Math
What is 15% of 200?
30
What is the name of the layer of Earth between the crust and the core?
The mantle
Which ancient civilization built the pyramids at Giza?
Ancient Egypt
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington D.C.
What is the term for a word that sounds the same as another but has a different meaning and spelling, like “their” and “there”?
A homophone
What is the greatest common factor of 24 and 36?
12
What is the term for an organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis?
A producer (or autotroph)
What river valley was home to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is the largest desert in the world that is not covered in ice: the Sahara, the Gobi, or the Arabian?
The Sahara
What literary term describes a hint or clue about what will happen later in a story?
Foreshadowing
Solve for x: 3x + 5 = 20
x=5
What type of energy is stored in an object because of its position or height?
Potential energy
What was the name of the system of government in ancient Athens where citizens voted on laws?
Democracy
What is the line of longitude at 0 degrees called?
The Prime Meridian
What type of sentence contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause?
A complex sentence
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 10 cm and a height of 6 cm?
30 square cm
What is the process called when water vapor cools and turns into liquid droplets?
Condensation
What was the name of the trade network that connected China to the Mediterranean world?
The Silk Road
What is the longest river in the United States?
The Missouri River
What is the term for a comparison using “like” or “as”?
A simile
If a recipe uses 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour are needed for 12 cups of sugar?
8 cups
In the water cycle, what is the term for water released as vapor from the leaves of plants?
Transpiration
What was the period of European history called that means “rebirth” and began in Italy in the 1300s?
The Renaissance
What is the only continent that has land in all four hemispheres (Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western)?
Africa
What is the term for the main character who the story is about?
The protagonist