What is it called when the moon covers the view of the Sun from the Earth's point of view?
Eclipse
100
A material object of a culture such as a tool, an article of clothing or a prepared food
Artifact
100
One of the large, continuous areas of the Earth into which the land surface is divided.
Continent
100
To cut solids into small pieces with a sharp knife
Chop
100
A nickname for U.S. currency, based on its colour.
Greenback
200
What is a common way of describing the process of climate change and is named after a common building farmer's use?
Greenhouse Effect
200
A Greek word adopted by the Romans to refer to any people who did not adopt the Roman way of life.
Barbarian
200
An artificial navigation channel.
Canal
200
To cook by dry heat in an oven.
Roast
200
an economic system where decisions regarding investment, production, and distribution are based on the interplay of supply and demand. The opposite of a planned economy
Market economy
300
The term for a chemical that causes cancer.
Carcinogen
300
Having split from the Russian Socialist movement in 1903, they developed into a small, tightly organised, revolutionary Marxist group led by Lenin
Bolsheviks
300
A collection of islands in the sea.
Archipelago
300
To preserve meats by drying and salting and/or smoking
Cure
300
The combining of two or businesses on a more or less equal footing.
Merger
400
The process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks, boreholes, etc., so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas.
Fracking
400
This is a historical period characterized by the use of a type of metal, proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization. It preceded the Iron Age.
Bronze Age
400
A treeless plain characteristic of the arctic and subarctic regions.
Tundra
400
To destroy micro organisms by boiling, dry heat, or steam.
Sterilize
400
Usually used to explain consumer demand in response to changes in prices.
Example Prices for basic goods like Bread do not have this, as demand always stays the same regardless of price.
Elasticity
500
Layer inside a planet or moon which lies below the crust and above the core.
Mantle
500
The study of ancient inscriptions.
Epigraphy
500
The right and power to apply the law; in an area.
Jurisdiction
500
A clarified broth used as a base for sauces and soups.
Consomme
500
When a firm makes profits, it may decide to reward its shareholders by paying them a ________ on their investment.