First Grade
Which language is the mostly widely spoken in South America?
Spanish
Which war was fought between the north and south regions in the United States?
The Civil War
The first fireworks were invented in the 7th century in what country?
China
From whom did the United State buy territory in the Louisiana Purchase?
Napoleon/France
The region known as the “Fertile Crescent” is located in present day
Middle East
What is the term for a word that is similar in meaning to another word?
Synonym
Is “red” an adjective or a noun?
Both
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
A narrator
What do you call a group of crows?
A murder
The words “the,” “an,” and “a,” are known as what in English grammar?
Articles
How many continents are there?
7
To travel from New York to London, one must fly over which ocean?
The Atlantic Ocean
On what continent is the country of Greece located?
Where is the largest desert in the world located?
Northern Africa
The mountain range that includes Mount Everest is called...
The Himalayas
The south pole of the magnet and the north pole of another magnet will do what?
Stick together
True or false? Bats are mammals.
True
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
What is the part of the eye that controls how much light enters?
Animals without backbones are known as...
Invertebrates
How many states made up the United States before Alaska and Hawaii joined?
48
2 dozen kittens and 3 dozen puppies get adopted from the shelter. How many animals were adopted?
60
If the first person takes 25% of the cake and the second person takes 20% of the remainder, how much of the original cake remains?
60%
The interior angles of a triangle always sum to…
180 degrees
A hexagon has how many sides?
6