Read the excerpt from “The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes.” I am only a child yet I know if all the money spent on war was spent on finding environmental answers, ending poverty, and finding treaties, what a wonderful place this earth would be!

At school, even in kindergarten, you teach us how to behave in the world. You teach us:

• to not to fight with others.
• to work things out.
• to respect others.
• to clean up our mess.
• not to hurt other creatures.
• to share, not be greedy.

Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do?

In this excerpt, the author argues that

kindergarten is the best place to solve problems.
adults must follow the advice they give children.
children should be allowed to speak freely to adults.
more money should be spent on funding war.

Which important event occurred during the industrial and scientific revolutions

Select the correct answer. which groups fought in the trojan war? a. mycenaeans and minoans b. greeks and trojans c. minoans and greeks d. minoans, mycenaeans, and trojans

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]