HISTORY & CIVILIZATION
This ancient river valley civilization, located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, is often called the “Cradle of Civilization” due to its early development of writing and laws.
Mesopotamia
This process allows plants to convert sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into food, releasing oxygen as a byproduct.
photosynthesis
This is the largest ocean on Earth, covering more than one-third of the planet’s surface.
Pacific Ocean
This animated film franchise features a cowboy named Woody and a space ranger named Buzz Lightyear.
Toy Story
This popular toy, invented in 1958, is a plastic brick that can be snapped together to build structures of virtually any shape.
LEGO
This famous document, signed in 1215 by King John of England, limited the power of the monarchy and laid early foundations for constitutional government.
Magna Carta
This force keeps planets in orbit around the sun and causes objects to fall toward the Earth’s surface.
gravity
This country, known as the “Land of the Rising Sun,” is an island nation located in East Asia.
Japan
This American singer and actress starred in the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana and later became a pop star with hits like Party in the U.S.A.
Miley Cyrus
This rare natural phenomenon occurs when sunlight interacts with raindrops, producing a spectrum of colors in the sky, often appearing as a semicircular arc.
rainbow
This global conflict, which lasted from 1914 to 1918, was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and introduced trench warfare on a massive scale.
World War I
This natural process describes the gradual change in the inherited characteristics of populations over successive generations, driven by mechanisms such as natural selection and genetic variation.
evolution
This African desert is the largest hot desert in the world and stretches across multiple countries.
Sahara Desert
This British rock band, famous for albums like A Night at the Opera and songs like Bohemian Rhapsody, was fronted by an iconic singer known for his powerful vocal range.
Queen
While many people fear large predators, this mammal is considered the most dangerous to humans due to its aggressive behavior and high fatality rate, causing an estimated approximately 500 deaths per year in Africa alone.
hippopotamus
This ancient legal code, carved on a stone stele and attributed to a Babylonian king, is one of the earliest known sets of written laws and is famous for the principle of “an eye for an eye.”
Code of Hammurabi
This term refers to animals that maintain a constant internal body temperature regardless of their environment.
endotherms (or warm-blooded animals)
This mountain range, stretching across several countries in South America, is the longest continental mountain range in the world and has peaks that reach some of the highest elevations outside of Asia.
Andes Mountains
This 2010 science fiction film, directed by Christopher Nolan, explores the concept of time dilation and wormholes as astronauts travel to another galaxy to save humanity from environmental collapse on Earth.
Interstellar
This rare natural phenomenon, often seen in the south pole, produces spectacular displays of colored lights in the night sky due to interactions between charged solar particles and the Earth’s magnetic field.
Aurora Australis
This medieval trade network connected East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, facilitating not only the exchange of goods such as silk and spices but also the spread of religions, technologies, and even diseases.
Silk Road
This scale, ranging from 1 to 10, is used to measure the hardness of minerals, with talc at the softest end and diamond at the hardest. It is widely used in geology to determine how resistant a mineral is to scratching.
Mohs Scale
This landlocked country in Central Asia is the world’s largest by land area without direct access to an ocean and lies primarily between Europe and Asia.
Kazakhstan
This video became a global phenomenon with over 15.8 billion views, making it the most-watched video in YouTube history. It surpassed major hits like Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” (~8.7 billion views) and Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” (~6.5 billion views), attracting viewers of all ages worldwide.
Baby Shark Dance
After the Sun, this star is the brightest in Earth’s night sky, located about 8.6 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. Its striking white-blue color and prominence in winter skies have made it a key reference point for navigation and stargazing for centuries.
Sirius