Indiana Studies
Who is the Hoosier born singer that is known as one of the founders of Farm Aid, as well as hit songs such as "Jack and Diane" and "Pink House?"
John Mellencamp
What is used as a reference point to identify one place in relation to another?
Relative Location
Agoraphobia
What is the agent of socialization that includes things such as television, radio, newspapers, magazines, movies, books, and the internet?
Mass Media
Which president was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?
Thomas Jefferson
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
What were the two main alliances during World War II?
Axis and Allies
What were the rulers of ancient Egypt called?
Pharaohs
How many justices are currently on the Supreme Court of the United States?
9
In Economics, what term refers to a change in the general price level?
Inflation
What female tennis great announced her retirement in August of 2022?
Serena Williams
What is the Indiana state tree?
Tulip Tree
What is the hard, rocky shell that forms Earth's surface?
Crust
What textbook is used to classify psychological disorders?
DSM
What was the first type of society that survives by hunting animals and gathering edible plants?
Hunting and Gathering
What phrase stood for the belief that it was God's will for American settlers to settle most, if not all, of North America?
Manifest Destiny
Who was president during World War 1?
Woodrow Wilson
What Supreme court case integrated public schools in America?
Brown v. Board of Education
Which ancient city is considered the birthplace of democracy?
Athens
The Attorney General serves as the head of which Cabinet department?
The Department of Justice
When supply exceeds demand, then this situation occurs?
Surplus
Bob Iger had returned recently to become the CEO of what American company?
Disney
Who is believed to be the first white European to set foot in the Indiana Territory?
Robert de LaSalle
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile River
Who developed the theory of the Oedipus Complex?
Sigmund Freud
Who developed the two types of solidarity, known as mechanical and organic solidarity, which describes the type of society before and after industrialization?
Emile Durkheim
What agreement between the North and South included admitting California as a free state, outlawed slave trade in Washington D.C, and enhanced the Fugitive Slave Act?
Compromise of 1850
Who assassinated President Garfield?
Charles Guiteau
What group was appropriated by President Johnson to investigate the Kennedy assassination?
Warren Commission
Christianity became a world religion in part thanks to the missionary work of this Jew from Asia Minor.
Paul
Name one of the two US senators from Indiana?
Mike Braun or Todd Young
what is the name of federal healthcare provided to people age 65 or older?
Medicare
What political party in the United States was able to gain control of the United States House of Representatives?
Republicans
Who is the Virginian that gained national attention with his capture of Fort Sackville in Vincennes, from the British, during the American Revolution?
George Rogers Clark
What is the highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere?
Mount Kilimanjaro
What form of conditioning is based reinforcement?
Operant Conditioning
A football team, co-workers, and volunteers are all people who belong to what type of group who share only part of their lives while focusing on a goal or a task?
Secondary Group
Following winning the American Revolution, what was the name of the government put into place that gave too much power to the states, and not enough to the federal government?
Articles of Confederation
What treaty ended World War 1?
Treaty of Versailles
Which President sent federal troops to help integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
A complex, highly organized social order is called what?
Civilization
Who is the current District 42 Representative in the House of Representatives of Indiana?
Alan Morrison
What type of market structure is dominated by relatively few firms?
Oligopoly
What South American country saw unrest in its capital after January election results?
Brazil
What was the first county seat of Clay County?
Bowling Green
What is the major river system in northern China?
The Yellow River
Who developed the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence?
Robert Sternberg
What are the elements that have negative consequences on society?
Dysfunction
Who was the English thinker that spoke of the natural rights of life, liberty, and property which influenced Thomas Jefferson as he wrote the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
What does FDIC stand for?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Germany's invasion of what country officially started World War II?
Poland
What early civilization was discovered between the Tigris and Euphrates River and literally mans, "between the rivers?"
Mesopotamia
Who was the first female justice appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States?
Sandra Day O'Connor
What type of money system does the U.S. currently use?
Fiat
In a move of protest by Republican states 50 immigrants were sent to what Massachusetts island?
Martha's Vineyard