Algebra
This is a mathematical sentence that shows two expressions are equal.
What is an equation?
One angle of a triangle measures 45° and another measures 65°. Find the measure of the third angle.
What is 70°?
This Mexican dish features a tortilla filled with meat, beans, or cheese and is often folded in half and grilled.
What is a quesadilla?
This Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztec Empire after capturing Emperor Moctezuma II.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
The tip of the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is made of this metal. Which, at the time of its construction, was worth about the same amount as silver.
What is aluminum.
The number or symbol that represents an unknown value in an expression or equation.
What is a variable?
A right triangle has legs of length 6 and 8. Find the length of the hypotenuse.
What is 10?
This Spanish rice dish, traditionally cooked in a wide pan, often includes saffron, seafood, and chicken.
What is paella?
This South American leader, known as “El Libertador,” played a key role in the independence of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
This fluid, made by the human body, is strong enough to melt some metals, like razor blades.
What is stomach acid?
An algebraic expression made up of exactly two terms connected by addition or subtraction.
What is a binomial?
Two parallel lines are cut by a transversal. If one angle measures 112°, find the measure of its alternate interior angle.
What is 112°?
In many South American countries, this corn-based bread or cake is a common staple food.
What is arepa?
This labor system used by the Spanish in the Americas forced Indigenous people to work in mines and plantations.
What is the encomienda system?
Few animals mate for life, but this species of birds is not to only find one love, even after a mate dies.
What are swans/geese?
The value of the variable that makes an equation true.
What is a solution?
Find the area of a circle with a radius of 7 units (leave your answer in terms of π).
What is 49π square units?
This Brazilian dish, considered the national dish of Brazil, is a stew made with black beans and pork.
What is feijoada?
This 16th-century global exchange transferred crops, animals, people, and diseases between the Americas and Europe.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
In the state of Ohio, all of these look very natural, but are actually man made.
What are Ohio lakes?
A numerical factor that multiplies a variable in a term, such as the 5 in 5x.
What is a coefficient?
A rectangle has a length of 12 and a width of 5. Find the length of its diagonal.
What is 13?
These small Portuguese custard tarts are famous worldwide and often served with cinnamon.
What are pastéis de nata?
This 1808 event weakened Spanish control in the Americas by removing the Spanish king from power.
What is Napoleon’s invasion of Spain? / the Peninsular War?
Martin Luther King Jr. was a big fan of this popular Sci-Fi television show.
What is Star Trek?