Math Madness
This theorem states that a2+b2=c2
Pythagorean Theorem
This document officially ended World War I.
Treaty of Versailles
Shakespeare wrote this tragedy about the Prince of Denmark.
Hamlet
The GPA scale most commonly used in U.S. high schools tops out at this number unweighted.
4.0
The largest organ in the human body
skin
The value of π rounded to three decimal places.
3.142
The Renaissance began in this European country.
Italy
A comparison using “like” or “as".
simile
This amendment protects freedom of speech.
The First Amendment
This element has the atomic number 6
Carbon
This branch of mathematics studies limits, derivatives, and integrals.
Calculus
This Chinese philosopher emphasized morality, family loyalty, and respect for elders.
Confucius
George Orwell wrote this dystopian novel about Big Brother.
1984
The study of human society and social behavior.
sociology
The author of The Republic.
Plato
The quadratic formula is used to solve equations in this form.
ax2+bx+c=0
The economic collapse beginning in 1929 became known as this.
The Great Depression
The literary device in which the audience knows something the characters do not.
Dramatic irony
This Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
This is the job of the judicial branch.
interpret laws
The derivative of x2
2x
The wall that divided East and West Berlin fell in this year.
1989
This is the oldest recorded work of fiction.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The economic principle describing unlimited wants but limited resources.
scarcity
Acceleration due to gravity is this many meters per second.
9.8m/s