REFERENCE CROSSWORD: FIND THE BEST ANSWER! 3 I 6 A R T 7 D I C T I O N A R Y E F I N I T I O N D A P M O C S P E L L I N G E

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1 REFERENCE CROSSWORD: FIND THE BEST ANSWER 1 T H 2 E S A U R U S 3 I 4 P 5 S N N 6 A R T C 7 D I C T I O N A R Y 8 S Y N O N Y M E L N T 10 A 14 B C X A U I 11 L M A N A C S N S E A O N C T F 12 P O N T E N T S I I E C E O A C R 13 D N T E M I O G R A P H Y 15 E F I N I T I O N D A P M O C S 16 S P E L L I N G E 9 R Across: 1. Best source to use to find 8 across. 7. Read your Webster s 8. Words that mean the same. 10. Best source for quick facts on a wide variety of subjects. 12. When using a book, this table can help determine what information is in the book. 14. A book that tells about a person s life. 15. The meaning of a word, found in 7 across. 16. The proper order of letters in a word, also found in 7 across. Down: 2. In many volumes or in one, this tool holds the key to large

2 quantities of information 3. Use this to find the correct page number in a book or set of books. 4. How to say a word: use 7 across to find the correct way 5. Try the almanac to find lots of these factual numbers. 6. A collection of maps. 9. The section of the library where many of these tools are kept. 11. A word meaning opposite. 13. Found in an atlas.

3 Dictionary and Thesaurus Questions ANSWERS: 1. A bouquet can refer to a cluster of flowers or the fragrance of wine. 2. The word coupon can be pronounced in how many ways? Two. 3. What is a windjammer? Ship. 4. Is mis-sppelled spelled correctly? Misspelled. 5. What is mahjong? Game. 6. Conjecture b. Supposition 7. Conundrum c. Puzzle 8. Indelible e. Imperishable 9. Pinnacle j. Apex 10. Purloined a. Stole 11. Reference i. Citation 12. Sovereign d. Monarch 13. Stigma g. Disrepute 14. Vaccinate f. Immunize 15. Visage h. Countenance

4 Geography Hunt Answers: 1. Kazakhstan 2. Match the following countries with their capital cities: Country Capital City _E Norway _D Eritrea _A Bangladesh _B Canada _C Ghana A. Dhaka (Dacca) B. Ottawa C. Accra D. Asmera E. Oslo 3. The colors of the Honduras flag are blue and white. 4. The African city with the largest population is Cairo. 5. Rank the following countries in order of population numbers: Brazil Indonesia India China United States Most populated China 2nd 3rd India United States

5 4th Indonesia 5th Brazil 6. What is the only Caribbean island with large oil reserves? Trinidad 7. An archipelago is B. a chain of islands 8. Which country has the most time zones? Russia, with What country was Pakistan a part of before it became independent? India 10. What is the latitude of Madrid, Spain? 40N the longitude? 4W

6 Popular Entertainment Print Scavenger Hunt Answers: 1. D. Both A & B 2. A. LeToya Luckett 3. C. Thomas Harris 4. B. Skechers 5. E. Shaggy 6. D. Star Wars Episode 1 7. B. CBS 8. E. Kevin Spacey 9. D. a series of keyed characters to indicate an emotion 10. B. July 8, 2000

7 ANSWERS TO THE WORLD HISTORY HUNT Fill-in-the-blank section: 1. Bubonic Plague 2. Chandragupta 3. Suffrage 4. Mussolini 5. Churchill 6. Confucius 7. Victoria 8. Nuremberg 9. Democracy 10. Pompeii Matching section: 1. F 2. J 3. H 4. I 5. C 6. E 7. B 8. G 9. D 10. A

8 U.S. History Scavenger Hunt Answers: 1. Match the following events with their dates: Event _D The battleship Maine explodes, leading to the Spanish-American War. _E The California Gold Rush begins. _A Prohibition ends, allowing alcohol sales in the U.S. _C The 19 th Amendment gives women the right to vote. Date A B C D E _B Andrew Johnson is the first U.S. president to be impeached. 2. The second president of the United States was John Adams. 3. In the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States bought the land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains from the country of France. 4. The only American president to resign from office was Richard Nixon. 5. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended war between the United States and

9 b. Mexico 6. The court case Marbury vs. Madison in 1803 was the first time a law by Congress was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 7. The Compromise of 1850 made California a free state and abolished slavery in The District of Columbia. 8. Members of the labor union the Industrial Workers of the World were also called Wobblies. 9. A United States led multi-national military force attacked Iraq in occupied Kuwait in a short war code named Desert Storm. 10. Match the famous U.S. author to their book: Author Book Title G_ Benjamin Franklin I_ Thomas Paine J_ Upton Sinclair F_ Harriet Beecher Stowe H_ Henry David Thoreau A. Uncle Tom s Cabin B. Poor Richard s Almanac C. Walden D. Common Sense E. The Jungle

10 Science Scavenger Hunt for Print Resources ANSWERS: Short Answer: 1. Pacific 2. Mercury and Venus 3. Fe 4. Gold 5. Luna 9 Multiple Choice: 1. B. RCA 2. C. limestone 3. C. Digital Camera 4. A C. Category 3

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