Vocabulary
World Geography
U.S. Geography
State abbreviations
Social Studies Grab Bag
100
Trend
What word describes the change over time shown on a graph?
100
A large land mass (Hint: there are seven on Earth)
What is a continent?
100
The river that runs through the United States from North to South, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes
What is the Mississippi River?
100
MD
What is the abbreviation for Maryland?
100
The 1930's
In what decade did the United States experience the Great Depression?
200
The part of a map that explains the symbols on the map
What is the legend or key?
200
The largest continent
What is Asia?
200
The large mountain range in the western United States
What are the Rocky Mountains
200
AL
What is the abbreviation for Alabama?
200
The war the United States fought from 1941-1945
What is World War II?
300
Consumer Price Index
What is the measure of prices consumers pay for household goods?
300
The largest country in South America
What is Brazil?
300
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California
What states border Mexico?
300
PA
What is the abbreviation for Pennsylvania?
300
July 4, 1776
On what date was the Declaration of Independence signed?
400
An area of land where people come together and form a government
What is a country?
400
The ocean that extends from the coast of California to easter Russia
What is the Pacific?
400
The two regions of the U.S. that DC is in
What is the Northeast or the Mid-Atlantic
400
ME
What is the abbreviation for Maine?
400
The President of the United States during the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
500
GDP or Gross Domestic Product
What is the measure of the country's production in a given year?
500
The only continent that is also a country
What is Australia?
500
The large mountain range in the eastern United States
What are the Appalachian mountains
500
KS
What is the abbreviation for Kansas?
500
The country from which the United States declared its independence in 1776
What is Great Britain?
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