It was a ______ to get away for the weekend.

The band played jazz _______ all night.

The roads were completely _______ this morning.

Add the _______ from the second column to the first one.

The show had a lot of ______.

Let's ______ our two groups to form one team.

The _______ beat of the music kept me awake.

Scientists discovered a new ________.

The girls team ran a winning______ race yesterday at the track meet.

Paolo is a _______ at the university down the street.

We checked into the best ______ in the city.

Did you hear the _______ in the middle of the night.

Cheryl was very ______ to her aunt.

I will _______ my sister from the school bully.

Should you _______ a child for lying?

Please ______ your test as soon as you get your paper.

Ben watched Tim step in line to buy a fishing ________.

The Cherokee were a dominant tribe that lived in parts of modern-day Tennessee, Georgia, the Carolinas, Alabama and Kentucky. Men and women had specific gender roles: Men were in charge of war, hunting, and diplomatic relations, while females were in charge of the home, property, and family. Sometimes, Cherokee women participated in war too. The Cherokee were divided into seven large clans: Long Hair, Paint, Bird, Wolf, Wild Potato, Deer, and Blue. Babies would be born into their mother's clan. Villages were comprised of individuals from different clans. A man and a woman from the same clan could not marry. The Cherokee had many sacred ceremonies including those for their crops, births, deaths, war, moon phases, and other events. The most important Cherokee ceremony was the Green Corn Ceremony, which took place when the last corn crop ripened. The ceremony usually lasted four days and honored, Selu, the Cherokee Corn Mother. At the beginning of the ceremony, all of the members of a village would wash themselves in a source of moving water. Then, sacred dances representing the harvest would be performed for several hours within the sacred circle, a large pit that also included a fire lit with a sacred branch that was struck by lightning. The ceremony would end with various other dances and rituals including one in which the entire village danced around the sacred fire. The Cherokee practiced a variety of crafts including basketwork, pottery, carved pipe making, and rattle making. Rattles were made out of turtle shells and were used to ward off evil spirits. The Cherokee, however, are perhaps most renowned for their booger masks, colorful masks that represented evil spirits and their enemies. Eventually, these masks came to resemble the faces of the White trespassers. Booger masks were made from wood or hornets nests and were originally made as part of the Booger Dance, a winter celebration that ensured evil spirits could not disrupt the coming growing season. One of the most evil spirits in Cherokee lore was the Raven Mocker, an old, withered looking witch-like character who robbed the living of their lives by eating their hearts. The Cherokees believed in good spirits as well such as the Little People, a small race of spirits that lived in nearby caves. The Cherokee considered these tiny spirits kind, hard working, and helpful. The Little People came in all colors and shades and had the power to cast spells. They were given a great deal of respect among the Cherokee and were thought to teach about living in harmony with nature. There were three types of Little People, the Rock People, Dogwood People, and Laurel People. The Cherokee also practiced the sport that evolved into modern-day lacrosse. It was played between members of the same clan, or, between rival villages. Which of the following was not a Cherokee family clan?

Babies were born into their ________________ clan

Which of the following is NOT true?

Which of the following Cherokee crafts actually represented evil spirits?

The ____________________ __________________ was a witch-like character that robbed the living of their lives by eating their hearts.

Which of the following is NOT true?

Which of the following is true?

Which of the following words best describes the Cherokee?

The Great Pyramid at Giza is one of the world's most amazing landmarks. Rising high above the Sahara Desert in the Giza region of northern Egypt, the Great Pyramid stands some 450 feet into the burning desert sky and occupies an area of 13 acres. The rough climate of the Sahara has actually caused the pyramid to shrink 30 feet from its original height. The pyramid was such an amazing feat of engineering that it remained the tallest structure in the world for over 3800 years! The entire pyramid was originally faced with polished limestone to make it shine brilliantly in the sun. Most Egyptologists, scientists who study ancient Egypt, agree that the Great Pyramid was built around 2560 BC, a little more than 4,500 years ago. It took tens of thousands of workers twenty years to build. The pyramid contains over two million stone blocks. Although most of the blocks weigh two or three tons, some weigh up to 80 tons! The Great Pyramid of Giza was ordered built by the Pharaoh Khufu as a magnificent tomb. His vizier (advisor), Hemon, is credited with being the pyramid's architect. Khufu's pyramid is actually part of a complex of pyramids that includes the Pyramid of Khafre, the smaller Pyramid of Menkaure, a variety of smaller pyramids and structures, and the Great Sphinx. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the World. Where is the Great Pyramid NOT located?

How many stone blocks make up the pyramid?

Most of the blocks in the pyramid weigh about ____________ tons.

The Pharaoh ________________ ordered the pyramid to built as his ___________.

Which of the following definitions best describes the meaning of "complex" in the passage?

Which is NOT part of complex of pyramids?

Which of the following is FALSE?

Egyptians used polished __________________ to make the pyramid shine in the sun.

The Great Pyramid of Giza has shrunk about _____________ feet.

The Great Pyramid was built a little more than __________________ years ago