Capitalize the proper adjectives in the sentences below. Each sentence contains one proper adjective.

Example:  A salary was originally a sum of money given to roman soldiers to buy salt. Roman

1. About ninety percent of all known plant varieties are african plants. ___________
2. Three of the asian girls who have become friends speak to each other in English because their native languages are different. __________
3. The ancient egyptian people knew that eating sweets led to tooth decay. __________
4. The first english possession outside Europe was Newfoundland. __________
5. The word khaki comes from the hindi term for dust colored. __________
6. Don and Trevor drove from British Columbia to Alaska on the alcan Highway. __________
7. Scientists report that brazilian wildlife includes a large number of sloths, anteaters, and armadillos, along with a wide variety of multicolored birds and a great many insects. __________
8. Unlike Europeans, american shoppers do not buy foods such as cream cheese and chocolate syrup in metal or plastic tubes. ________
9. Thomas Jefferson planted poplars along pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. __________
10. I wish I could afford to go to more broadway plays. __________

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