Geography
This continent is the coldest and has no permanent population.
Antarctica
This force pulls objects toward the Earth.
gravity
This family of instruments includes the violin, cello, and guitar.
string instruments
This war was fought between the North and the South in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
American Civil War
This part of speech describes a noun, like “big” or “happy.”
Adjective
These countries are both in Europe and Asia.
Turkey and Russia
This is the closest planet to the Sun.
Mercury
This Dutch painter cut off part of his ear and painted “Starry Night.”
Vincent van Gogh
This ancient trade route connected China with Europe.
The Silk Road
This tense is used in the sentence: “I have lived here for five years.”
Present Perfect Tense
This line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
the Equator
This chemical element has the symbol “Na.”
sodium
This instrument is played with a bow and is common in orchestras.
Violin
This Japanese period was ruled by shoguns and lasted over 250 years until 1868.
Edo period
This type of essay explains both sides of an issue.
Argumentative essay
This country is home to the Great Barrier Reef.
Australia
This organ filters waste from the blood and produces urine.
Kidneys
This art movement is known for bright colors and quick brush strokes, and includes artists like Monet.
Impressionism
This Chinese dynasty built much of the Great Wall that we see today.
Ming dynasty
This punctuation mark is used to join two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction.
Semicolon
This narrow water passage connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean in Central America.
Panama Canal
This scientist is famous for discovering penicillin.
Alexander Fleming
This music style began in the southern United States and often uses improvisation.
Jazz
This important Thai battle in 1593 was fought by King Naresuan against Burma.
Battle of Nong Sarai
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