Civics
The two parts of Congress are the House of Representatives and the _______.
Senate
This is the largest continent by land area.
Asia
This river, along with the Euphrates, helped sustain life in Mesopotamia.
Tigris River
This river was essential for farming and transportation in ancient Egypt.
The Nile River
This bird is commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner.
Turkey
This branch of government interprets laws and ensures they are constitutional.
Judicial Branch
This large U.S. mountain range stretches from Maine to Georgia.
Appalachian Mountains
Fertile Crescent
The name of an Egyptian king or queen
Pharaoh
The Pilgrims sailed to the New World on this ship.
The Mayflower
Besides being the second in command, what is the other important role of the Vice President?
Breaks ties in the Senate
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
This famous Babylonian king created one of the earliest known sets of laws.
Hammurabi
The vocabulary word for the belief in many gods or goddesses.
The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in this U.S. state.
Massachusetts
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called this.
The Bill of Rights
This is the longest river in South America.
The Amazon River
This type of writing, developed in Mesopotamia, used wedge-shaped marks.
Cuneiform
The Egyptian pharaoh who united both Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
This is the name of the parade that takes place in New York City every Thanksgiving.
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
This is the right to vote in political elections.
Suffrage
This desert in Africa is the largest hot desert in the world.
Sahara Desert
Mesopotamians built these massive, step-like temples to honor their gods.
Ziggurat
The Sun God of Egypt
Ra
This U.S. president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Abraham Lincoln