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What is the metric unit for length?
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meter
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What is the metric unit for area?
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are
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What is the metric unit for volume?
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stere
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What is the metric unit for capacity?
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liter
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What is the metric unit for mass and weight?
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gram
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kilo** = ______**
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1,000
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hecto** = ______**
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100
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deka** = ______**
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10
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deci** = ______**
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.10
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centi** = ______**
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.01
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Milli** = ______**
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.001
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quintal = ______grams
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100,000
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metric ton = ______grams
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1,000,000
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Roman Numeral
L = ? |
50
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Roman Numeral
C = ? |
100
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Roman Numeral
D = ? |
500
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Roman Numeral
M = ? |
1,000
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Name for the King of the Gods
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Zeus (Greek)
Jupiter (Roman) Odin (Norse) |
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Queen of the Gods
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Hera (Greek)
Juno (Roman) Frigga (Norse) |
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Dwelling place of the Gods
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Mt. Olympus (Greek)
Asgard (Norse) |
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God and ruler of the sea
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Poseidon (Greek)
Neptune (Roman) Njord (Norse) |
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God and ruler of the dead
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Hades (Greek)
Pluto (Roman) |
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Goddess of agriculture
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Demeter (Greek)
Ceres (Roman) |
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Goddess of hearth
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Hestia (Greek)
Vesta (Roman) |
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Daugther of King of Gods who sprang full-blown from the head of her father
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Athena (Greek)
Minerva (Roman |
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Daughter of God King and Goddess of Agriculture
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Persephone (Greek)
Proserpina (Roman) |
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Wife of Hades
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Persephone (Greek)
Proserpina (Roman) |
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Twin children of God King and Leto
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Apollo and Artemis (Greek)
Apollo and Diana (Roman) |
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Goddess of the Moon, the Hunt, Woods and Wild Animas
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Artemis (Greek)
Diana (Roman) |
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God of male beauty
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Adonis
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God of fire and thunderbolts
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Hephaistos (Greek)
Vulcan (Roman) |
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Goddess of sexual love
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Aphrodite (Greek)
Venus (Roman) Freya (Norse) |
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Goddess of the Dawn
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Eos (Greek)
Aurora (Roman) |
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God of youth
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Hebe (Greek)
Juventas (Roman) |
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God of sleep
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Hypnos (Greek)
Somnus (Roman) |
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Previous name for:
Algeria |
Ancient Numidia
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Previous name for:
Angola |
Portuguese West Africa
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Previous name for:
Bangladesh |
East Pakistan
British India |
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Previous name for:
Belize |
British Honduras
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Previous name for:
Bosnia |
Yugoslavia
Serbia |
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Previous name for:
Botswana |
Bechuanaland
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Previous name for:
Burundi |
Ruanda-Urundi
Belgian Congo German East Africa |
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Previous name for:
Cambodia |
Kampuchea
Khmer Republic French Indo-China |
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Previous name for:
Chad |
French Equatoria Africa
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Previous name for:
Congo |
Middle Congo
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Previous name for:
Croatia |
Yugoslavia
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Previous name for:
Czech Republic |
Czechoslovakia
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Previous name for:
Macedonia |
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria Greece |
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Previous name for:
Iran |
Persia
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Previous name for:
Tunisia |
Ancient Carthage
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Previous name for:
Mozambique |
Portuguese East Africa
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Previous name for:
Madagascar |
Malagasy Republic
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Previous name for:
Thailand |
Siam
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Previous name for:
Sri Lanka |
Ceylon
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Previous name for:
Senegal |
French West Africa
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Previous name for:
Taiwan |
Formosa
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Previous name for:
Zimbabwe |
Rhodesia
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Previous name for:
Vietnam |
French Indo-China
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abrogate
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To nullify, to abolish
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abjure
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To remounce or reject
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accretion
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A gradual build-up or enlargement.
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adjunct
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Something added to another thing, but not part of it
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aesthete
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Someone devoted to beauty
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aggrandize
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To make bigger or greater, to inflate
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amalgamate
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To blend thoroughly
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ameliorate
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To make something more tolerable
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amortize
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To pay off or reduce a debt gradually through periodic payments
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anachronistic
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Out of the proper time
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asperity
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Harshness, severity
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assail
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To attack as with words or blows
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assay
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To analyze for particular components
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assuage
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To ease, to pacify
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aver
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To claim to be true
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avow
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To declar boldly
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bombastic
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Inflated or pompous in style
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burgeon
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To bloom, literally or figuratively
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buttress
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Something that supports or strengthens
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cadge
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To beg for, mooch
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chary
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Slow to accept, cautious
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chronology
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An arrangement of events by order of occurrence, a list of dates
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