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noun • Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856) • British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862) • British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932) • a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977) • American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) | ||||
| 31% | 14 | Separates the Northeastern United States from the Southern United States | ||
noun • the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil War | ||||
| 27% | 11 | Standard system of weight in the United States | ||
noun • a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) • excess bodily weight | ||||
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