Territories and Water
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
What are the:
▪ Missouri (River)
▪ Mississippi (River)?
Name one state that borders Canada.
What are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska?
Name two national U.S. holidays.
What are:
▪ New Year’s Day
▪ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
▪ Presidents’ Day
▪ Memorial Day
▪ Independence Day
▪ Labor Day
▪ Columbus Day
▪ Veterans Day
▪ Thanksgiving
▪ Christmas?
This is what Martin Luther King, Jr. did.
What is:
▪ fought for civil rights
▪ worked for equality for all Americans?
The two major political parties in the United States.
Who are the Democratic and Republican parties?
The name of the ocean on the West Coast of the United States.
What is the Pacific (Ocean)?
Name one state that borders Mexico.
What are California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas?
The reason why the American flag has 50 stars.
What is:
▪ because there is one star for each state
▪ because each star represents a state
▪ because there are 50 states?
This major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States.
What are Terrorists attacked the United States?
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
Who are the Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache, Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron, Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hopi, and Inuit?
The name of the ocean on the East Coast of the United States.
What is the Atlantic (Ocean)?
Where the Statue of Liberty is located.
Where is:
▪ New York (Harbor)
▪ Liberty Island [Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).]?
The date we celebrate Independence Day.
What is July 4th?
This is what Susan B. Anthony did.
What is:
▪ fought for women’s rights
▪ fought for civil rights ?
They can veto bills.
Who is the President?
Name one U.S. territory.
What is:
▪ Puerto Rico
▪ U.S. Virgin Islands
▪ American Samoa
▪ Northern Mariana Islands
▪ Guam?
The capital of the United States.
What is Washington, D.C.?
The reason why the American flag has 13 stripes.
What is:
▪ because there were 13 original colonies
▪ because the stripes represent the original colonies?
This is what the Emancipation Proclamation did.
What is:
▪ freed the slaves
▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy
▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states
▪ freed slaves in most Southern states?
The Governor of Ohio right now.
Who is Mike DeWine?
The United States bought this territory from France in 1803.
What is:
▪ the Louisiana Territory
▪ Louisiana?
The capital of Ohio.
What is Columbus?
The name of the national anthem.
What is The Star-Spangled Banner?
This movement tried to end racial discrimination.
What is civil rights (movement)?
The economic system of the United States.
What is a:
▪ capitalist economy
▪ market economy?