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Academic Hallmarks 2024 - Nebraska Practice 2024-25 JV 1000

Total questions: 93

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A major new ship safety regulation was issued by federal inspectors after the sinking of the Titanic. It required steamships to carry a sufficient number of what for all passengers?

a)

lifeboats

b)

anchors

c)

compasses

d)

radios

2.

Medicines - What is the plant that is associated with the 1st both medicine?

a)

International Date Line

b)

Neem

c)

Tulsi

d)

Aloe Vera

3.

What labor native to the Peruvian Andes was first brought to Europe in 1525?

a)

potato

b)

tomato

c)

maize

d)

quinoa

4.

These songs were inspired by the myths and history of what ancient land?

a)

Egypt

b)

Greece

c)

China

d)

India

5.

Humidity - If one cubic meter of air currently holds 18 grams of water, it is capable of holding 24 grams when saturated. What is the relative humidity?

a)

75%

b)

60%

c)

80%

d)

90%

6.

If you left the capital of Wyoming, flying on a compass heading of 90 degrees, what would the next state you fly over be?

a)

Nebraska

b)

Montana

c)

Utah

d)

Colorado

7.

During the Age of Sail, far more naval personnel died from what deficiency disease than all other causes of death combined including combat, storms, disasters, shipwrecks, and other diseases?

a)

scurvy

b)

malaria

c)

tuberculosis

d)

cholera

8.

Pronouns - Supply the missing reflexive pronoun in this line. Sarah was determined to consume the entire mule -----.

a)

herself

b)

himself

c)

itself

d)

themselves

9.

Plurals - Give the plural of 'beef.'

a)

beeves (or beefs)

b)

beefs

c)

beefes

d)

beevs

10.

Interjections - Name any interjection that begins with 'w.'

a)

wow

b)

ouch

c)

alas

d)

oops

11.

Boiling - The boiling point of water is highest in what American national park?

a)

Death Valley

b)

Yellowstone

c)

Grand Canyon

d)

Yosemite

12.

What is the meaning of the Latin stem in these words: compose, impose, propose?

a)

place (put)

b)

write (scribble)

c)

carry (bear)

d)

see (look)

13.

In Eric Campbell's novel, 'Place of Lions,' an airplane crashes in what vast Tanzanian plain west of the Great Rift Valley?

a)

Serengeti

b)

Kalahari

c)

Sahara

d)

Namib

14.

Cycling - Which prestigious cycling event covers over 2,000 miles throughout France every July?

a)

Tour de France

b)

Giro d'Italia

c)

Vuelta a España

d)

Paris-Roubaix

15.

Warfare on the High Seas - What kind of German vessels were responsible for the sinking of these British ships? Empress of Britain, HMS Ark Royal, RMS Lusitania

a)

Submarines

b)

Battleships

c)

Destroyers

d)

Cruisers

16.

Order of Operations - Perform the indicated operations. 5a - 2b - [3a - (8 + 2b) + 3b]

a)

9a - 9b

b)

2a + 3b + 8

c)

5a - 2b - 3a + 8 + 2b - 3b

d)

8a - b

17.

Earth Science - What natural structures comprised almost entirely of dihydrogen monoxide are built through accumulation and eroded by ablation?

a)

Glaciers

b)

Sand dunes

c)

Lava flows

d)

Coral reefs

18.

Which of them, at just 3.2 acres, is the smallest, and the one most likely to be flooded?

a)

St. Mark's Square

b)

Trafalgar Square

c)

Times Square

d)

Red Square

19.

What material derived from cellulose pulp is essential if you want to practice decoupage or origami?

a)

Paper

b)

Plastic

c)

Metal

d)

Glass

20.

What kind of subordinate clause is illustrated in this example? Anyone who bothers should bring a silly hat.

a)

Adjective clause

b)

Adverb clause

c)

Noun clause

d)

Conditional clause

21.

What kind of imagery creates a mental picture of a scene or event?

a)

auditory imagery

b)

olfactory imagery

c)

gustatory imagery

d)

tactile imagery

22.

What alloy commonly composed of tin and copper is used in metal sculpture?

a)

bronze

b)

brass

c)

steel

d)

pewter

23.

What type of skeletons do insects, snails, spiders, and starfish have?

a)

exoskeletons

b)

endoskeletons

c)

hydrostatic skeletons

d)

cartilaginous skeletons

24.

How many days are between October 16 and February 12?

a)

119

b)

110

c)

123

d)

132

25.

In what state is Mt. Rainier National Park?

a)

Washington

b)

Oregon

c)

California

d)

Montana

26.

Government Idioms - If a political leader declares a think beyond which a certain activity will not be accepted, a line is being drawn in what?

a)

the sand

b)

the water

c)

the air

d)

the road

27.

What abbreviation describes payment for merchandise at the time that delivery is made?

a)

COD

b)

FOB

c)

EFT

d)

ACH

28.

Sound - When a scale is played on a piano from higher to lower notes, the pitch of the sound decreases. What happens to the wavelength?

a)

It increases.

b)

It decreases.

c)

It remains the same.

d)

It disappears.

29.

What’s the French word for house?

a)

maison

b)

voiture

c)

chien

d)

livre

30.

Processes - What two-word process involves the movement of element #6 between living organisms and their environment?

a)

carbon cycle

b)

nitrogen fixation

c)

water cycle

d)

photosynthesis

31.

Compounds - Monosaccharide is a simple what?

a)

sugar

b)

protein

c)

lipid

d)

vitamin

32.

The Caribbean - You are coloring a map of the Caribbean island countries. How many colors do you need so that all countries touching one-another will be colored differently?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

5

d)

6

33.

During what conflict were most of the original holdings of the Library of Congress destroyed?

a)

War of 1812

b)

American Civil War

c)

World War I

d)

Spanish-American War

34.

Who was the U.S. President when the American hostages in Iran were freed?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Gerald Ford

35.

The Robert Burns poem that includes the following line is traditionally associated with what holiday? Should auld acquaintance be forgot

a)

New Year's Day

b)

Thanksgiving

c)

Christmas

d)

Easter

36.

What condition is characterized by difficulty breathing and wheezing due to narrowed airways which can have several causes such as allergies and is often treated first with an inhaler?

a)

Asthma

b)

Diabetes

c)

Arthritis

d)

Hypertension

37.

Surgery - A craniotomy is a surgical incision into what body structure?

a)

Skull

b)

Liver

c)

Heart

d)

Lung

38.

Anatomy - Name the column of nervous tissue that runs through the backbone.

a)

Spinal column

b)

Femur

c)

Rib cage

d)

Pelvis

39.

Poetry Vocabulary - Derived from an Old French word meaning 'to repeat,' any phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated after each stanza throughout a poem is called a what?

a)

Refrain

b)

Stanza

c)

Couplet

d)

Verse

40.

Derived from Italian words meaning 'in the manner of a chapel,' what vocal musical term means 'without instrumental accompaniment'?

a)

A cappella

b)

Legato

c)

Forte

d)

Staccato

41.

In what kind of dancing are these moves found? Ladies chain; right and left grand; promenade; weave the ring; do sa do.

a)

Square dancing

b)

Ballet

c)

Salsa

d)

Tango

42.

An 80-pound cube with edges of 4 feet exerts how much pressure per square foot?

a)

5 pounds

b)

10 pounds

c)

20 pounds

d)

2 pounds

43.

Etymology - The name for what force was derived from the Latin words, 'centrum, meaning, 'center,' and, 'petere,' meaning, 'to seek'?

a)

Centripetal force

b)

Centrifugal force

c)

Gravitational force

d)

Electrostatic force

44.

Operation with Exponents - What is the square of this quantity: in exponential form, 4 times 10 to the first power.

a)

16 times 10 to the 2nd power

b)

8 times 10 to the 1st power

c)

4 times 10 to the 3rd power

d)

20 times 10 to the 2nd power

45.

Many hammocks are based on what art form that includes patterns of knots?

a)

Macrame

b)

Origami

c)

Mosaic

d)

Calligraphy

46.

Name the nation or the Greater Antilles that occupies the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola.

a)

Dominican Republic

b)

Haiti

c)

Cuba

d)

Jamaica

47.

From 2000-2015, the most dangerous U.S. job was which one where 725 people died, mostly from vessel disasters or falling overboard, without vests while bringing in 8.7 million pounds of product?

a)

Fishing

b)

Construction

c)

Mining

d)

Logging

48.

Spelling - Say/now spell F-A-X-C-I-M-I-L-E. Don't copy him as you spell FACSIMILE.

a)

FACSIMILE

b)

FAXIMILE

c)

FACSIMELE

d)

FACKSIMILE

49.

Headwaters - The headwaters of the largest river in Pakistan are in what mountain system?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Andes

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Alps

50.

Geology - What scientific discipline has been defined as the study of the visible surface of the past?

a)

Stratigraphy

b)

Petrology

c)

Mineralogy

d)

Paleontology

51.

Anyone in the Army or Air Force who has won a Purple Heart and is then killed or wounded in action, is awarded the Oak Cluster. Members of the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard are awarded instead a star of what color?

a)

Gold (star)

b)

Silver (star)

c)

Bronze (star)

d)

Blue (star)

52.

Traditions - What day celebrated annually that inspired the Clean Air Act and encourages respect for the environment?

a)

Earth Day

b)

Flag Day

c)

Labor Day

d)

Arbor Day

53.

Before making their big splashes in the history of technology, what did both the DuVaa brothers and the Wright brothers manufacture?

a)

Bicycles

b)

Typewriters

c)

Watches

d)

Shoes

54.

A pilot who says has turned to 270 degrees is heading in what direction?

a)

West

b)

North

c)

East

d)

South

55.

What point of view is used in this example? Of all the pupils at the Knight School, Gawain was hardly the best jousting, but his instructors soon discovered that he lacked spirit.

a)

First person

b)

Second person

c)

Third person

56.

Which international organization controls more than 75% of the world's proven oil reserves?

(a)  

57.

The Central African Republic got its independence from which country in 1960, but kept its language as official?

(a)  

58.

Africa - Yoruba was the native language of the author Wole Soyinka who was born in which modern country with both cities of Lagos and capital of Abuja?

(a)  

59.

Although he spoke no English, the Baron von Steuben did a remarkable job training members of the Continental Army at what Pennsylvania site in the winter of 1777?

(a)  

60.

The PLO - The Palestine Liberation Organization was founded in 1964 to represent the world's estimated 4.5 million Palestinians dispersed among the Arab countries after the creation of what nation?

(a)  

61.

Math - How fundamental property is expressed here? a+b = b+a

a)

Commutative

b)

Associative

c)

Distributive

d)

Identity

62.

Phrases - The prepositional phrase in the example below is used as what part of speech? Old Fred rumbled over the corral.

a)

Adverb

b)

Noun

c)

Adjective

d)

Verb

63.

Genres - Which books are examples of what genre or nonfiction? 'Long Walk to Freedom', by Nelson Mandela, 'Up from Slavery', by Booker T. Washington, 'My Early Life', by Winston Churchill

a)

Autobiography

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Historical Fiction

d)

Poetry

64.

Modular Arithmetic - Express the product of 3 times 5 in mod 8.

a)

7

b)

2

c)

5

d)

1

65.

Playing the Chord - An E minor chord consists of E, G, and what other note?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

A

d)

D

66.

What is the most common element in the universe?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Carbon

d)

Helium

67.

Federal funding compilation - Federal finance departments and agencies of the federal government submit their annual requests for funding to what executive office where they are compiled?

a)

Office of Management and Budget

b)

Department of the Treasury

c)

General Services Administration

d)

Congressional Budget Office

68.

South American geography - The major river that drains into the Rio de la Plata is?

a)

Parana

b)

Amazon

c)

Orinoco

d)

Magdalena

69.

U.S. history - This state would drop seven million inhabitants and gain more than seven million if it would lose the war. Even though the U.S. would drop seven million inhabitants and gain more than seven million if it would lose the war.

a)

Vietnam

b)

California

c)

Texas

d)

Florida

70.

Which of the four principal types of body tissues derives from the mesoderm and contracts to produce body movements?

a)

muscle

b)

epithelial

c)

nervous

d)

connective

71.

Proportional - MATH: A and B are directly proportional. When A = 6, then B = 4. What is B when A = 48?

a)

32

b)

24

c)

36

d)

8

72.

What words or misspelled in this excerpt about Congressional immunity? While traveling to and from legislative sessions, members of Congress may be arrested only for treason, felonies or a breach of the peace.

a)

peace

b)

piece

c)

peach

d)

pace

73.

New Designation - Oumuamua is a cigar-shaped space object that went through our solar system in 2017 and has been designated as the first object of the IAU type with 1 indicating that it is not from our solar system. What does the 1 stand for?

a)

interstellar

b)

asteroidal

c)

cometary

d)

planetary

74.

Which annual marathon, held on Patriots' Day in April in an eastern U.S. city, is the world's oldest annual marathon?

a)

Boston Marathon

b)

New York City Marathon

c)

Chicago Marathon

d)

Philadelphia Marathon

75.

One specialty store sold twice as many gizmos in the afternoon as it did in the morning. If 360 kilogizmos of gizmos were sold during the entire day, how many kilogizmos were sold in the morning?

a)

120

b)

90

c)

180

d)

240

76.

Parts of the whole - Trachea, Hypothalamus, Pons, Medulla - These are all part of what organ?

a)

Brain

b)

Liver

c)

Heart

d)

Lung

77.

In terms of pi, what is the area of a circle with a diameter of 8?

a)

16π

b)

8π

c)

32π

d)

64π

78.

Simplify 3(x + 2) - 4x.

a)

-x + 6

b)

x + 6

c)

3x + 2

d)

-x - 6

79.

Name the vast region comprising most of northern Asia and the central and eastern portions of the Russian Federation.

a)

Siberia

b)

Andes

c)

Sahara

d)

Amazon

80.

Which American owner of her own television studio, actress, activist, and philanthropist became the first-ever Black American woman billionaire in the world in 2003?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Whoopi Goldberg

c)

Tyra Banks

d)

Beyoncé

81.

Write the first part of literary trilogy refers to Orham, which is in Istanbul, and paired-in the dark land of Mordor. Name this book, the second in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

a)

The Two Towers

b)

The Fellowship of the Ring

c)

The Return of the King

d)

The Hobbit

82.

Massive hydroelectric structure - The Grand Coulee Dam is located on what river?

a)

Columbia

b)

Mississippi

c)

Colorado

d)

Snake

83.

In what city is the Texas Book Depository and the John F. Kennedy Memorial?

a)

Dallas

b)

Houston

c)

Austin

d)

San Antonio

84.

South Korea has 1 National Assembly and Simon Bolivar's idea was a legislature, so neither indicates what form with two chambers such as the U.S. Congress?

a)

Bicameral

b)

Unilateral

c)

Tricameral

d)

Quadrilateral

85.

To the nearest thousand, the world's longest river is how many miles long?

a)

4000

b)

3000

c)

5000

d)

6000

86.

The coast of what country extends from Guyana to Colombia?

a)

Venezuela

b)

Ecuador

c)

Peru

d)

Panama

87.

Parts or all of what region adjacent to the Mediterranean has been occupied and controlled by the ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Romans, various caliphates, Crusaders, Mongols, Ottomans, the British, and Israelis?

a)

Palestine (Holy Land)

b)

Andalusia

c)

Anatolia

d)

Maghreb

88.

Planets - These are characteristics of what planet? - Orbital period of about 12 Earth years - Has 4 large moons and numerous smaller ones - Surface is massive as are all of the other planets - Combined times the Earth's distance from the sun

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Mercury

89.

Derived Substance - What trees yield the resin used to produce turpentine?

a)

Pine

b)

Maple

c)

Oak

d)

Birch

90.

Group Achievement - The shared customs and beliefs of a group of people along with their art, achievements, and social organization are all part of their what?

a)

Culture

b)

Geography

c)

Economy

d)

Government

91.

Etymology - Spell the term that can mean either 'the opposite,' or, to engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts.

a)

Converse

b)

Reverse

c)

Discuss

d)

Debate

92.

Translate the last three words of this sequence of Spanish words into their English equivalent: Reino, Phylum, Clase, Orden, Familia, Género, Especie.

a)

Family, Genus, Species

b)

Order, Family, Class

c)

Genus, Species, Kingdom

d)

Phylum, Class, Order

93.

Thinking - What type of thinking is illustrated by this sequence of thoughts? All fish have fins. This is a fish. Therefore, this has fins.

a)

Deduction

b)

Induction

c)

Abduction

d)

Intuition