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200
What Scandinavians were known for their longboats and violent plunders during the Middle Ages?
The Vikings
200
What U.S. president was inducted into Oklahoma’s Wrestling Hall of Fame?
Abraham Lincoln
200
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989
200
What are the first ten amendments called?
The Bill of Rights
200
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
400
What major European conflict preceded the French Revolution?
The Seven Years War
400
Who was the first Black woman to receive her pilot’s license?
Bessie Coleman
400
Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
John Glenn
400
Name the three branches of government.
Legislative branch, Executive branch, Judicial branch.
400
When did the Mexican Revolution start?
Nov. 20, 1910
600
The bubonic plague, which spread throughout Europe in the 1300s, was dubbed what?
The Black Death
600
The Treaty of Paris officially ended what war?
The American Revolution
600
What year did Britain’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry?
1981
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600
True or False: The government can censor you because it does not agree with your opinion.
FALSE
The First Amendment to the constitution states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
600
What early version of this soft drink contained small amounts of cocaine?
Coca-Cola
800
Which notable French leader in the Hundred Years War was tried for heresy and witchcraft, then burned at the stake?
Joan of Arc
800
What Native American served as a guide for explorers Lewis and Clark?
Sacagawea
800
Who is the highest scoring NBA player of all time?
LeBron James
800
Invoking the fifth amendment means an accused person does what?
Refuses to testify against themself.
800
In what year did child labor laws start in the United States?
1938
1000
What’s the oldest university in the English-speaking world?
Oxford University
1000
Which trail stretches from Missouri to Oregon and was used by early American pioneers to emigrate west?
The Oregon Trail
1000
What nickname was Ronald Reagan’s 1983 missile defense system given?
“Star Wars”
1000
What key constitutional principal means the people rule?
Popular sovereignty.
1000
When was Julius Caesar assassinated?
On the ides of March (March 15, 44 B.C.)
1200
Which US states intersect at the Four Corners Monument?
Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
1200
What was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in 1848?
Gold
1200
What National Security agent leaked classified documents regarding global surveillance?
Edward Snowden
1200
If neither the president nor the vice president can serve, who would the position be filled by?
The speaker of the house.
The line of succession of cabinet officers is in the order of their agencies’ creation-
- Vice President
- Speaker of the House
- President Pro Tempore of the Senate
- Secretary of State
- Secretary of the Treasury
- Secretary of Defense
- Attorney General
- Secretary of the Interior
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Secretary of Commerce
- Secretary of Labor
- Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary of Transportation
- Secretary of Energy
- Secretary of Education
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Secretary of Homeland Security
1200
The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the eastern half of what powerful ancient empire?
The Roman Empire.