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Holidays from around the world
Strange life forms
Name the Shape
State Shapes
100
Human acts believed to exert influence or control over the supernatural:
Magic
100
A 15-day celebration focused on lucky foods and actions, that uses red and fireworks to frighten away bad luck and usher in the start of spring.
Chinese New Year
100
I like to eat mice and eggs, and sometimes I eat farmers' chickens. They have a hard time keeping me out of chicken coops. What am I?Weasel
100
you may not say 12-gon.dodecagon
100
Idaho
200
Any set of attitudes, beliefs and practices pertaining to supernatural power:
Religion
200
French for "fat Tuesday", this holiday is celebrated by eating fattening foods, partying excessively, playing music, dancing, and having fancy parades. It is immediately followed by a period of fasting and repentance, and occurs 41 days before Easter.
Mardi Gras
200
This animal is a type of ____________.Mole
200
how many sides does a hectogon have?
100
200
Michigan
300
What do the characteristics and structure of the supernatural closely parallel?
The *real life* of the culture that believes in them.
300
A feast--which might last up to three days--marking the end of Ramadan. In most places, people share large meals with family and friends. In some regions small gifts may be given to children.
Eid al-Fitr
300
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This animal, the capybara, is the world's largest type of ___________.Rodent
300
Hint: It does not have the same name as its three dimensional brother. I would like to get one of these to decorate the floor of my house.Sierpinski carpet
300
Massachusetts
400
Helping to answer questions, providing a source of comfort and control, minimizing fear, and fostering a sense of community are all cross-cultural functions of:
Religion
400
A two-day holiday in which the spirits of dead relatives visit their families to share a special dinner in their honor and catch up on the latest family gossip. Decorations include fresh marigolds.
Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos)
400
This aquatic creature looks much different outside of the water, due to the low density of its flesh.Blob fish
400
you may not say 20-gon.Icosagon
400
West Virginia
500
"The Force" in Star Wars, or acquiring luck through the possession of a four-leafed clover, are examples of a belief in:
impersonal supernatural forces
500
This holiday celebrates the defeat of France's army by Mexican forces in Puebla, Mexico (1862).
Cinco de Mayo (5th of May)
500
This is a type of:Octopus
500
A lemniscate has become the symbol of this famous mathematical concept. Sometimes its used as a number.
Infinity Symbol
500
Iowa