6th Grade - U.S. States
The only U.S. State with just one syllable.
What is Maine?
This is the largest of the great lakes.
What is Lake Superior?
This person took 10 years to return home after fighting for 10 years in the Trojan War.
Who is Odysseus?
The 13 American colonies fought a revolution against this country.
What is England?
The first three articles of the U.S. Constitution establish these branches of government.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?
The capitol of Michigan.
What is Lansing?
This is the largest river in the United States in length and volume.
What is the Mississippi River?
This mythological character would immediately turn you to stone if you looked at her.
Who is Medusa?
This country decided to ally with the American's after their victory at the Battle of Saratoga.
What is France?
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are best known by this name.
What are "The Bill of Rights"?
Chicago is located in this state.
What is Illinois?
The body of water which borders Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
This city-state was famous for it's focus on military achievement. Boys started training at age 7.
What is Sparta?
The famous "Tea Party" was held in this city and colony.
What is Boston, Massachusetts?
In order to protect each branch of government from the other, a system of this was established.
What is a system of "Checks and Balances"?
This state has the highest population.
What is California?
Both Florida and Michigan are this land type. Michigan is actually two large ones and has several smaller examples.
What is a peninsula?
(A peninsula is a piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one side.)
The Eastern Michigan University Marching Band is known as "The Pride of the Peninsula".
This city-state was known for it's shipping and trade. It was named after the goddess of war.
What is Athens?
The Continental Congress primarily met in this city and colony. The Declaration of Independence was written here.
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
This was repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933.
What is federal prohibition?
(Federal prohibition, had been enacted through the Eighteenth Amendment, adopted in 1919. It is the only amendment ever repealed.)
This is the only island state. It was also the 50th state.
What is Hawai'i?
The United States touches these three oceans.
What are the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific oceans?
Concepts in Greek mythology led to the formation of this religion still widely practiced today.
What is Christianity?
This slave was the personal assistant to George Washington. He was considered one the finest horsemen in all the colonies.
Who was William "Billy" Lee?
This amendment prevents the government from making laws which regulate an establishment of religion, or that would prohibit the free exercise of religion, or abridge the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition ...
What is the 1st Amendment?