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Identify the tense: “By next June, they will have completed
the project.”
Future perfect.
What is the basic unit of heredity?
A gene.
Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
Lesotho.
Which treaty formally ended World War I between Germany and the Allied powers?
The Treaty of Versailles.
Who wrote “1984”?
George Orwell.
What is the difference between “affect” and “effect” in their most common uses?
Affect is usually a verb meaning influence; effect is
usually a noun meaning result.
What particle determines the atomic number of an element?
The proton.
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Wellington.
What was the Silk Road?
A network of trade routes connecting regions of Asia
with Europe and beyond.
What is an unreliable narrator?
A narrator whose account cannot be fully trusted.
Which word best completes the sentence? “The evidence was ___; it could be interpreted in several ways.”
A) unequivocal B) ambiguous C) redundant
B) ambiguous.
What law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed?
The law of conservation of energy.
What tectonic feature explains much of the volcanic activity around the Pacific Ocean?
The Pacific Ring of Fire / plate boundaries.
Which intellectual movement emphasized reason, individual rights and scientific inquiry in 17th–18th century Europe?
The Enlightenment.
Which Shakespeare tragedy features the characters
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Hamlet.
Rewrite using inversion: “I had never seen such a powerful performance.”
Never had I seen such a powerful performance.
Why do astronauts appear weightless while orbiting Earth?
They and their spacecraft are in continuous free fall
around Earth.
Which strait separates Europe and Africa at their closest point?
The Strait of Gibraltar.
What event is commonly used to mark the beginning of theFrench Revolution in 1789?
The storming of the Bastille.
What artistic movement is associated with Salvador Dalí and dreamlike imagery?
Surrealism.
Correct the sentence: “Neither the students nor the teacher were aware of the change.”
Neither the students nor the teacher was aware of the change.
What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis in the number of daughter cells produced?
Mitosis produces 2 daughter cells; meiosis produces
4.
What is a demographic transition?
A shift from high birth/death rates to low birth/death
rates as a society develops.
Arrange these chronologically: Renaissance, Industrial
Revolution, Roman Empire, Enlightenment.
Roman Empire → Renaissance → Enlightenment →
Industrial Revolution.
What is an allusion in literature?
An indirect reference to another text, person, event,
myth or cultural idea.