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Antarctica World Geography If Antarctica's ice were to melt, sea level would rise _____ meters everywhere. A continent that broke apart 200 M years ago. Antarctica used to be an _________ forest. Antarctica is the ______ continent on earth. Antarctica is commonly known as a ______.
Antarctica World Geography Some words are joined together as there can be no spaces A layer of floating ice attached to its main land. The greek word for Antarctica. The weather conditions. An extremely large area that hardly has anything. A layer of gases around a planet.
Antartica World Geography Find the words A type of seal that starts with L. Starts with G. Falls of glaciers. Like dirt but white. Another word for visitors .
Antebellum History First state to secede from the Union. Author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Winner of the 1856 presidential election. Counterpart of Kansas Act. Frederick ________, Abolitionist Speaker and Author.
Antebellum Culture History A meeting that Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized to improve life for women. A campaign to stop the drinking of alcohol, which often lead to abuse and poverty. short for 'cotton engine' it was a machine that made cotton cleaning quicker and easier. A person who leaves one country to move to another. A renewal of religious faith in the early 1800s often spread by traveling preachers .
Anthroplology Society Fill in the words accross or down based on your clues The invention and development of tools. Norm established/enforced by government. Custom of politeness . WAY OF LIFE!. Serious moral judgment against offenders.
Anthropoda Animals Do Krill have internal or external gills. Skeleton is made of this. Whats another name for 'swimming legs'. Type of skeleton structure. Have Segmented____ to walk.
Anthropolgy Science The _____ of a bone helps us determine if a bone is male or female by plain sight. The angle of this bone in the skull helps us determine if the skull is male or female. A cartilaginous line found when cartilage is slowly replaced with hard, compact bone. The length of bones is a key factor in determining _____.. The model is used when determining the race of a skull..
Anthropology Science Solve the crossword puzzle Recombination of genetic traits according to Neo-Darwinism.. Homo genus to which humans are closely related.. Adjustment to natural & artificial challenges for survival.. Anthropological study approach that focuses on similarities & differences.. Study approach of anthropology across time and space..
Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology Science Genetically preprogrammed, ‘born with’ traits.. The scientific study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.. A process whereby people come out to see each other no longer as human beings but as simple objects.. Has a large number of close associations, and draws strength or energy from these associations.. Man is formed in Gods image..
Antigone Entertainment Those who have boastful tongues anger him. Considered a traitor to Thebes. Blind prophet. Seven captains at seven gates. Place where souls are meant to go.
Antigone Home and Family by Sophocles A song of praise or prayer. Engaged to Antigone. Old blind prophet. Represents Creon's rule. ________ Vs. State.
Antigone Literature and Writing killed his father and married his mother. holy or strictly religious. multiple gods. Blind prophet. one god.
Antigone Other Saves the city of thebes. Strictly religious. Many gods. A blind prophet who can see the future. One god.
Antislavery Literature History A document stating that 'neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in the territory'. formally withdraw from the union. antislavery northerners formed a new party which supported the Wilmot Proviso. California was able to join the union as a free state which left the question whether to allow slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty. the idea that political power belongs to the people.
Antisocial Personality Disorder Mental Health belligerent, mordant, rancorous, vicious, malignant, brutal,and resentful.. American Psychiatrist who studied psychopathy.. Suggested five subtypes to ASPD.. feeling intentionally denied and deprived.. developed Schema Therapy.
Anxiety Health medium amounts of arousal and anxiety an individual experiences causes one to perform higher.. (theory) the more arousal and anxiety an individual experiences the higher their peformance. anxiety in a specific time bound. type of anxiety which goes on in your mind. sport competition anxiety test.
Anxiety Disorder Health A disorder where a person is always stressing. Mouth that is not wet or moist . A disorder where the person does something over and over again . Long events of chest pain, choking, or terror . Having trouble breathing .
AP Rhetorical Terms Literature and Writing more agreeable or less offensive substitute for an unpleasant word. figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration. speech not intended to carry literal meaning. major category into which literary work fits. the introductory material of a composition which creates tone.
APA Society Starts here before going to Nationals. _ _ _. Defensive move. _ _. To start a match. _.
APAH: Asian Art Art _______________ is the act of moving around a sacred object or idol.. the Gold and Jade Crown is from _________. the Hindu god who is known as the destroyer and creator is __________. White and Red Plum Blossoms is essentially a screen. Portrait of Sin Sukju was created by the _______________ Bureau of Painting.
Ape Awareness Animals Raised by both his mom and his keepers. Largest orangutan. A trade responsible for hundreds of orphaned chimpanzees. Born in North Carolina. Orangutans spend 90% of thier lives in the forest canopy, so they are this.
Aquatics Other When bugs live mostly on the water's surface.. Aquatic beetle larva with a round & flattened appearance.. Whirligig beetle family.. Common aquatic flies from mosquitoes to midges & even black flies.. Order of insects whose nymphs are entirely aquatic; the adults live only a few hours..
Aquifers Other A body of water underneath of an impermeable layer such as bedrock or clay. An impermeable layer underground that water cannot easily pass through. When rain water seeps underground into an aquifer. The total area underground that is filled with water. Above it is the zone of aeration. Where most of South Jersey gets it's drinking water.
Arab-Israeli Conflict History Use your notes and to assist you with completing the puzzle below. There are no spaces between to words. decendents of Ishmael. empire grew under his leadership. a peace keeping organization. The Balfour ____________ partitioned the Palestinian territory. organized riots.
Arabia World Geography Muslims practiced religious ___________ with people they conquered.. The temperature in Arabia are very ________.. Trade also brought many __________ groups of people.. Muhammad taught ____________ that there is only one God to believe in.. There are lots of huge ________ ________ in deserts..
Arabian Peninsula World Geography a person who adopts new beliefs,esoecially those of religious.. a division of a country or an empire.. belief in a single god.. A social group that shares a common ancestry.. Present..
Arcade Fire Entertainment Related to music. To visualize; imagine. Having no flaws or loopholes; impossible to fault, refute, or evade. Elaborately, heavily, excessively. Appropriate; suitable; proper.
Archery Sports the two feathers not at a right angle to the nock. when nocking the arrow, the index feather should point ____ the target. the type of archery in which one shoots at stationary colored targets. the white rings ont the target outside the 1 point value rings. one of the fingers you do not put on the drawstring.
Archery Sports Terms used in Archery The farthest distance a bow will shoot an arrow.. A length of wood used in making selfbows. Billets are split from a side by side position in the same log to obtain similar limb performance characteristics, and spliced in the handle section of a bow.. The tapered piece of wood that fades out into the limb from the riser.. To tilt the bow off center when shooting so as to remove the bow's sight window from view.. The surface of the bow facing the archer when drawing the bow, the side with the bowstring..
Are We There Yet? Movies Dad thought that Monkey Mia was too _____.. The family saw pelicans at the ______.. In Darwin, the children stayed with their _____.. At Streaky Bay, the family stuck their ______ in the mouth of a great white shark.. Who tells the story? (Mum, Dad, Luke, Grace, or Billy?).
Area of different shapes Math The measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top.. The outside part or uppermost layer of something.. Measurements of an area.. The amount of room in an object.. It is a three sided shape..
Argentina World Geography Spectacular waterfalls on Argentina's border with Brazil. Argentina's currency. Famous first lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952. The world's most southern city at the tip of South America. Argentina has over 30 of these national sites.
Argentina World Geography famous waterfall on Brazil border. a dance. sandwich cookies. grassy land. current president.
Arkansas Geography World Geography divisions on a globe into four parts. tools geographers use to classify info. the south eastern part of the state-lowland. imaginary lines on a globe running north to south. wind-borne soil.
Arkansas History US History King of Ragtime. Arkansas most effective Governor.. 42nd President. Female writer, poet, and activist. Author of Why The Caged Bird Sing.. President who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Arkansas History US History Alternate Designation of the 7th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops.. Place where the operations on ___, for the battle of Saint Charles.. Senator of Arkansas through the years 1862-1864. Last name of Johnson.. Last name of the commander who commanded “Walker’s Regiment”.. Arkansas’s first volunteer soldiers served in this unit. .
Arlene Shechet Art Complete the puzzle! Shechet's hometown, Oscar lives there now. Hard to see base material. Shechet's hobby. Not quite plaster. Word written on steel base.
Aromatic Chemistry Chemistry What describes the reaction between the diazonium ion reacting with cuprous salts? . How many pi electrons does nitrobenzene have?. What substitution reaction is favoured when the starting compound is anisole?. What electrophile is required for a Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction?. Benzene diazonium chloride reaction with fluoroboric acid at 0OC gives fluoro benzene. What is this reaction called? .
Aromatic Chemistry Chemistry Pyridine is toxic and _ _ _ _ smelling.. What describes the reaction between the diazonium ion reacting with cuprous salts? . How many pi electrons does nitrobenzene have?. What substitution reaction is favoured when the starting compound is anisole?. Benzene diazonium chloride reaction with fluoroboric acid at 0OC gives fluoro benzene. What is this reaction called? .
Aromatic Chemistry Chemistry Name the reaction that converts aldehydes and ketones into alkanes. Pyridine is used as a nucleophilic catalyst. In what reaction can this be portrayed in?. Name a fairly unreactive aromatic amine that is used in reactions between acid chlorides + alcohols to make esters.. How many criterias are needed for aromaticity?. The reaction of ketones or aldehydes with zinc amalgam in concentrated hydrochloric acid is known as what type of reaction? .
Around Australia World Geography Australia's Location Creates Unique Characteristics ad campaign in Australia: 'Slip, ______, Slop.'. Summer in Boston means _________ in Australia.. Kangaroos survived in Australia because it was ________.. constellation only visible in the Southern Hemisphere. bonzer bloke.
Around Queensland World Geography Westernmost town in Queensland . Home of the BCG (Brisbane Cricket Ground). Queensland’s beef capital . Home of the XXXX brewery . Border town on the Queensland/New South Wales border. One of two border towns..
Around the World World Geography Do you know the famous cities and countries in this puzzle? Picasso's country. Winter Olympic city of Canada. Parlez-vous francais? Country. Example: Sahara, Gobi, Arabian. Home of Mt. Fuji .
Art Art person shown in art. neighboring colors. green, violet, orange. add white. blue, violet, green.
Art and Artist Art Goya worked for the king of what country?. This painter's statue of David is nude and was created around 1500.. In what period did Velazquez paint 'Las Meninas?'. What type of painting as are Diego Rivera best know? Hint: they are on walls.. 'Water Lilies' is actually 250 paintings by Monet. What type of paintings did Monet paint?.
Art Glossary Art enclosed space having two dimansions. quality ofa surface. objects or figures are easily identified. made by mixing two primaries. bascis colors.
Art History Art The material, for example, marble, bronze, clay, fresco, in which an artist works; also, in painting, the vehicle, usually liquid, that carries the pigment. The quality of a surface, such as rough or shiny. The 'new' Stone Age. The person or entity that pays an artist to produce individual artworks or employs an artist on a continuing basis. In art history, both the actual area an object occupies or a building encloses, and the illusionistic representation of space in painting and sculpture.
Art History Art diagonal arches in a vault used to partially support the roof. attached half columns. a small round window. ornamented with figures. cross from engaged columns across the nave.
Art of Africa Art type of figure placed on baskets containng relics of the dead. a full costume including a face covering. present location of Yoruba in Africa today. made with gold by the Asante's. well-known innovative artist from Yoruba.
 
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