Named After People
Opposites Attract
Related Languages
Contrary to Popular Belief
Algebra
300

The ancient Greek city, famous for its philosophers and the Parthenon, was named after this goddess of wisdom and warfare.

Athena

300

Not an endothermic reaction, but one that releases heat.

Exothermic

300

English, Italian, and Russian are all part of this large language family, which is the largest and has the largest reach across the globe.

Indo-European

300

Most people believe these creatures are blind because of their echolocation abilities, but in fact they do have functional eyes.

Bats

300

Determine if the function is even or odd:

f(x) = x4-x2+5

Even

600

A major Pennsylvania city and industrial hub was named in honor of a British statesman who supported the American colonies.

William Pitt

600

In George Orwell’s 1984, the Party slogan “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery” is an example of this literary device built on opposites.

Oxymoron
600

This extinct language, once spoken in the eastern Mediterranean, is closely related to Hebrew and Phoenician, and is thought to be the native tongue of Jesus of Nazareth.

Aramaic

600
Those who don't know anything about the order of the planets would figure that this planet is closest to the Sun because it is the hottest in the Solar System.

Venus

600

Determine the degree of the function:

(x3+3)(x2-5)2(x+2)

8

900

This leader known as "El Libertador" gives namesake to a South American country that gained independence from Spain in the 19th century.

Simon Bolivar

900

A dominant and recessive gene both are reflected when this mixing of phenotypes occur.

Codominance
900

Sanskrit is an example of a language in this branch, which includes many languages spoken in India and surrounding regions.

Indo-Aryan

900

Many believe this French emperor was unusually short, but at about 5’6” he was near average height for his time.

Napoleon Bonaparte

900

Find the GCF of the expression:

136x15+24x7

8x7

1200

This Texas city, originally a Spanish mission town, was named after a Catholic saint.

San Antonio

1200

Often represented by a black-and-white circle, the concept of Yin and Yang symbolizes harmony arising from the balance of opposites and is a principle of this philosophy.

Taoism

1200

This Uto-Aztecan language was spoken by the Aztecs and still has millions of speakers in Mexico today, with borrowings occurring frequently in Mexican Spanish.

Nahuatl

1200

Despite legend, in the Salem Witch Trials, those accused were not killed by burning on the stake but instead by this wooden frame for hanging.

Gallows

1200

Factor this expression:

3x3+18x-24

3(x3+6x-8)

1500

This island nation in the South Pacific was named after a biblical king famous for his wisdom and wealth.

Solomon Islands
1500

In physics, particles and antiparticles are sometimes described as opposites; when they meet, this is the result.

annihilation

1500

This first written Slavic language was used by Saints Cyril and Methodius to translate the bible, allowing Christianity to be spread throughout Slavic tribes.

Old Church Slavonic

1500

Contrary to a common myth, Julias Caesar was not killed in the Senate by a single stab wound from this man, but by over 20 conspirators.

Brutus

1500

Solve the following expression:

x4-x3-56x2

x = -7, 0, 0, 8

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