Social Studies
During the Cold War, the US and the USSR never actually fought one another. They did indirectly fight each other in Korea and Vietnam in this smaller type of war.
Proxy War
The laws of gravity and motion are attributed to what famous scientist - perhaps the smartest man who ever lived.
Sir Isaac Newton
What is 0.03 as a percent?
3%
What plot element comes first in a story?
Exposition
What political revolution contained a period known as the "Reign of Terror" in which thousands of people got their heads chopped off via guillotine?
French Revolution
This man's assassination is often cited as the primary cause of WWI.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Potential Energy is stored energy based on an object's position or structure. What type of energy is that of motion, determined by an object's mass and velocity?
Kinetic Energy
Simplify the ratio 12:16
3:4
Making a comparison using "like" or "as" is what type of literary device?
Simile
This man's use of nonviolence and civil disobedience contributed greatly to the success of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1517, the Protestant Reformation began when this German monk nailed his 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Church door.
Martin Luther
This organelle is the powerhouse of the cell because its main function is to produce energy.
Mitochondria
What is the area of a rectangle with sides that are 9 inches and 4 inches long?
36 square inches
Antagonist
This thinker of the Scientific Revolution discovered that the sun is the center of the solar system by using a telescope.
Galileo
During WWII, a famous recruitment poster of a woman flexing her bicep was used to convince women to enter the workforce. What was the character on this poster called?
Rosie the Riveter
Which two systems work together to supply the body with oxygen?
Respiratory & Circulatory Systems
What is the term used to describe a shape with 8 sides?
Octagon
What type of conflict occurs when a character has a struggle with another character?
Man vs Man
During WWII, The US began a secret science project code-named "The Manhattan Project". What was its goal?
To create the first nuclear weapons
What type of economic system was originally theorized by Karl Marx and later adopted by the USSR?
Communism/Command Economy
Water turns from a liquid into a gas in this important part of the water cycle.
Evaporation
Solve for x. 3x+5=20
x = 5
What literary device refers to when an author gives human qualities to animals or things?
Personification
What aspect of a circle does circumference measure?
The distance around it