World Festivals/Holidays
This Chinese festival marks the Lunar New Year and is known for dragon dances and red envelopes.
Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year)
This phenomenon occurs when sunlight is bent and dispersed by raindrops, creating a multicolored arc.
Rainbow
This bird, domesticated in China over 4,000 years ago, is prized for both eggs and meat and includes breeds like the Pekin.
Duck
The speed of a boat at sea is measured in this unit.
knot
This classical dance style originated in the courts of Renaissance Italy and France and includes pointe work.
ballet
This German festival in Munich is the world’s largest beer festival.
Oktoberfest
The calm center of a hurricane is known as this.
The eye
This animal was domesticated in the Andes and traditionally used as a pack animal by the Inca.
Llama
This part of the boat houses the crew and living quarters below deck.
The cabin
This street dance style includes moves like popping, locking, and breaking.
Hip-hop
This South Korean autumn festival is a harvest celebration often compared to Thanksgiving.
Chuseok
This optical phenomenon creates the illusion of water on a hot road due to light bending in layers of warm air.
Mirage
This animal provides cashmere wool.
Goat
DAILY DOUBLE: This side of a boat is the right-hand side when facing forward.
starboard
This elegant partner dance originated in Austria and is known for its fast, spinning turns.
The Waltz
This Brazilian festival in Rio de Janeiro is famous for samba parades and elaborate costumes.
Carnival
This type of precipitation forms when raindrops freeze before hitting the ground.
Sleet
DAILY DOUBLE: Sus scrofa domesticus is the scientific name for this farm animal.
Pig
Sailing into the wind in a zigzag pattern is known as this maneuver.
tacking
This Argentine dance is known for dramatic pauses, sharp footwork, and close partner connection.
Tango
This Mexican holiday honors deceased loved ones with altars, marigolds, and sugar skulls.
Día de los Muertos/ Day of the Dead
The point at which air becomes saturated and water vapor begins to condense is called this.
Dew point
This domesticated insect, Bombyx mori, feeds almost exclusively on mulberry leaves.
Silkworms/Silk moth
When a boat leans over due to wind pressure on the sails, it is said to do this.
Heel
This romantic ballroom dance developed in England and is known for its slow rise and fall movements.
Foxtrot