Automobiles
This part of the car uses friction to slow the vehicle down.
Breaks
This instrument has black and white keys and is often used in music class.
Piano
This person is responsible for guiding the actors and how a movie is made.
This explorer is credited with reaching the Americas in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
This layer of the Earth is found between the crust and the core.
Mantle
This type of engine uses both gasoline and electricity to power the car.
Hybrid engine
This word means the speed of music.
Tempo
This term describes the written dialogue and actions for a movie.
Script
This ancient writing system used pictures and symbols and was used in ancient Egypt.
Hieroglyphics
This word means the study of maps.
Cartography
This dashboard tool tells how fast the car is going.
Speedometer
This singer is known as the “King of Rock and Roll.”
Elvis Presley
This is the name for the main character in a movie.
Protagonist
This movement helped end segregation in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s.
Civil Rights Movement
This gas makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere.
Nitrogen
This country is home to car brands like Toyota, Honda, and Nissan.
Japan
This family of instruments includes the flute, clarinet, and saxophone.
Woodwinds
This movie technique uses computers to create special visual effects, often shortened to three letters.
CGI
This ancient Greek city-state is known for developing early democracy.
Athens
This literary term means giving human traits to animals or objects.
Personification
This car inventor founded the company that introduced the Model T.
Henry Ford
This music genre began in New Orleans and is known for improvisation.
Jazz
This awards show gives out Oscars each year.
Academy Awards
This world organization was created after World War II to promote peace and cooperation.
United Nations
This prefix means “one billionth.”
Nano