geography
What river is the third longest river in the world? (It's in China)
Yangtze River
The value of x in the equation 3x+5=20.
5
This ancient civilization built pyramids along the Nile River and was ruled by pharaohs.
What is Ancient Egypt?
This playwright wrote Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth.
Shakespeare
this law of physics states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Newton's third law of motion
This country has the largest population in the world as of recent estimates, surpassing China.
India
This is the slope of a line that passes through the points (2, 4) and (6, 12).
What is 2?
This 18th-century movement emphasized reason, individualism, and skepticism of traditional authority.
the enlightenment
This novel by George Orwell features a dystopian society ruled by Big Brother.
1984
This element is essential for oxygen transport in human blood.
iron
This mountain range forms a natural border between Europe and Asia in Russia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
This is the vertex of the parabola given by y=(x−3)2+2
(3, 2)
This war, fought from 1914 to 1918, was triggered in part by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
WWI
This literary device involves a contrast between expectation and reality, often creating humor or surprise.
irony
This U.S. document begins with the words “We the People” and establishes the framework of government.
the constitution
This desert, the largest hot desert in the world, stretches across much of North Africa.
Sahara Desert
This is the solution to the equation x2−9=0
3 and -3
This 13th-century leader created the largest contiguous land empire in history.
Genghis Khan
This novel by Mary Shelley explores the dangers of unchecked ambition through the creation of a sentient being.
Frankenstein
This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel during the Renaissance.
Michelangelo
This capital city, located on two continents, is the largest city in Turkey.
Istanbul
what is the value of sin(300).
1/2
This 1989 event symbolized the end of the Cold War and led to the reunification of Germany.
fall of Berlin Wall
his literary term refers to a protagonist whose tragic flaw leads to their downfall, a concept central to many of William Shakespeare’s plays.
Tragic Hero
This treaty, signed in 1919, officially ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany.
Treaty of Versailles