The Solar System
Basic Vocabulary
Ancient Egypt
Famous Landmarks
General Knowledge
100

This planet is famous for its rings.

What is Saturn?

100

This word means “very large or huge.”

What is enormous? (Big also works)

100

These giant structures were built as tombs for pharaohs.

What are pyramids?

100

This famous tower is located in Paris, France.

What is the Eiffel Tower?

100

This city is the capital of Canada.

What is Ottawa?

200

This planet is closest to the sun.

What is Mercury?

200

This word means “to look carefully at something.

What does observe mean?

200

The river was very important to Ancient Egyptian civilization.

What is the Nile river?

200

The wall stretches thousands of kilometers across China.

What is the Great Wall of China?

200

This ocean is the largest on Earth.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

300

This dwarf planet was once considered the ninth planet.

What is Pluto?

300

This word means “to change in order to survive or fit a new environment.”

What is adapt?

300

This ruler was the king or queen of Ancient Egypt.

What is a pharaoh?

300

This “lost city of the Incas” is located in Peru.

What is Machu Picchu?

300

This country has a maple leaf on its flag.

What is Canada?

400

This moon of Jupiter is covered in ice and may contain an ocean beneath its surface.

What is Europa?

400

This word means “a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.”

What is inference?

400

This writing system used pictures and symbols.

What are hieroglyphics?

400

This marble mausoleum in India was built by Emperor Shah Jahan.

What is the Taj Mahal?

400

This scientist developed the law of gravity after observing a falling apple.

Who is Isaac Newton?

500

This cloud of icy objects is thought to surround the outer edge of the solar system.

What is the Oort cloud?

500

This word means “able to be trusted and depended on.”

What is reliable?

500

This famous boy king’s tomb was discovered almost untouched in 1922.

Who is Tuntankhmun?

500

This ancient Roman structure was used for gladiator battles and entertainment.

What is the Colosseum?

500

The important document begins with the words "We the People.”

What is the Constitution of the United States?

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