World Geography
This country is shaped like a boot and is home to Rome, Venice, and pizza.
What is Italy?
This Italian dish consists of flat noodles layered with meat, sauce, and cheese.
What is lasagna?
In 1492, this Italian explorer sailed across the Atlantic and "discovered" the Americas for Spain.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This is the most common element in the universe, often used in fuel cells and stars.
What is hydrogen?
This large, gray land mammal is known for its long trunk and massive ears.
r: What is an elephant?
This river, over 4,000 miles long, flows through Egypt and is considered the longest in the world.
What is the Nile?
This Middle Eastern dip is made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, garlic, and lemon juice.
What is hummus?
This 14th-century pandemic wiped out an estimated one-third of Europe's population.
What is the Black Death (or the bubonic plague)?
The pH scale measures how acidic or basic a substance is. A neutral solution has this pH.
er: What is 7?
This flightless bird from the Southern Hemisphere is known for its tuxedo-like appearance and swimming ability.
What is a penguin?
This European microstate is the second-smallest country in the world and is known for its casino and Grand Prix.
What is Monaco?
Rendang, a spicy slow-cooked beef dish often considered one of the tastiest in the world, comes from this Southeast Asian country.
What is Indonesia?
The fall of this wall in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War.
What was the Berlin Wall?
This type of reaction absorbs heat from its surroundings, causing a temperature drop.
What is an endothermic reaction?
This is the largest species of shark—and the largest fish in the world.
What is the whale shark?
This island nation in the Indian Ocean lies off the southeastern coast of Africa and is known for its unique biodiversity.
What is Madagascar?
This Filipino dish consists of pork or chicken marinated in vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic, then simmered.
What is adobo?
This 20th-century conflict, often called “The Forgotten War,” was fought between North and South with help from the U.S. and China.
What is the Korean War?
This term refers to the minimum amount of energy needed for a chemical reaction to occur.
What is activation energy?
This Arctic whale species is known for its long spiral tusk, which is actually an overgrown tooth.
What is a narwhal?
Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, is located in this country.
What is Tanzania?
This is a spicy noodle soup popular in Malaysia and Singapore that combines Chinese and Malay culinary styles.
What is Laksa?
What was the Civil War?
This type of bond forms when atoms share electrons equally, as in a molecule of oxygen gas (O₂).
What is a nonpolar covalent bond?
This mammal holds the record for the longest known migration, traveling up to 12,000 miles annually between breeding and feeding grounds. (IN THE SEA)
What is the humpback whale?