Basic Geography
There are this many continents
What is seven?
This person is credited with discovering the New World, though Vikings beat him to it by 500 years.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
This battle actually took place on Breed's Hill.
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
There are this many branches in the U.S. government.
What is three?
What is the Louisiana Territory (Purchase)?
This ocean is to the east of the United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
What is New England?
This person was placed in charge of the American Army during the Revolution.
Who was George Washington?
When a person is elected president, their term lasts this many years.
What is four?
These people went to California in 1849 looking for gold.
What were '49'ers?
This large country borders the U.S. to the north.
What is Canada?
This European country made money in the New World by making fur trading relationships with Indigenous groups.
What is France?
This "break up letter" was written in 1776.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
A person can only serve as president for this many terms.
What are two?
We got what is today California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and more from this present day country.
What is Mexico?
This large country borders the U.S. to the south.
What is Mexico?
This European country made money in the New World by stealing gold and other precious metals from the Indigenous people who lived there.
Who was Spain?
This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War.
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This expedition went from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean and back in two years, four months.
What was the Lewis & Clark Expedition?
This ocean is to the west of the U.S.
What is the Pacific?
This European country made money off the New World through Triangular Trade.
What is England?
This country lost the American Revolution
What is Great Britain (England or the United Kingdom)?
These 12 people sometimes decide who wins a court case.
What is the jury?
The idea that the U.S. was meant to continually expand was known as this.
What is Manifest Destiny?