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SECTION III STUDY TOPICS: GAMES 1--5 Name: _____________
ENGLISH❖ Grammar
➢ Parts of Speech
➢ Adverb
■ Adverb Clause
■ Nouns to Adjectives
➢ Adjectives - Comparative
➢ Pronouns
■ Pronoun Agreement
■ Interrogative
➢ Punctuation
■ Quotation Marks
■ Commas
■ Capitalization
➢ Sentence
■ Errors
■ Simple Subject
■ Formal/Informal
■ Types
● Imperative
● Interrogatory
● Simple
● Compound
● Compound-Complex
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➢ Verbals
■ Gerund
■ Participles
■ Infinitives- Complement
➢ Verbs
■ Past Participle
■ Verbs to Nouns
■ Irregular Verbs
● Past Participle
● Past Participle
➢ Word Errors
■ Allude / Elude
■ Allusion / Illusion
■ Allright / All Right
➢ Terms
■ Grammar
❖ Language Arts
➢ Analogies
➢ Books
■ Appendix
➢ English Language History
■ Old, Middle, Modern
■ Other Language Influence
➢ Types of Literature
■ Expository
■ Short Story
■ Autobiography
➢ Figurative Language
■ Expressions
■ Homonyms and Homophones
■ Alliteration
■ Personification
■ Metaphor
■ Onomatopoeia
■ Simile
■ Hyperbole
■ Idioms and Slang
● Rip Off
● Split Hairs
● Par for the Course
● Still Waters …
● Piece of Cake
● Split Hairs
● Let the Punishment …
➢ Literary Terms & Devices
■ Major and Minor Characters
■ Dialogue
➢ Masterworks
■ Sistine Chapel
■ Pop Art
■ Andy Warhol
■ Salvador Dali
➢ Poetry
■ Iambic Pentameter
■ English Sonnets
➢ U.S. Postal Abbreviations
■ Georgia
➢ Writing Process
■ 5 Steps
❖ Literature
➢ Authors
■ James Matthew Barrie
■ Aesop
■ Harriet Beecher Stowe
■ John Updike
■ Isaac Asimov
■ Charles Dickens
➢ Literary Characters and Places
■ Captain James Hook
■ Midas
■ White Rabbit
■ Gandalf
■ Malcolm
■ Brutus, “Et Tu Brute!”
■ White Trash
➢ Literary Works
■ Casey at the Bat
■ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
■ Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
■ Arabian Nights (A thousand and One Nights)
■ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
■ Paradise Lost
■ The Old Man and The Sea
■ The Red Badge of Courage
■ All’s Quiet on the Western Front
■ Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
■ Of Mice and Men
■ The Leather Stocking Tales
■ A Coney Island life
■ Jurassic Park
■ Their Eyes Were Watching God
■ Little Women
■ Gulliver’s Travels
■ Call of the Wild
■ To Kill a Mockingbird
➢ Mythology
■ Saturn
❖ Spelling
➢ Superlatives
➢ Nationalities
■ Holland
■ Thailand
■ Norway
■ Afghanistan
■ Iran
■ Iraq
■ Kuwait
■ Lebanon
➢ Mathematical Terms
■ Circumference
■ Square Root Symbol
➢ Contractions
➢ Irregular Plurals
■ Goose
■ Analysis
■ Species
❖ Vocabulary
➢ Abbreviations
■ Attorney
➢ Homophones
■ Musical Sound
■ Painful
■ A Portion
➢ Latin
■ Footnote
➢ Study of Plants
➢ Prefixes
■ in-
➢ Pronunciations
■ Arkansas
■ Asterisk
■ Athlete
■ Belle Fourche
■ Archipelago
➢ Root Words
■ Mega
■ Philosophy
➢ Words from names of People
SOCIAL STUDIES
❖ Current Events
➢ Important Events
■ Discovery
■ Ukraine Ousted President
■ Ice Bucket Challenge
■ Record Snowfall, City, 2015
■ War of Terror
➢ People
■ President of France
■ Prime Minister of Japan
■ U.S. President
● Party
● Illinois
■ U.S. Attorney General
■ U.S. Vice President
■ U.S. First Lady
■ Living Presidents
■ President of Cuba
➢ Places
■ Ukraine Capital
■ Guantanamo Bay
■ Cuba
➢ Terms
■ Carbon Footprint
❖ Economics ➢ Economic Systems
■ Capitalism
■ Free Enterprise System
➢ Terms
■ Appropriation
■ Collateral
■ Embargo
■ Exprt
■ Favored Nation
■ Global Economy
■ Goods
■ Good and Services
■ Labor Union
■ Local Sales Taxes
■ Loan
■ Services
■ Stock Market Rising
■ Surplus
❖ U.S. Geography
➢ Locations & Names
■ Glacier Bay National Monument
■ Rocky Mountain National Park
■ Grand Canyon National Park
■ Hawaiian Islands
■ Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
■ Custer Battlefield National Monument
■ Copper Mining
➢ Mountains
■ Mount Rainier
■ Wichita Mountains
■ Cascades
➢ Rivers, Seas, & Oceans
■ Deepest River Gorge
■ Snake River
■ Lake michigan
■ Lake Superior
➢ U.S. States
■ Kentucky Capital
■ Beginning with “New”
■ Mountain State
■ Seward’s Folly
■ The Granite State
■ Confederate States
➢ U.S. States Locations
■ Pennsylvania
➢ Terms
■ Bayou
■ Cajun
■ Columbia Plateau
❖ U.S. History ➢ American Revolution
■ Minuteman
■ Declaration of Independence
■ George Washington - President
■ Battle of Lexington & Concord
■ Cornwallis Surrenders
■ Boston Massacre
■ Second Continental Congress
■ Jamestown
■ Yorktown
➢ Civil War
■ Harper’s Ferry
➢ Native Americans
■ Battle of the Little Bighorn
■ Cherokee
■ Chickasaws
■ Choctaws
■ Creeks
■ Seminoles
➢ Recent History
■ September 11, 2001
■ Endeavor, August 2007
➢ People (Achievements & Dates)
■ John Brown
■ Mother Ann Lee
■ Nat Turner
■ Osama bin Laden
■ Thomas Stonewall Jackson
■ James Buchanan
■ Millard Fillmore
■ Andrew Johnson
■ Abraham Lincoln
■ Franklin Pierce
■ James Polk
■ Zachary Taylor
■ William H. Harrison
■ John Adams
■ Andrew Jackson
■ James Madison
■ Thomas Jefferson
■ James Monroe
■ Franklin Pearce (?)
■ Benjamin Franklin
■ Billy the Kid
■ John Glenn
■ Paul Revere
■ Christopher Columbus
➢ Places■ World Trade Center
➢ Terms
■ Shakers
■ Plantations
❖ U.S. Law ➢ Legislative Branch
■ Senate
■ Representative's Term of Office
➢ Judicial Branch
■ Supreme Court
➢ U.S. Constitution■ Purpose
■ Checks and Balances
■ Rights Listed
■ Separation of Power
■ Article #2
■ Amendment #1
■ Amendment #5
■ Amendment #13
■ Amendment #19
➢ Terms
■ Congressional Election Districts
■ State Legislatures
■ Initiative
■ Hung Jury
■ Bicameral Legislature
■ Verdict
■ Power of Attorney
■ Antitrust
❖ World Geography ➢ Continents
■ Largest
➢ Countries
■ Suriname
■ French Guiana
■ Israel
■ Galapagos Islands
■ Azores Islands
➢ Locations & Names
■ European Space Agency Rocket Port
■ Comoros Islands
■ Linz, Austria
■ Dover
➢ Mountains & Ranges
■ Mount Everest
■ Apennines
➢ Rivers, Seas, & Oceans
■ Horseshoe Falls
■ Largest Ocean
➢ Terms
■ GPS
■ Map Makers
■ Meridian
■ Maps
● Axis
● Compass
● Rose
● Map Key
● Scale
● Latitude Longitude Lines
● Continents
● Oceans
● Equator
❖ World History ➢ Explorers
■ Christopher Columbus
● Ships
➢ Ferdinand Magellan
➢ Events
■ World War II
● Axis Powers
■ Titanic
■ Bhopal
■ Chernobyl
■ First Olympics
■ First Democratic Government
■ Renaissance Inventions
■ Hostages, 1979
➢ Leaders & Figures■ Greek Philosophers
■ Lief Ericson
■ Coronado
■ Joan of Arc
■ William the Conqueror
➢ Terms■ Hieroglyphics
■ Renaissance
■ Salome
MATH❖ Algebra
➢ Algebraic Equations & Expressions■ Total Miles■ Expressions
➢ Solve■ Expressions■ For X■ For N■ Simple Equations
❖ Geometry ➢ Area & Perimeter
■ Cube■ Rectangle■ Square
➢ Circle■ Definition■ Diameter■ Circumference■ Area
➢ Volume■ Cube
● Faces
➢ Terms■ Coordinates■ Heptagon■ Hexagon■ Line of Symmetry■ Octagon■ Pentagon■ Septagon■ Slope and Y - Intercept■ Supplementary Angles
❖ Logic ➢ Logical Reasoning to Solve a Problem
■ Number of Empty Boxes■ Shirt Choices■ Zip Codes■ Number of Couples■ Games in a Tennis Tournament■ Minutes to Cut a Plank■ Number of Steps or FLoors■ Vote Predictions■ Choice from Two Lists
➢ Number Patterns & Sequences■ Series of Numbers■ Types from Left to Right
➢ Artificial Language➢ Terms
■ Logic❖ Numeric Expressions & Arithmetic
➢ Arithmetic Functions■ Sum■ Subtract
● Fractions■ Divide
● Quotient● Dividend
■ Multiply■ Squared■ Cubed
➢ Mean, Median, Mode➢ Percent
■ Fractions of ■ Percent of Change
➢ Fractions■ To Decimals■ Of Percent■ To Mixed Numbers■ Simplest Form■ Improper■ Proper■ Lowest Common Denominator■ Reciprocal
➢ Roman Numerals➢ Terms
■ Base Ten Numeral■ Binary Numeral■ Greatest Common Factor
❖ Probability, Permutation, & Combinations
➢ Combinations■ Lock■ Telephone Number■ CD’s
➢ Distributions■ Number of Ways to Arrange X
➢
➢ Determine Probability■ Arranging Letters■ Clothes Combinations■ Tennis Matches to Include All Players■ Letters Randomly Selected to Spell a Word■ A Letter In First Five Numbers■ Making Sandwiches■ Rolling Dice■ Marbles■ Deck of Cards■ Pieces in a Bowl■ Consonants in Word
❖ Word Problems ➢ Solve Real World Problems
■ Leap Year■ Time
● Miles Per hour● Miles Per Minute● Minutes Per Hour● Seconds Per Question● Rate Per Mile● Length of Time● Data Chunks Per Second● Century ● Score● Decade
■ Tons to Pounds■ Subtract Pounds and Ounces■ Calculate Cost
● Cost of House● Tips and Commissions● Sales Tax
■ Number of Cookies■ Recipes■ Percent■ Mean, Median, Mode
SCIENCE
❖ Earth Science
➢ Atmosphere
■ Most Abundant Element
■ Ozone
➢ Geography
■ Major Types of Geography
■ Butte
➢ Minerals
■ Nephrite
➢ Rock Types & Layers
■ Marble
■ Obsidian
■ Igneous
■ Lava Plateau
■ Limestone
➢ Weather, Climate, Atmosphere
■ Clouds
● Cloud Seeding
● Rain Producing
● Flat and Large
● Thin, White Wisps
■ Coriolis Effect
■ Influences on Climate
■ Falling Barometric Pressure
■ Water Cycles
■ Conservation of Nature
■ Tornado vs. Hurricane
■ Types of Volcanoes
➢ Astronomy
■ Blue Spot
■ Formation of Stars
■ Earth
● Mantle
● Plates
● Crust
■ Crescent Moon
■ Pulsar
■ Shooting Star
■ Solar Flare
■ Planet Names
● Roman Gods
■ Atmospheres
● Moon
● Planets with Rings
➢ Terms
■ Plate Tectonics
■ Major
■ Ring of Fire
■ Eutrophication
■ Latitude & Longitude
■ Earthquakes
● Seismic Waves
● Epicenter
● Seismograph
● Richter Scale
■ Coral
■ Plate Boundaries
● Types
❖ General Science & Measurement
➢ Telescopes
■ Optical & Radiation
➢ Burning Fossil Fuels
➢ Food Guide Plate
➢ Measurement
■ Fahrenheit to Celsius
■ Centigrade to Kelvin Degree
■ Quart
■ Pint
■ Liter
■ Metric Measurements
● Meters, Kilometers
● Prefixes
➢ People
■ Sir Isaac Newton
■ Thomas Edison
■ Tycho Brahe
■ Abraham Maslow
■ Ptolemy
■ Jonas Salk
■ Louis Pasteur
■ Edward Jenner
■ Dimitri Mendeleev
■ Johannes Kepler
➢ Terms
■ Herpetology
■ Power
■ Conductors
■ Distillation Applications
■ Insulators
■ Nucleus
■ Vaccine
■ Classes of Telescopes
■ Sonar
■ Boiling Point
● Sea Water
■ Solute
■ Simple Machines
● Fulcrum
● Lever
■ Yellow Fever
❖ Life Science ➢ Terms
■ Growth and Development
■ Myopia
■ Mutation
■ Carcinogen
■ Bacillus
■ Enzyme
■ Bilateral Symmetry
■ Recessive Genes
■ Heterozygous Genotypes
■ Red Tide
➢ Animals, Birds, Fish
■ Age of Fish
■ Flying Mammal
■ Hydra
■ Human Taxonomic Order
■ Shark Species
■ Flightless Birds
■ Arthropods
■ Starfish Symmetry
➢ Cells■ Prokaryote
■ Interphase
■ Protein Synthesis
■ Mitosis
■ Organic Compounds
➢ Humans■ Pancreas
■ Thyroid
■ Intestines
■ Joints
■ Hair
■ Kidneys
■ Body Systems
■ Insulin
➢ Plants■ Transpiration
■ Insect Pollinators
■ Plant Root Functions
■ Monocots / Dicots
➢ Terms■ Growth and Development
■ Myopia
■ Mutation
■ Carcinogen
■ Bacillus
■ Enzyme
■ Bilateral Symmetry
■ Recessive Genes
■ Heterozygous Genotypes
■ Red Tide
❖ Physical Science & Astronomy ➢ Atomic Number & Particles
■ Proton
■ Neutron
■ Electron
■ Calcium
■ Helium
➢ Energy
■ Elecrtical Charge
■ Volt
■ Potential
■ Doppler Effect
■ Conservation of Change
➢ Periodic Table■ Fe
■ SI
■ RN
■ Platinum
■ Left Side
■ Potassium
■ Tungsten
➢ Terms■ Element
■ Laser
■ Distillation
■ Reactions
■ Light Year
■ Mixtures
● Suspension
● Colloid
● Solution
■ Neon