World Geography
US History: Name the Century
US Government
3-Letter Words
Before & After
100

This river flows through Egypt and is the longest river in Africa.

What is the Nile River?

100

The American Revolution and the Constitution.  

What is the 18th century?

100

This Federalist Paper, written by James Madison, argued that a large republic would better control the dangers of factions.

What is Federalist No. 10?

100

A male sheep

What is ram?

100

The world’s largest rainforest plus a book full of maps. 

What is the Amazon atlas? 

200

This city was divided by a wall from 1961 to 1989.

What is Berlin?

200

The First Great Awakening and the Salem With Trials. 

What is the 17th century?

200

This clause in Article I, Section 8 has been used to justify everything from a national bank to modern federal regulations.

What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?

200

A tree commonly associated with acorns

What is oak?

200

A long-running animated FOX family plus a machine that measures earthquakes.

What are the Simpsons seismograph?

300

This strait separates Alaska from Russia and is named after a Danish explorer working for Russia.

What is the Bering Strait?

300

The Great Depression and the Moon Landing. 

What is the 20th century?

300

In Shaw v. Reno, the Supreme Court ruled that bizarrely shaped majority-minority districts could violate this constitutional principle.

What is the Equal Protection Clause?

300

A word meaning assistance or support

What is aid?

300

A tiny insect that glows at night plus a large truck for carrying cargo.

What is firefly flatbed?

400

This mountain range separates Europe from Asia in Russia.

What are the Ural Mountains?

400

The Louisiana Purchase and the presidency of Andrew Jackson. 

What is the 19th century?

400

This amendment gave 18-year-olds the right to vote in federal and state elections.

What is the 26th Amendment?

400

This 3-letter word means a sudden feeling of fear or anxiety; it can also mean a trench in mining.

What is pit?

400

A famous wizarding school headmaster plus a ring-shaped piece of sweet fried dough. 

What is a Dumbledore doughnut?

500

This African country was formerly known as Abyssinia and successfully resisted long-term European colonization during the Scramble for Africa.

What is Ethiopia?

500

The Ostend Manifesto and the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. 

What is the 19th century?

500

This Latin legal principle, central to the doctrine of precedent, means that courts should generally follow earlier judicial decisions when ruling on similar cases.

What is stare decisis?

500

This 3-letter word can mean respect or admiration; in ancient Egypt, it was also a spiritual concept of divine order and justice when capitalized differently.

What is awe?

500

China's national sport plus someone who illegally downloads music and videos. 

What is a ping-pong pirate?

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