the countries of SW Asia & N Africa —usually considered to include the countries extending from Libya on the W to Afghanistan on the E
What is the Middle East?
100
the way the author allows you to see and hear what is going on in the story
What is author's viewpoint?
100
when two or more fractions have the same denominator (the number on the bottom).
What are common denomiators?
200
energy able to be sustained or renewed indefinitely, either because of inexhaustible supplies or because of new growth
What is renewable energy?
200
having exactly the same size angle
What are congruent angles?
200
a structured community of people bound together by similar traditions, institutions, or nationality
What is a society?
200
the writer's attitude such as playful, angry, serious, etc.
What is tone?
200
a speech or composition presenting the words or thoughts of a single character
What is monologue?
300
the system of organs in the body responsible for the intake of oxygen and the expiration of carbon dioxide
What is the respiratory system?
300
two agles that always add up to 90 degrees
What are complimentary angles?
300
a writing system that uses symbols or pictures to denote objects, concepts, or sounds, originally and especially in the writing system of ancient Egypt
What is hieroglyphics?
300
a regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary
What is dialect?
300
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator; a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; a form of government in which power is vested in many persons
What is to rule by one/few/many?
400
the parts of your body that isolate and discharge waste matter generated during metabolism. For example through urinating or defecating
What is the excretory system?
400
a variable whose value does not change when the other variables change
What is an idependendent variable?
400
the branch of study devoted to the systematic examination of basic concepts such as truth, existence, reality, causality, and freedom
What is philosophy?
400
to bring out the meaning of, to explain in ways others will understand
What is interpret?
400
the remaining amount after deductions from the gross salary
What is net pay?
500
the circulatory movement in a liquid or gas, resulting from regions of different temperatures and different densities rising and falling in response to gravity
What is convection?
500
the relative sizes of two or more values; 1:3 (for every one boy there are 3 girls)
What is ratio?
500
a small group of people who together govern a nation or control an organization, often for their own purposes
What is oligarchy?
500
using words to express something other than what the words actually mean
What is ironic?
500
a major religion and religious tradition of South Asia, the oldest worldwide religion, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a large pantheon of gods and goddesses