Indiana Studies
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100

What is the Indiana State tree?

Tulip Tree

100

What is the name for a mapmaker?

Cartographer

100

Which phobia is characterized by the fear of being alone in a situation or place where escape might be difficult?

Agoraphobia

100

What is the process of learning to participate in a group?

Socialization

100

Who was the former military hero that won the 1828 presidential election after losing the controversial 1824 election despite winning the popular vote?

Andrew Jackson
100

What is the term used to describe young, modern women of the 1920s?

Flappers

100

What was the name of the US-led military alliance established to counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

NATO

100

What is the belief in many gods?

Polytheism

100

How many total members are in the House of Representatives?

435/438

100

According to the Law of Supply as price increases what will happen to supply?

Supply will increase/rise

100

What musical performer was the most globally streamed artist of 2023?

Taylor Swift

200

Who was the first governor of the Indiana Territory?

William Henry Harrison

200

How many provinces does Canada consist of today?

10

200

Which sleep disorder is characterized by an inability to fall or stay asleep?

Insomnia

200

What is status that is not earned, chosen, or assigned?

Ascribed Status

200

What phrase came to stand for the American belief that it was God's will for American settlers to own most, if not all, the land of North America?

Manifest Destiny

200

Which Union victory is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

Gettysburg

200

Which US president signed the Affordable Care Act into law?

Barack Obama

200

Henry Bessemer created a new process that produced a new product that became the symbol of the Second Industrial Revolution. What was this product?

Steel

200

How long is a term of Congress?

2 years

200

Water would be considered as which of the four factors of production?

Land

200

What cryptocurrency reached an all-time high in value in 2023, surpassing $100,000 per coin?

Bitcoin

300

What year did Indiana become a State?

1816

300

What is the largest unbroken mountain range in Africa?

Atlas Mountains

300

Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are all examples of what type of medication?

Antidepressants

300

What is the name for the status that strongly impacts most other aspects of a person's life?

Master Status

300

What federal constitution was adopted following the American colonists victory in the Revolutionary War?

Articles of Confederation

300

What is the nickname used to describe the day of the stock market crash of 1929? 

Black Tuesday

300

Who was the US president during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, a tense standoff between the United States and Soviet Union?

John F. Kennedy

300

Who is known as the "father of history?"

Herodotus

300

How long must a person be a citizen of the United States before they can legally run for the United States Senate?

9 years

300

What is the term for unique abbreviation that identifies a publicity traded share of stock?

ticker or ticker symbol

300

What militant/terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip was involved in an attack that killed 1,200 civilians in Israel on October 7, 2023?

Hamas

400

What body of water makes up part of the western border of Indiana?

Wabash River

400

What is hot, suffocating wind in the desert?

Simooms

400

What are the 24-hour biological cycles found in humans and other species called?

Circadian Rhythms

400

What are norms that lack moral significance?

Folkways

400

What English thinker developed the idea of national rights, such as the rights of life, liberty, and property, which influenced Thomas Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence? 

John Locke

400

Who became president following the assignation of William McKinley?

Theodore Roosevelt

400

What was the name given by Winston Churchill to the dividing line that separated communist Eastern Europe from the capitalist West during the Cold War?

Iron Curtain

400

Democracy first developed as a form of government in what city?

Athens

400

When the Vice President is unavailable to preside over the Senate, what is the title of the person who fills in?

President Pro Tempore

400

What word is used to describe the products that would be found in a perfectly competitive market?

Identical

400

In 2023, what tech billionaire announced plans to travel to space aboard his company's spacecraft?

Elon Musk

500

What piece of US legislation outlined the process a territory had to go through to become a state?

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

500

What is the dominate water feature in northern Iran?

Caspian Sea

500

Which type of psychologist works in law enforcement?

Forensic Psychologist

500

What is the name given to the feral child that was strapped to a potty chair?

Genie

500

Pocahontas is the most famous member of what Native American tribe that helped English colonists as Jamestown survive and succeed?

Powhatan

500

Who won the presidential election of 1860?

Abraham Lincoln

500

What landmark Supreme Court case addressed the US government's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II based on national security concerns.

Korematsu v. United States

500

What musical prodigy of the Enlightenment period in Europe is considered to be the greatest classical composer of all time, yet he died in poverty at the age of 35?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

500

What Senator holds the record for the longest filibuster in United States history at 24 hours and 18 minutes?

Strom Thurmond

500

For what does the acronym APR stand?

Annual Percentage Rate

500

What young woman won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for her efforts in humanitarian aid and conflict resolution?

Malala Yousafzai

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