Geography
Figurative Language
Spelling
States and Capitals
History
100

How many directions are included on a compass rose? (Bonus 50 points for any you can list)

8 (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest)

100

True or False: Onomatopoeia is when you compare two things using like or as. 

False 

100

If a word is CVC, does the vowel make a short sound or a long sound?

short

100

How many states are in the United States?

50

100

What are the names of the two theories for how the original people came to North and South America? (Must list both -- half credit for one correct.)

Landbridge Theory and Kelp Highway Theory

200

What state is east of Alabama? (You may look at a map to answer this question.)

Georgia

200

What kind of figurative language is the following sentence: "I ate so much that I'm going to explode!"

Hyperbole

200

Where does a prefix belong in a word?

at the beginning

200

What is the capital of Massachusetts?

Boston

200

Who was the first European person to explore North America?

Leif Erickson

300

What do you look at to see what symbols on a map mean?

Key or legend

300

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

A simile uses "like" or "as," a metaphor does not

300

How many sounds can the past tense suffix -ed make? (Bonus 50 points if you can name the sounds.)

3 (/d/, /ed/, and /t/)

300

True or false: Arizona is south of New Mexico.

False

300

In what region do the Inuit people live?

the Arctic region

400

There are two major mountain ranges in the United States. Name both of them. (Half points if you name one.)

Rocky Mountains and Appalachian Mountains

400

What type of language is it when someone uses a phrase or saying that doesn't quite make literal sense. (For example: "I'm drawing a blank." or "It's raining cats and dogs.)

idiom

400

If you have a word that ends in a consonant + y (like carry), what do you have to do to make it plural?

drop the y, add -ies

400

What is the capital of Michigan?

Lansing

400

What is the name of the explorer whose crew circumnavigated the globe?

Ferdinand Magellan

500

What kind of map would you use to figure out how many people live in a certain area?

a population density map

500

What kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

alliteration

500

How do you spell the suffix that says /shun/? (two possible answers)

-tion or -sion

500

What is the capital of Texas?

Austin

500

Why was the Mexican-American War controversial? (Why did people in America not want to fight in it? -- Multiple possible answers)

It was causing a lot of death for American citizens.

OR 

Abolitionists did not want to admit Texas as a state because Texas thought slavery should be legal. 

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