Geography
The word mesa describes an isolated flat topped hill with steep sides, found in the southwest or southeast.
What is the Southwest/
He (Thomas Edison or Ben Carson) invented the movie projector and the phonograph.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This author wrote Yertle the Turtle and Horton Hears a Who.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
This came first: the U.S. Constitution or the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This U.S. president is pictured on the $20 bill.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The ocean Lewis & Clarke reached on their expedition.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Who is Jim Henson?
3 out of the 4 cities are in New York . Name the city that IS NOT in New York. Manhattan, Albany, Oahu, Brooklyn
What is Oahu?
The name of an official who represents the U.S. in a foreign country is called _________.
What is an ambassador?
This president loved to wear red carnations stuck in his buttonhole on the lapel of his jacket. The state of Ohio honored him by making this their state flower after he was assassinated in 1901 soon after giving a little girl his flower.
Who is William McKinley?
The Great Lakes or the Great Plains are farther west.
What is the Great Plains?
The _________ was invented first. The fountain pen or typewriter.
What is the typewriter in 1864.
What is traffic report?
This nickname is given to America because of the many cultures represented. "melting pot," or "panhandle"
What is "melting pot?"
This president was very tall & not very organized. He kept the speeches he wrote under his big top hat.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The city too close to the San Andreas Fault where many earthquakes take place
What is San Francisco?
The farm machine(steel plow, microwave, can opener) that John Deere invented in 1837.
What was the steel plow?
The Rockefeller family made a fortune drilling gold, copper, or oil.
This U.S. motto appears on coins and bills.
What is "In God We trust?"
This man was the 3rd President of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Missouri, Ohio and Red Rivers flow into this river.
What is the Mississippi?
The teddy bear was named for this American President.
Who is Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt?
The _________is farther west: the Great Lakes or Great Plains.
What is the Great Plains?
The First Continental Congress met in Boston or in Philadelphia.
What is Philadelphia?
He became the first African American to be President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?