US History
This president led the US through the civil war playing a major role in the abolition of slavery up until his assination in 1865.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Texas, Arizona, California and this state shares a border with Mexico?
What is New Mexico?
The Olympics originated in this country.
What is Greece?
France gifted the US this on October 28th, 1886 as a symbol of freedom and alliance between the 2 countries.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This movie series features animals that are all either extinct or have evolved so much that they possess few of the qualities that were depicted in the movies; some of these include Sid, Diego, and Scrat.
What is the Ice Age Series?
The US bought Alaska from this country.
What is Russia?
This city in Italy is famous for its canals?
What is Venice?
While there are about 50 countries/territories in Europe, France, Germany and this are considered “the big three” because they are the 3 largest western European economies.
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What is the United Kingdom?
This famous Asian landmark took over 2000 years to build and is 13,171 miles long.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This animal has 3 separate functioning hearts: two to pump blood through its gills to oxygenate it and the third to oxygenate the rest of its body.
What is an octopus?
This doubled the size of the US in 1803.
What was the Louisiana purchase?
This US state has no documented venomous snakes?
What is Alaska?
Iceland is one of the few places on Earth that have 0 of these deadly insects.
What are mosquitoes?
Peru is home to this landmark; spreads across the Andes mountains and known as “the lost city of the incas”
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What is Machu Picchu?
This animal is the only mammal unable to jump.
What is an elephant?
This town was the first permanent English settlement in the US founded in 1607.
What is Jamestowne?
Earth’s oceans' deepest point is called this.
What is Mariana’s Trench?
Denmark originated this popular kids toy brand in 1932.
What is Lego?
This is the only permanent river in the Sahara desert; all other bodies of water are seasonal.
What is the Nile River?
Brazil holds the highest percentage in homing animal species at 13% due to this forest; which leads the world in biodiversity.
What is the Amazon forest?
These were named after President Hoover during the great depression described as shanty towns of makeshift shelters that resulted from homelessness because families couldn’t afford housing.
What are hoovervilles?
This sea is the world's smallest sea with an area of only 4380 square miles.
What is the Marmara sea?
“The cockpit of Europe” is this country’s nickname.
What is Belgium?
The ancient city of Petra is located in this country; known for its narrow gorge and buildings carved and chiseled out of the red rocks and sandstone.
What is Jourdan?
A group of flamingos is called this.
What is flamboyance?