American History
When Thomas Jefferson was elected to the presidency in 1800, he was tied in the electoral college with what man from New Jersey, who became his vice president?
(Aaron) Burr
Find the area of a parallelogram whose base is 7.5 units, sides of 4 unites and height of 2 units.
15 square units
Identify the following way in which the government can regulate private property ownership and use.
Specified in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, what two work term describes the government's ability to take land for public use, as long as the owner is properly compensated?
Eminent Domain
Complete this quote from Henry David Thoreau (begins with the letter "L"):
"That government is best that governs ___________."
Least
In the U.S. government, this group comprises the President's official advisors and are part of the line of presidential succession.
Cabinet
What man, whose opposition to American involvement in the French Revolution had led Jefferson to resign from Washington's cabinet, helped broker the deal in the House that led to Jefferson's election?
(Alexander) Hamilton
Find the area of a right triangle whose sides are 5 units, 12 units and 13 units.
30 square units
Identify the following ways in which the government can regulate private property ownership and use.
Usually enacted at the local level, these ordinances regulate land use, such as where commercial property can be located, how many families may occupy a single dwelling, or how wide access roads need to be. What word that begins with "Z" identifies these laws?
Zoning
Complete the following quotation from Henry David Thoreau (begins with the letter L):
"I wish to live deliberately... and not when I come to die, discovered that I had not __________."
Lived
In Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar, this character has "a lean and hungry look" according to Caesar.
Cassius
Often regarded as the greatest failure of Thomas Jefferson's life was his inability to eliminate this institution, which he considered to be immoral. He included a clause in the Declaration of Independence to outlaw this activity, but the clause was struck from the final draft. What was this institution, which Jefferson considered a moral blot on the nation but which he never ended?
slavery
Find the area of a trapezoid whose sides are 5 and 7 units, bases of 8 and 12 units, and whose height is 3.5 units.
35 square units
Identify the following ways in which the government can regulate private property ownership and use.
This government agency has the ability to cite and fine landowners under the auspices of the Clean Water Act. What is this agency, whose powers were somewhat restrained by the 2012 Sackett decision of the Supreme Court?
EPA or Environmental Protection Agency
Complete the quotation by Henry David Thoreau (begins with the letter L):
"It's not what you _________ at that matters; it's what you see."
Look
Bogota is the capital city of this country
Columbia
Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, which is located at what Jefferson Plantation?
Monticello
What is the value of x, if 3x equals 12 minus x?
3
Identify this agency which is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Abbreviated FS is what agency that oversees the health of America's wooded areas and grasslands?
Forest Service
Identify the short story by O Henry:
In what 1905 story do a poor but very in-love couple named Jim and Della both sell their most prized possession in order to buy a Christmas present for the other?
"(The) Gift of the Magi"
Word that as a common noun means "universal" but as a proper noun refers to the specific faith that is the largest Christian denomination in the world.
Catholic
On his tombstone, Jefferson asked to be remembered as the founder of what university?
(University of) Virginia or UVA
What is the value of 4 factorial?
24
Identify this agency which is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Abbreviated FNS is what agency, whose responsibilities include monitoring the safety of the country's food supply, assuring access to meals for the poor, and promoting healthy eating habits?
Food and Nutrition Service
In this 1907 story, two men named Sam and Bill a red-haired boy named Johnny, the son of a wealthy Alabaman. The boy drives them to distraction, his father doesn't act as if he wants his son returned, and the two kidnappers end up paying the father to take him back in what comic tale?
"(The) Ransom of Red Chief"
Literary term that refers to a harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds
cacophony