| 1. The _______________ of violent video games on children is an issue of concern to many parents. | | |
| 2. Iran is _______________ the largest producer of oil in the Middle East. | | |
| 3. The sun is the generator and _______________ of all life and all life processes on our Earth. | | |
| 4. The Hindu religion observes that mankind is a single _______________. | | |
| 5. While Columbus was _______________ the new world to the west, Italian engineers were rebuilding the Kremlin in Moscow. | | |
| 6. The people of Sri Lanka have absorbed cultural _______________ from the Arabs, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and British who have come to the island. | | |
| 7. A proper essay supports its thesis using _______________ details. | | |
| 8. In Quebec, children _______________ open their Christmas gifts at midnight, on December 24th. | | |
| 9. From all levels of government, Americans get 175,000 new laws, and two million new _______________ every year. | | |
| 10. The government will soon begin _______________ on a new stadium for the Olympic Games. | | |