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100

This instrument has black and white keys.

What is a piano?

100

This empire was ruled by Julius Caesar.

What is the Roman Empire?

100

This is the smallest continent by land area.

What is Australia?

100

This animal is the largest species of bear.

What is the polar bear?

100

This is the main message or lesson of a story.

What is the theme?

200

This singer is known as the “King of Pop.”

Who is Michael Jackson?

200

This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu.

Who are the Incas?

200

This river flows through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.

What is the Nile River?

200

This mammal uses echolocation to navigate and hunt.

What is a dolphin?

200

This figurative language compares two things using “like” or “as.”

What is a simile?

300

This symbol raises a note by a half step.

What is a sharp?

300

This French military leader crowned himself emperor in 1804.

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

300

This desert is the largest hot desert in the world.

What is the Sahara Desert?

300

This reptile can detach its tail to escape predators.

What is a lizard?

300

This author wrote Harry Potter.

Who is J.K. Rowling?

400

This family of instruments includes trumpets and trombones.

What is brass?

400

This President wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

400

This mountain is the tallest in the world above sea level.

What is Mount Everest?

400

This animal is the only mammal capable of true flight.

What is a bat?

400

This type of conflict occurs within a character’s mind.

What is internal conflict?

500

This musical symbol tells a performer to gradually get louder.

What is crescendo?

500

This was the first permanent English settlement in America.

What is Jamestown?

500

This continent is home to the Sahara Desert.  

What is Africa?

500

This animal is known for having the strongest bite force of any living animal.

What is a saltwater crocodile?

500

This is a story with magical creatures and imaginary worlds.

What is fantasy?

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