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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

●

➢ 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