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Volume 1960 Encyclopedia

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Chemicals produced by white blood cells that kill germs   antibodies  
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contains weakened or killed disease germs   vaccine  
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not vulnerable to a disease   immune  
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made the first vaccine in the late 1700s   Edward Jenner  
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a vacuum   a space with nothing in it  
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to suck liquid from a straw creates a   vacuum  
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Christian priest who married people in secret   Saint Valentine  
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a long and low place between two mountains or hills.   valley  
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valley is the floor and the hillsides or cliffs are the ________ of the valley   walls  
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valleys formed as soil & rock are worn away due to running water. wearing away is called   erosion  
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Some valleys are formed by slow-moving sheets of ice called   glaciers  
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Valley Forge is in the state of   Pennsylvania  
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George Washington & the Continental Army spent the winter of 1777 to 1778 at _________   Valley Forge  
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German officer who helped George Washington train troops in the winter at Valley Forge   Baron von Steuben  
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Valley Forge is now a historical   park  
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Vincent Van Gogh was a painter born in the   Netherlands  
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to a scientist fruits develop from _______ and contain __________   flowers seeds  
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The heads of cauliflower & broccoli are _________ parts   flower  
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Carrots, parsnips, radishes, turnips, & sweet potatoes are ______with lots of ________.   roots minerals  
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young plants that recently emerged from seeds   sprouts  
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an island archipelago in the Pacific Islands consisting of approximately 82 relatively small, geologically newer islands of volcanic origin   Republic of Vanuatu  
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archipelago   a group of scattered islands  
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Vatican   the chief residence of the popes in Vatican City  
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we eat tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, peppers, and eggplants as vegetables, but scientifically they are   fruits  
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We eat green peas, lima beans, and corn as vegetables, but scientifically they are   seeds  
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methods of preserving vegetables & other foods include salting, drying,   freezing  
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preserve roots in the cold ground or store in a root cellar which is   an underground room for storing root vegetables  
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brine is   salty water  
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beets,broccoli,brussel sprouts from Europe, were planted and now are also common in   North America  
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fiber helps food go down the   digestive system  
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vein   a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart  
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Venezuela is   a country in northern South America  
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Venezuela has a mountainous coast along   the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean  
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34the Orinoco River drains into the ___________ _________ through the huge ______ named _________ ___________.   Atlantic Ocean delta Orinoco Delta  
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Venezuela's large ______ _________ have made it one of the wealthiest nations in _______ __________.   oil deposits South America  
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Most important crop in Venezuela   coffee  
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capital and largest city of Venezuela   Caracas  
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The highest waterfall in the world is _______ in _____________.   Angel Falls Venezuela  
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The second planet out from the sun on our solar system is _______________.   Venus  
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Venus is the only planet with a __________ orbit instead of an ______ shape.   circular oval  
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We always see Venus and _______ near the sun.   Mercury  
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Venus and Earth are similar in _________ and ______, but the surface of Venus is covered by dense clouds of _________ &_______ ________.   size density sulfur sulfuric acid  
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The Diameter of Venus is about 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) in _______________.   diameter  
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diameter means   straight line completely through the middle  
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In 1975 a _________ __________ landed on Venus & sent back photos of its surface.   Soviet spaceprobe  
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Surface temperatures on Venus are close to __________ C ____________F   477 degrees 900 degrees  
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Like the moon, Venus reflects the light of the ________.   sun  
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An _________ for this year will tell us where to look for Venus on any given day.   almanac  
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Bordered on the North by Canada,south by Massachusetts,east by New Hampshire & west by New York   Vermont  
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Vermont is one of the __________ ________ states.   New England  
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In 1609, the French explorer ____________ visited what is now Vermont.   Samuel de Champlain  
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A French settlement and fort were built on an island in _______ ___________ in 1666.   Lake Champlain  
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At the end,1763, of the French and Indian War _____________ won control of the area.   England  
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The __________,led by Ethan Allen, captured Fort Ticonderga from the British in 1775.   Green Mountain Boys  
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In 1777, Vermont became a republic and the 1st to ban _______. All adult males could vote.   slavery  
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In 1791, Vermont became the __________ state of the United States.   14th  
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Until after the Civil War, _________ was the leading economic activity in Vermont.   agriculture  
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As of 1960, list Vermont's 7 major manufactured products.   machine tools, computer parts, paper, lumber, furniture, stone, and clay items.  
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What are the only two states that have fewer people than Vermont?   Alaska and Wyoming  
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Vermont is the most _______ state in the USA. Only a ____of its people live in cities.   3rd  
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Vermont's largest city is _____, located on Lake Champlain.   Burlington  
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The state capital of Vermont is ____, a granite-quarrying region.   Montpelier  
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A French author who was one of the first writers of science fiction, born in 1828, was   Jules Verne  
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Jules Verne described ______ and _______ before they ever existed.   airplanes spaceships  
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Jules Verne wrote Twenty Thousand Leages Under the ____, Around the World in ____ Days, and Voyage to the Center of the ______.   Sea Eighty Earth  
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_________ _______ was a _____. North and South America are named after him.   Amerigo Vespucci navigator,  
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North and South America were named after him, and he was born in _____, ___, in 1454.   Florence Italy  
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Amerigo Vespucci made a close estimate of the _______ around the equator.   distance  
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