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100
The prefix 'Hyper' means 'over, extremely.' Hyper comes from this language.
What is Greek?
100
Cinco de Mayo celebrates this country's victory in the Battle of Puebla.
What is Mexico?
100
She created Katniss and other characters in the Hunger Games.
Who is Suzanne Collins?
100
This substance can be represented by H2O.
What is water?
200
This type of art is made by cutting and gluing clippings of magazines, newspapers, and other things to another piece of paper. This word is borrowed from French.
What is a collage?
200
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4th of this year.
What is 1776?
200
People in the society in Divergent take an aptitude test at this age.
What is sixteen years old?
200
Plants make their own food through this process.
What is photosynthesis?
300
This grade (level in school) has the German word for "children" in it.
What is kindergarten?
300
Russia celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day because this service is required by men there.
What is military?
300
The Sound of Music was filmed in this Austrian city.
What is Salzburg?
300
Prokaryotic cells lack this organelle.
What is a nucleus?
400
This type of warfare comes from the Spanish way of saying, "small war."
What is guerilla?
400
Hannukah is an important holiday for followers of this religion.
What is Judaism?
400
Harry Potter is assigned to this house in Hogwarts.
What is Gryffindor?
500
The name for this type of protest of resisting patronage to a product/service is of Irish origin. An example would be what some Southerners did to the bus companies in Montgomery, Alabama.
What is a boycott?
500
Bastille Day is held in this country to celebrate the people who stormed the Bastille during the country's revolution.
What is France?
500
The Detroit Lions football team is located in this state.
What is Michigan?
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