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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