Water
Countries
"K" Vocabulary
Pre-1900s
Medicine
100

The chemical formula for water.

What is H2O?

100

The national food of Scotland.

What is a haggis?

100

A furnace or oven designed to harden or dry out a material.

What is a kiln?

100

On his first voyage, this man famously landed in the Americas in 1492.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

100

As a famous antibiotic, penicillin is actually extracted from this type of organism.

What is fungi?

200

This is where the majority of all freshwater is stored.

What is ice?

200

This country gained independence in 2011.

What is South Sudan?

200

A type of canoe that is manoeuvred with a double-bladed paddle.

What is a kayak?

200

Ending in the 15th century, this major trade route was boycotted by the Ottoman Empire.

What is the Silk Road?

200
Ischaemia is the insufficiency of this within your organs, especially your heart.

What is blood supply?

500

This percentage of all the water in the world is freshwater.

What is 3%?

500

Situated under Turkey, this Mediterranean island's capital is Nicosia.

What is Cyprus?

500

A side dish consisting of pickled vegetables, native to Korea.

What is kimchi?

500

In Salzburg, Austria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in this century.

What is the 18th century?

500

This type of profession would enable one to perform CT and MRI scans at a hospital.

What is a radiologist?

800

Bananas are made up of this amount of water.

What is 80%?

800

The second smallest country in the world, with Vatican City being the smallest.

What is Monaco?

800

The official currency of Sweden.

What is krona?

800

Textiles were the dominant industry of this event, which occurred between the 18th and 19th centuries.

What is the Industrial Revolution?

800

Trepanation, an obsolete medical practice, involves a surgical tool being drilled into this body part.

What is the skull?

1000

Water can cause this specific allergy to trigger.

What is aquagenic urticaria?

1000

This country has the only flag without the colours of red, white and blue.

What is Jamaica?

1000

A clay that is known for its use in the manufacture of dynamite.

What is kieselguhr?

1000

This island was discovered by Anthony van Diemen in the 1640s.

What is Tasmania?

1000

Aspirin was first isolated from the bark of this tree.

What is a willow?

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