUNS
Latin nouns and pronouns have
different endings called declensions.

12. ENGLISH GRAMMAR
CYCLE 2 WEEK 15
FOUR PURPOSES OF SENTENCES
Declarative
Exclamatory
Interrogative
Imperative
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Please recite, in reverse order, the FIVE cards from Classical Acts & Facts® History Cards preceding the card number
given:
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER

1. Card No. 90 Czar Ivan
the Great of Russia
(ruled 1463–1505)
89 Songhai in Africa
(1460–1603)
88 Gutenberg’s Printing
Press (c. 1455)
87 Slave Trade in Africa
(c. 1440–c. 1890)
86 Prince Henry Founds School
of Navigation (c. 1419)
85 Age of Exploration
(c. 1400–c. 1600)

2. Card No. 20, Greek Dark
Ages (c. 1100 BC)
19 Israelite Conquest and
Judges (c. 1405 BC)
18 Israelite Exodus and Desert
Wandering (c. 1446 BC)
17 Olmecs of Mesoamerica
(c. 1500 BC)
16 Phoenicians and the
Alphabet (c. 1500 BC)
15 Hinduism in India
(c. 1500 BC)

3. Card No. 34, Peloponnesian
Wars (431–404 BC)
33 Golden Age of
Greece (479 BC)
32 Roman Republic (509 BC)
31 Jews Return and Rebuild
the Temple (538 BC)
30 Babylon Falls to
Persia (539 BC)
29 Judah falls to Babylon,
Temple Destroyed (597 BC)

4. Card No. 106, Age of
Industry (c. 1760–c. 1969)
105 The Seven Years’
War (1756–1763)
104 Classical Period of the
Arts (c. 1750–c. 1825)
103 First Great Awakening
(1734–1750)
102 Hudson’s Bay
Company (1670)
101 Age of Enlightenment
(c. 1650–c. 1800)

5. Card No. 10, Hittites and
Canaanites (c. 2000 BC)
9
8
7
6
5

Patriarchs of Israel (c. 2166
BC)
Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World (c. 2550 BC)
Minoans and Mycenaeans (c.
3000 BC)
Indus River Valley Civilization
(c. 3000 BC)
Egyptians (c. 3100 BC)
6. Card No. 87, Slave Trade in
Africa (c. 1440–c. 1890)
86 Prince Henry Founds School
of Navigation (c. 1419)
85 Age of Exploration
(c. 1400–c. 1600)
84 China’s Ming Dynasty
(1368–1644)
83 The Renaissance (c.
1350–c. 1600)
82 The Hundred Years’ War and
Black Death (1337–1453)

7. Card No. 85, Age of
Exploration (c. 1400–c. 1600)
84 China’s Ming Dynasty
(1368–1644)
83 The Renaissance (c.
1350–c. 1600)
82 The Hundred Years’ War and
Black Death (1337–1453)
81 Marco Polo’s Journey to
China (1271–1295)
80 The Ottoman Empire
(1250–1923)

8. Card No. 113, Napoleon
Crowned Emperor
of France (1804)
112 Louisiana Purchase
and Lewis and Clark
Expedition (1803–1806)
111 Second Great Awakening
(c. 1790–c. 1840)
110 French Revolution
(1789–1799)
109 Madison’s Constitutuion and
the Bill of Rights (1787–1791)
108 American Revolution
and General George
Washington (1775–1783)
ROUND TWO
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
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9. Card No. 51, Augustine
of Hippo (AD 354–430)
50
49
48
47
46

Council of Nicea (AD 325)
India’s Gupta Dynasty
(AD 320–510)
Constantine Legalizes
Christianity (AD 313)
Diocletian Divides Roman
Empire (AD 286)
Herod’s Temple Destroyed
by Titus (AD 70)
10. Card No. 119, Romantic
Period of the Arts
(c. 1825–c. 1920)
118 The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
117 Immigrants Flock to
America (c. 1820–c. 1930)
116 The Missouri
Compromise (1820)
115 The War of 1812
(1812–1814)
114 Liberation of South
America (1808–1830)

11. Card No. 6, Indus River
Valley Civilization
(c. 3000 BC)
5
4
3
2
1

Egyptians (c. 3100 BC)
Mesopotamia and Sumer (c.
3500 BC)
The Flood and the Tower of
Babel
Creation and the Fall
Age of Ancient Empires
(Creation–AD 450)
12. Card No. 152, The
Antarctic Treaty (1959)
151 Jim and Elisabeth
Elliot, Missionaries to
Equador (1956)
150 Martin Luther King Jr.
and the Civil Rights
Movement (1950–1968)
149 The Korean War (1950–1953)
148 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (1949–present)
147 Mao and Communist
Victory in China (1949)
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COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER


1. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 2 WEEK 8
MID-ATLANTIC WORLD

Cape of Good Hope
Strait of Magellan
Canary Islands
Treaty of Tordesillas
Taxes, slavery, unemployment,
and diseases all contributed
to the fall of Rome.
2. ENGLISH GRAMMAR CYCLE 2
WEEK 6 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
mine
yours
his / hers
ours
yours
theirs

3. LATIN CYCLE 3 WEEK 9
RULES—Verbs
Latin verbs have different endings called conjugations.

5. HISTORY CYCLE 3 WEEK 12
Tell me about General Robert E. Lee.
In 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

6. MATH WEEK 4
7s and 8s Tables
7 1421283542
495663707784
8 1624324048
566472808896

7. ENGLISH GRAMMAR CYCLE 3
WEEK 4 VERB: PRINCIPAL PARTS
Infinitive
Present
Past
Present Participle
Past Participle
9. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 3 WEEK 14
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS
Cascade Mountains
Mt. Rainier
Mt. St. Helens
Mt. McKinley

10. ENGLISH GRAMMAR CYCLE 1
WEEK 1
A PREPOSITION…
relates a noun or pronoun to another
word.

4. HISTORY CYCLE 2 WEEK 15
Tell me about World War I countries.
During World War I, Great Britain,
France, and Russia were Allies and
fought against Austria-Hungary and
Germany, which were called the Central
Powers. In 1917, the U.S. entered the
war assisting the Allies.


8. HISTORY CYCLE 1 WEEK 6
Tell me about the fall of Rome.
11. SCIENCE CYCLE 1 WEEK 21
What are the five major circles of
latitude?
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle

12. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 1 WEEK 23
SOUTH AMERICA (west)
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
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EIGHTH HEAT
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER

1. LATIN CYCLE 3 WEEK 2
CONJUNCTIONS

etand
utthat
sedbut

2. HISTORY CYCLE 3 WEEK 11
Tell me about the Civil War.
In 1861, the Civil War began when
President Abraham Lincoln went to
war with the Southern states that had
seceded from the Union.
7. SCIENCE CYCLE 1 WEEK 17
What are some parts
of a volcano?
Magma
Vents
Lava
Crater
Gases

8. HISTORY CYCLE 2 WEEK 16
Tell me about how World War II
began.
A PAST PARTICIPLE is a verb plus
“-ed,” used as an adjective or a verb.
WWII began in 1939 when Hitler
invaded Poland. Two engagements
that helped the U.S. win the Pacific
front were the Battle of Midway and
dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.



3. ENGLISH GRAMMAR CYCLE 3
WEEK 3 PAST PARTICIPLE
4. MATH WEEK 9
15s Table (up to 15 x 15)
1530456075
90 105120135150
165180195210225

helps another verb assert
action, being, or existence.

5. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 1 WEEK 10
JAPAN
6. HISTORY CYCLE 1 WEEK 3
Tell me about the Greek and Roman
gods.
Greek gods
Zeus
Hera
Ares
Aphrodite
Artemis
Hermes
10. SCIENCE CYCLE 3 WEEK 10
What are some parts of the respiratory system?
Nose
Pharynx
Larynx
Trachea
Bronchi
Bronchioles
Alveoli
Lungs
Kyoto
Tokyo
Mt. Fuji
Pacific Ocean
Sea of Japan

9. ENGLISH GRAMMAR CYCLE 1
WEEK 13 A HELPING VERB…

Roman gods
Jupiter
Juno
Mars
Venus
Diana
Mercury
11. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 1 WEEK 5
EGYPTIAN EMPIRE
Egypt
Nile River
Upper/Lower Egypt
West/East Deserts
Nile Delta
Crete

12. SCIENCE CYCLE 2 WEEK 24
What units are used
to measure electricity?
Ohms
Volts
Amperes
Watts
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NINTH HEAT
Please recite the three preceding cards AND three following cards from Classical Acts & Facts® History Cards number
given. You will be reciting seven cards total.
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER

1. Card No. 135 Mexican
Revolution (1910–c. 1920)

132 The Spanish-American
War (1898)
133 The Progressive Era
(c. 1900–1920)
134 Australia Becomes a
Commonwealth (1901)
135 Mexican Revolution
(1910–c. 1920)
136 World War I and President
Wilson (1914–1918)
137 Lenin and the Bolshevik
Revolution in Russia (1917)
138 U.S. Evangelist Billy
Graham (1918—)

2. Card No. 142, Stalin of
the USSR and the Katyn
Massacre (1940)
139 Modern Period of the
Arts (1920–present)
140 The Great Depression and
the New Deal (1929–1939)
141 World War II and
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt (1939–1945)
142 Stalin of the USSR and the
Katyn Massacre (1940)
143 The United Nations
Formed (1945)
144 The Cold War (1945–1991)
145 Gandhi and India’s
Independence (1947)

3. Card No. 71, Norman
Conquest and Feudalism
in Europe (1066–1450)
68 Vladimir I of Kiev (958–1015)
69 Byzantine Emperor Basil
II (ruled 976–1025)
70 East-West Schism of
the Church (1054)
71 Norman Conquest and
Feudalism in Europe
(1066–1450)
72 The Crusades (1095–1291)
73 Zimbabwe and Early Mali
in Africa (1100–1500)
74 Aztecs of Mesoamerica
(1100–1520)
4. Card No. 130, Otto
von Bismarck Unifies
Germany (1871)
127 Lincoln’s War Between
the States (1861–1865)
128 Reconstruction of the
Southern States (1865–1877)
129 Dominion of Canada (1867)
130 Otto von Bismarck Unifies
Germany (1871)
131 Boer Wars in Africa
(1881–1902)
132 The Spanish-American
War (1898)
133 The Progressive Era
(c. 1900–1920)

5. Card No. 9, Patriarchs of
Israel (c. 2166 BC)
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Indus River Valley Civilization
(c. 3000 BC)
Minoans and Mycenaeans (c.
3000 BC)
Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World (c. 2550 BC)
Patriarchs of Israel (c. 2166
BC)
Hittites and Canaanites (c.
2000 BC)
Kush (c. 2000 BC)
Assyrians (c. 1900 BC)
6. Card No. 53, Visigoths
Sack Rome (AD 410)
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
Council of Nicea (AD 325)
Augustine of Hippo
(AD 354–430)
Jerome Completes the
Vulgate (AD 405)
Visigoths Sack
Rome (AD 410)
The Middle Ages (c.
450–c. 1500)
Council of Chalcedon (451)
Western Roman Empire
Falls to Barbarians (476)
ROUND TWO
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
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COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER

7. Card No. 129, Dominion of
Canada (1867)

126 Darwin Publishes The
Origin of Species (1859)
127 Lincoln’s War Between
the States (1861–1865)
128 Reconstruction of the
Southern States (1865–1877)
129 Dominion of Canada (1867)
130 Otto von Bismarck Unifies
Germany (1871)
131 Boer Wars in Africa
(1881–1902)
132 The Spanish-American
War (1898)

8. Card No. 147, Mao and
Communist Victory
in China (1949)
155 Age of Information
and Globalization (c.
1970–present)
156 Watergate, President Nixon
Resigns (1972–1974)
157 Fall of Communism in
Eastern Europe (1989)
158 European Union
Formed (1993)
159 Apartheid Abolished in
South Africa (1994)
160 September 11, 2001
161 Rising Tide of Freedom
(2003–present)

9. Card No. 28, Lao-Tzu,
Confucius, Buddha
(c. 604 BC)
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Rome Founded by Romulus
and Remus (753 BC)
Israel Falls to Assyria
(722 BC)
Assyria Falls to
Babylon (612 BC)
Lao-Tzu, Confucius,
Buddha (c. 604 BC)
Judah falls to Babylon,
Temple Destroyed (597 BC)
Babylon Falls to
Persia (539 BC)
Jews Return and Rebuild
the Temple (538 BC)
11. Card No. 54, The Middle
Ages (c. 450–c. 1500)
51
144 The Cold War (1945–1991)
145 Gandhi and India’s
Independence (1947)
146 Jewish State
Established (1948)
147 Mao and Communist
Victory in China (1949)
148 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (1949–present)
149 The Korean War (1950–1953)
150 Martin Luther King Jr.
and the Civil Rights
Movement (1950–1968)

10. Card No. 158, European
Union Formed (1993)
52
53
54
55
56
57

Augustine of Hippo
(AD 354–430)
Jerome Completes the
Vulgate (AD 405)
Visigoths Sack
Rome (AD 410)
The Middle Ages (c.
450–c. 1500)
Council of Chalcedon (451)
Western Roman Empire
Falls to Barbarians (476)
Byzantine Emperor
Justinian (ruled 527–565)
12. Card No. 78, Genghis
Khan Rules the Mongols
(1206–1227)
75
Francis of Assisi and Thomas
Aquinas (1181, 1225)
76 Japan’s Shoguns
(1192–c. 1500)
77 Incas of South America
(c. 1200–1533)
78 Genghis Khan Rules the
Mongols (1206–1227)
79 England’s Magna
Carta (1215)
80 The Ottoman Empire
(1250–1923)
81 Marco Polo’s Journey to
China (1271–1295)
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COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER

1. SCIENCE CYCLE 1 WEEK 24
What are some markings on the
globe?

Latitude (parallels)
Longitude (meridians)
Prime Meridian
Degrees
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere

2. HISTORY CYCLE 1 WEEK 23
Tell me about the liberation
of South America.
Noise
Air
Water
Land
Thermal
Radioactive

In the early 1800s, San Martin of
Argentina, O’Higgins of Chile, and
Simón Bolívar of Venezuela fought to
liberate South America from Spain.

3. LATIN CYCLE 3 WEEK 1
PREPOSITIONS
inin
apudwith
perthrough
sinewithout

4. ENGLISH GRAMMAR
CYCLE 2 WEEK 18
FIVE KINDS OF NOUNS (Usages)
Subject
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Object of Preposition
Possessive

5. HISTORY CYCLE 3 WEEK 15
Tell me about Theodore Roosevelt.
In 1898, Theodore Roosevelt and his
Rough Riders defeated the Spanish
at the Battle of San Juan Hill while
trying to help the Cubans win their
independence.

6. ENGLISH GRAMMAR CYCLE 3
WEEK 2
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
A PRESENT PARTICIPLE is a verb
plus “-ing,” used as an adjective or a
verb.
7. SCIENCE CYCLE 2 WEEK 6
What are six forms
of pollution?
8. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 3 WEEK 12
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS (Southern features)
The Great Valley
Blue Ridge Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains
Cumberland Mountains
Mt. Mitchell

9. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 1 WEEK 4
HITTITE EMPIRE
Hattusa/Hatti
Asia Minor
Turkey
Arabian Desert
Cyprus

10. MATH WEEK 2
3s and 4s Tables
369121518
212427303336
4 8 12162024
283236404448

11. GEOGRAPHY CYCLE 3 WEEK 15
GREAT LAKES
Huron
Ontario
Michigan
Erie
Superior
Niagara Falls

12. SCIENCE CYCLE 3 WEEK 21
What is uniform­itarianism?
The belief that the earth’s past geological changes can be fully explained by
current processes.
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Please recite the FIVE cards preceding the given card from Classical Acts & Facts® History Cards in reverse order.
COMPETITOR’S
NUMBER

13. Card No. 127 Lincoln’s War
Between the States (1861–
1865)
126 Darwin Publishes The
Origin of Species (1859)
125 British Queen Victoria’s Rule
Over India (1858–1947)
124 U.S. Restores Trade with
Japan (1853–1854)
123 The Compromise of
1850 and the Dred Scott
Decision (1850, 1857)
122 Marx Publishes The
Communist Manifesto (1848)

14. Card No. 108, American
Revolution and General
George Washington
(1775–1783)
107 James Cook Sails to Australia
and Antarctica (1769–1779)
106 Age of Industry (c.
1760–c. 1969)
105 The Seven Years’
War (1756–1763)
104 Classical Period of the
Arts (c. 1750–c. 1825)
103 First Great Awakening
(1734–1750)

15. Card No. 144, The Cold
War (1945–1991)
143 The United Nations
Formed (1945)
142 Stalin of the USSR and the
Katyn Massacre (1940)
141 World War II and
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt (1939–1945)
140 The Great Depression and
the New Deal (1929–1939)
139 Modern Period of the
Arts (1920–present)
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RO U N D
TH RE E
Presentations
Estimated Time: 2 hours
Finalists: 6 to 1
Accuracy is important, but judges will use presentation skills to choose the
winner in case of a tie.
Students will quietly sit and complete maps in a room while families gather
in the presentation room. Then, one at a time, students will stand in front
of the presentation room to chant the timeline, then translate Latin, and
then tell a story from the history presentations. During the presentations,
the other competitors will wait in a separate room. All will be judged and
awarded at the ceremony. This contest is purposely beyond the scope of a
normal Memory Master in Foundations since it includes all three cycles.
Maps will be revealed after speeches. Students will rotate through tasks,
and they will not hear or see one another. Finalists are judged on points plus
a majority opinion of the judges. Point scores are not released to the final
six competitors.
JUDGES NOTES: Maps: Students will be given a very large piece of paper
approximately the size of an easel pad (20 x 23 inches). Judges will be
looking for the most locations and general knowledge shown. For example:
more points should be given to the student who draws all of the continents
and countries rather than a student who draws the United States showing
all of the fifty (50) states and capitals.
Timeline: We will be asking the students to start the timeline at card
numbered 17 and continue until the time runs out. If the student reaches
the end of the timeline they can loop back to the beginning and continue
until they reach card 17.
History: The history story will be based off Cycle 3 Weeks 13–24 and will
start with the preamble to the U.S. Constitution a conclude with the Bill
of Rights. The remaining history sentences can be said in any order and
should contain good transitions and flow in addition to the story format as
found in The Core. Students will be given the history prompts immediately
following the creation of their maps.
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LATIN
STUDENT NAME

WEEK 12
JOHN 1:1
in principio erat Verbum
in the beginning was the Word

WEEK 13
JOHN 1:1
et Verbum erat apud Deum
et Deus erat Verbum
and the Word was with God
and the Word was God

WEEK 14
JOHN 1:2
hoc erat in principio apud Deum
this was with God
in the beginning

WEEK 15
JOHN 1:3
omnia per ipsum facta sunt
all things were made through him

WEEK 16
JOHN 1:3
et sine ipso factum est nihil
and without him nothing was made
that was made

WEEK 17
JOHN 1:4
in ipso vita erat
et vita erat lux hominum
in him was life
and [his] life was the light of men

WEEK 18
JOHN 1:5
et lux in tenebris lucet
and the light shineth in the darkness

WEEK 19
JOHN 1:5
et tenebrae eam non conprehenderunt
and the darkness comprehended it not

WEEK 20
JOHN 1:6
fuit homo missus a Deo
there was a man sent from God

WEEK 21
JOHN 1:6
cui nomen erat Iohannes
whose name was John

WEEK 22
JOHN 1:7
hic venit in testimonium
this man came for a witness

WEEK 23
JOHN 1:7
ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine
to bear witness of the light

WEEK 24
JOHN 1:7
ut omnes crederent per illum
that all men through him might believe
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STUDENT NAME
Classical Acts & Facts® History Cards timeline (Card #17 is noted)
1 Age of Ancient Empires
(Creation–AD 450)
2 Creation and the Fall
3 The Flood and the Tower of
Babel
4 Mesopotamia and Sumer (c.
3500 BC)
5 Egyptians (c. 3100 BC)
6 Indus River Valley
Civilization (c. 3000 BC)
7 Minoans and Mycenaeans
(c. 3000 BC)
8 Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World (c. 2550 BC)
9 Patriarchs of Israel (c. 2166
BC)
10 Hittites and Canaanites (c.
2000 BC)
11 Kush (c. 2000 BC)
12 Assyrians (c. 1900 BC)
13 Babylonians (c. 1900 BC)
14 China’s Shang Dynasty (c.
1766 BC)
15 Hinduism in India
(c. 1500 BC)
16 Phoenicians and the
Alphabet (c. 1500 BC)
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Olmecs of Mesoamerica
(c. 1500 BC)
Israelite Exodus and Desert
Wandering (c. 1446 BC)
Israelite Conquest and
Judges (c. 1405 BC)
Greek Dark Ages
(c. 1100 BC)
Israel’s United Kingdom
(c. 1051 BC)
Early Native Americans
(c. 1000 BC)
Israel Divides into Two
Kingdoms (c. 931 BC)
Homer and Hesiod
(c. 800 BC)
Rome Founded by Romulus
and Remus (753 BC)
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
Israel Falls to Assyria
(722 BC)
Assyria Falls to
Babylon (612 BC)
Lao-Tzu, Confucius,
Buddha (c. 604 BC)
Judah falls to Babylon,
Temple Destroyed (597 BC)
Babylon Falls to
Persia (539 BC)
Jews Return and Rebuild
the Temple (538 BC)
Roman Republic (509 BC)
Golden Age of
Greece (479 BC)
Peloponnesian Wars
(431–404 BC)
Persia Falls to Alexander
the Great (331 BC)
India’s Mauryan Empire
(321–233 BC)
Mayans of Mesoamerica
(c. 300 BC–AD 900)
Punic Wars (264–146 BC)
Rome Conquers
Greece (146 BC)
Roman Dictator Julius
Caesar (100–44 BC)
Caesar Augustus and the Pax
Romana (27 BC–AD 180)
John the Baptist (c.
5 BC–c. AD 30)
Jesus the Messiah (c.
4 BC–c. AD 30)
Pentecost and the Early
Church (AD 30–66)
Persecution Spreads the
Gospel (AD 64–313)
Herod’s Temple Destroyed
by Titus (AD 70)
Diocletian Divides Roman
Empire (AD 286)
Constantine Legalizes
Christianity (AD 313)
India’s Gupta Dynasty
(AD 320–510)
Council of Nicea (AD 325)
Augustine of Hippo
(AD 354–430)
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53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
Jerome Completes the
Vulgate (AD 405)
Visigoths Sack
Rome (AD 410)
The Middle Ages
(c. 450–c. 1500)
Council of Chalcedon (451)
Western Roman Empire
Falls to Barbarians (476)
Byzantine Emperor
Justinian (ruled 527–565)
Benedict and Monasticism
(529–c. 547)
Muhammad Founds
Islam (622)
Zanj and Early Ghana
in Africa (700–1500)
Franks Defeat Muslims at
the Battle of Tours (732)
Golden Age of Islam
(750–1350)
Vikings Raid and
Trade (793–1000)
64Japan’s Heian
Period (794–1185)
Charlemagne Crowned
Emperor of Europe (800)
Alfred the Great of
England (ruled 871–899)
Erik the Red and Leif
Eriksson, Norse Explorers
(c. 900–c. 1100)
Vladimir I of Kiev (958–1015)
Byzantine Emperor Basil
II (ruled 976–1025)
East-West Schism of
the Church (1054)
Norman Conquest
and Feudalism in
Europe (1066–1450)
The Crusades (1095–1291)
Zimbabwe and Early Mali
in Africa (1100–1500)
Aztecs of Mesoamerica
(1100–1520)
Francis of Assisi and Thomas
Aquinas (1181, 1225)
Japan’s Shoguns
(1192–c. 1500)
Incas of South America
(c. 1200–1533)
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78 Genghis Khan Rules the
Mongols (1206–1227)
79 England’s Magna
Carta (1215)
80 The Ottoman Empire
(1250–1923)
81 Marco Polo’s Journey
to China (1271–1295)
82 The Hundred Years’ War and
Black Death (1337–1453)
83 The Renaissance (c.
1350–c. 1600)
84 China’s Ming Dynasty
(1368–1644)
85 Age of Exploration
(c. 1400–c. 1600)
86 Prince Henry Founds School
of Navigation (c. 1419)
87 Slave Trade in Africa
(c. 1440–c. 1890)
88 Gutenberg’s Printing
Press (c. 1455)
89 Songhai in Africa
(1460–1603)
90 Czar Ivan the Great of
Russia (ruled 1463–1505)
91 The Spanish Inquisition
(1478–1834)
92Columbus Sails to
the Caribbean (1492)
93 Age of Absolute Monarchs
(c. 1500–c. 1800)
94 Protestant Reformation
(1517–1618)
95 Spanish Conquistadors in
the Americas (1519–1550)
96 Calvin’s Institutes of the
Christian Religion (1536)
97 Council of Trent (1545–1563)
98 Baroque Period of the
Arts (c. 1600–c. 1750)
99 Japan’s Isolation (1603–1716)
100 Jamestown and
Plymouth Colony
Founded (1607, 1620)
101 Age of Enlightenment
(c. 1650–c. 1800)
102 Hudson’s Bay
Company (1670)
103 First Great Awakening
(1734–1750)
104 Classical Period of the
Arts (c. 1750–c. 1825)
105 The Seven Years’
War (1756–1763)
106 Age of Industry (c.
1760–c. 1969)
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107 James Cook Sails to Australia
and Antarctica (1769–1779)
108 American Revolution
and General George
Washington (1775–1783)
109 Madison’s Constitutuion
and the Bill of Rights
(1787–1791)
110 French Revolution
(1789–1799)
111 Second Great Awakening
(c. 1790–c. 1840)
112 Louisiana Purchase
and Lewis and Clark
Expedition (1803–1806)
113 Napoleon Crowned
Emperor of France (1804)
114 Liberation of South
America (1808–1830)
115 The War of 1812 (1812–1814)
116 The Missouri
Compromise (1820)
117 Immigrants Flock to
America (c. 1820–c. 1930)
118 The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
119 Romantic Period of the
Arts (c. 1825–c. 1920)
120 Cherokee Trail of
Tears (1838)
121 U.S. Westward Expansion
(1843–1869)
122 Marx Publishes The
Communist Manifesto (1848)
123 The Compromise of
1850 and the Dred Scott
Decision (1850, 1857)
124 U.S. Restores Trade with
Japan (1853–1854)
125 British Queen Victoria’s Rule
Over India (1858–1947)
126 Darwin Publishes The
Origin of Species (1859)
127 Lincoln’s War Between
the States (1861–1865)
128 Reconstruction of the
Southern States (1865–1877)
129 Dominion of Canada (1867)
130 Otto von Bismarck Unifies
Germany (1871)
131 Boer Wars in Africa
(1881–1902)
132 The Spanish-American
War (1898)
133 The Progressive Era
(c. 1900–1920)
134 Australia Becomes a
Commonwealth (1901)
135 Mexican Revolution
(1910–c. 1920)
136 World War I and President
Wilson (1914–1918)
137 Lenin and the Bolshevik
Revolution in Russia (1917)
138 U.S. Evangelist Billy
Graham (1918—)
139 Modern Period of the
Arts (1920–present)
140 The Great Depression and
the New Deal (1929–1939)
141 World War II and
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt (1939–1945)
142 Stalin of the USSR and the
Katyn Massacre (1940)
143 The United Nations
Formed (1945)
144 The Cold War (1945–1991)
145 Gandhi and India’s
Independence (1947)
146 Jewish State
Established (1948)
147 Mao and Communist
Victory in China (1949)
148 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (1949–present)
149 The Korean War (1950–1953)
150 Martin Luther King
Jr. and the Civil Rights
Movement (1950–1968)
151 Jim and Elisabeth
Elliot, Missionaries
to Equador (1956)
152 The Antarctic Treaty (1959)
153 The Vietnam War
(1965–1975)
154 U.S. Astronauts Walk on
the Moon (1969 AD)
155 Age of Information
and Globalization (c.
1970–present)
156 Watergate, President Nixon
Resigns (1972–1974)
157 Fall of Communism in
Eastern Europe (1989)
158 European Union
Formed (1993)
159 Apartheid Abolished in
South Africa (1994)
160 September 11, 2001
161 Rising Tide of Freedom
(2003–present)
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NMM Competition Official Judges Book
HISTORY STORY
Please tell us a history story containing Cycle 3 weeks 13–24, beginning with the Preamble and ending with the Bill of
Rights.
Tell me the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution.
We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our
Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
WEEK 13
Tell me about the Fourteenth Amendment.
WEEK 19
Tell me about NATO.
In 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment made all former
slaves U.S. citizens and paved the way for the Civil Rights
Movement.
In 1949, the U.S. and its allies formed NATO to resist the
spread of Soviet communism.
WEEK 14
Tell me about tycoons.
WEEK 20
Tell me about Brown v. Board of Education.
During the late 1800s, tycoons like Vanderbilt, Rockefeller,
Carnegie, and Swift fueled the nation’s Industrial Age by
developing American resources.
In 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled that the segregation of public schools by race
is unconstitutional.
WEEK 15
Tell me about Theodore Roosevelt.
WEEK 21
Tell me about U.S. astronauts.
In 1898, Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders
defeated the Spanish at the Battle of San Juan Hill while
trying to help the Cubans win their independence.
In 1969, U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin
were the first men to walk on the moon.
WEEK 16
Tell me about immigrants coming to America.
WEEK 22
Tell me about September 11, 2001.
From 1820 to 1930, more than 37 million immigrants came to America, seeking freedom and the
opportunity to increase their personal wealth.
On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center in New
York City was destroyed by Muslim terrorists, beginning
America’s War on Terrorism.
WEEK 17
Tell me about President Wilson.
WEEK 18
Tell me about Pearl Harbor.
In 1917, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war
on the Central Powers two years after German U-boats
sank the Lusitania, killing American citizens.
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, causing the U.S. to join the Allies in World War II.
WEEK 24
Tell me the Bill of Rights.
1. Freedoms
2. Own guns
3. Quartering soldiers
4. Warrants
5. Cannot testify against self
6. Right to speedy trial
7. Right to a jury
8. Cruel, unusual punishment
9. People’s rights
10. State’s rights
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HISTORY STORY JUDGE’S GUIDELINES
STUDENT NAME
• Invention: Accuracy in history sentences
• Elocution: How creative?
• Memoria: No props or prompts
• Delivery: How is the student’s diction? Are they poised?
• Watch for 5-minute limit
Please score each story on a scale of 5–10 in each category.
SCORE
CREATIVITY
ACCURACY
POISE
DICTION
TOTAL
ROUND ONE ROTATIONS
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MATH
ROTATION
STUDENT
NUMBER
1
1
Timothy Tarter
2
7
Charity Parrott
3
13
Joshua Perry
4
3
Emma Fowler
5
9
Obadiah Nielsen
6
15
Kylee Estoos
7
5
Levi Santoro
8
11
Elijah Bonow
STUDENT NAME
BREAK
9
16
Hannah Tully
10
6
Pearl Soundron
11
12
Christopher Rodriguez
12
2
Chloe Steele
13
8
Addyson Blankenship
14
14
Bailey LaRue
15
4
Claire Vivian
16
10
Malyn Smith
SEEN
ROUND ONE ROTATIONS
41
ENGLISH
ROTATION
STUDENT
NUMBER
1
2
Chloe Steele
2
8
Addyson Blankenship
3
14
Bailey LaRue
4
4
Claire Vivian
5
10
Malyn Smith
6
16
Hannah Tully
7
6
Pearl Soundron
8
12
Christopher Rodriguez
STUDENT NAME
BREAK
9
16
Timothy Tarter
10
6
Charity Parrott
11
12
Joshua Perry
12
2
Emma Fowler
13
8
Obadiah Nielsen
14
14
Kylee Estoos
15
4
Levi Santoro
16
10
Elijah Bonow
SEEN
ROUND ONE ROTATIONS
43
SCI ENCE
ROTATION
STUDENT
NUMBER
1
3
Emma Fowler
2
9
Obadiah Nielsen
3
15
Kylee Estoos
4
5
Levi Santoro
5
11
Elijah Bonow
6
1
Timothy Tarter
7
7
Charity Parrott
8
13
Joshua Perry
STUDENT NAME
BREAK
9
2
Chloe Steele
10
8
Addyson Blankenship
11
14
Bailey LaRue
12
4
Claire Vivian
13
10
Malyn Smith
14
16
Hannah Tully
15
6
Pearl Soundron
16
12
Christopher Rodriguez
SEEN
ROUND ONE ROTATIONS
45
LATIN
ROTATION
STUDENT
NUMBER
1
4
Claire Vivian
2
10
Malyn Smith
3
16
Hannah Tully
4
6
Pearl Soundron
5
12
Christopher Rodriguez
6
2
Chloe Steele
7
8
Addyson Blankenship
8
14
Bailey LaRue
STUDENT NAME
BREAK
9
3
Emma Fowler
10
9
Obadiah Nielsen
11
15
Kylee Estoos
12
5
Levi Santoro
13
11
Elijah Bonow
14
1
Timothy Tarter
15
7
Charity Parrott
16
13
Joshua Perry
SEEN
ROUND ONE ROTATIONS
47
TIMELINE
ROTATION
STUDENT
NUMBER
1
5
Levi Santoro
2
11
Elijah Bonow
3
1
Timothy Tarter
4
7
Charity Parrott
5
13
Joshua Perry
6
3
Emma Fowler
7
9
Obadiah Nielsen
8
15
Kylee Estoos
STUDENT NAME
BREAK
9
4
Claire Vivian
10
19
Malyn Smith
11
16
Hannah Tully
12
6
Pearl Soundron
13
12
Christopher Rodriguez
14
2
Chloe Steele
15
8
Addyson Blankenship
16
14
Bailey LaRue
SEEN
ROUND ONE ROTATIONS
49
GEOGRAPHY
ROTATION
STUDENT
NUMBER
1
6
Pearl Soundron
2
12
Christopher Rodriguez
3
2
Chloe Steele
4
8
Addyson Blankenship
5
14
Bailey LaRue
6
4
Claire Vivian
7
10
Malyn Smith
8
16
Hannah Tully
STUDENT NAME
BREAK
9
5
Levi Santoro
10
11
Elijah Bonow
11
1
Timothy Tarter
12
7
Charity Parrott
13
13
Joshua Perry
14
3
Emma Fowler
15
9
Obadiah Nielsen
16
15
Kylee Estoos
SEEN