| 1. _______________ dictates that the oldest son in Japanese society cares for the parents when they are old. | | |
| 2. She opposes capital punishment on a _______________ basis; she says it is wrong to kill, whether it is an individual or the state that is doing it. | | |
| 3. In France, chocolate was _______________ considered a dangerous drug. | | |
| 4. Eighty percent of the island nation of Madagascar's plants and animals are _______________ to the island. | | |
| 5. The first airplane landed at the geographic _______________ of the North Pole in May of 1952. | | |
| 6. So far, scientists have been unable to predict earthquakes with a high degree of _______________. | | |
| 7. Gasoline has no _______________ freezing point; it freezes at any temperature between -180 and -240 degrees Fahrenheit. | | |
| 8. Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes used a process of logical _______________ to solve crimes. | | |
| 9. The principal _______________ of population growth are natural increase and net migration. | | |
| 10. International observers question the _______________ of the election, given widespread accusations of election fraud. | | |