Geography
Which state is north of Illinois?
Wisconsin
What type of house did the Iroquois live in?
longhouses
Name the three time periods of the Stone Age.
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Eras
Name two peninsulas found in Europe.
Iberian, Italian, Balkan, Scandinavian, Jutland
Which battle during the Civil War is considered the bloodiest single day in all of U.S. History?
Battle of Antietam
What are the states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island known as?
The New England States
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Which Mesopotamian ruler created the world's first empire?
Sargon the Great
What is the major river in Eastern Europe that begins in Germany and empties into the Black Sea?
Danube River
Which victory gave the Union complete control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
Name the 5 Great Lakes.
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
Who said "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"?
Patrick Henry
Who was the first pharaoh of Egypt?
Menes
What is the area of steppe climate south of the Sahara Desert called in Africa?
The Sahel
Owning all the businesses in a certain field is an example of a monopoly or _______________.
horizontal intergration
Which 4 states meet at the Four Corners?
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah
Who is credited with being the first to sail around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
Who created one of the world's greatest empires before dying at the age of 33?
Alexander the Great
Name the 4 areas that make up the United Kingdom.
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
Ratified in 1870, what did the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution do?
Gave African American men the right to vote
Name the 5 states that border Nevada.
California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona
Name the 5 rights protected in the First Amendment.
Religion, Press, Speech, to Assemble Peaceably, and to Petition the Government
Who became the Buddha after years of meditation and fasting?
Siddhartha Gautama
Which country in East Africa was never colonized by outsiders?
Ethiopia
The explosion and sinking of the USS Maine brought the United States into which war?
Spanish American War