Vocabulary
Monuments & Memorials
Holidays
Symbols & Landmarks
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100
Something people usually do at a certain time
What is a custom?
100
Printed on the walls of the Jefferson and the Lincoln Memorials
What are their famous speeches?
100
A day that honors someone or something that is important to a country
What is a national holiday?
100
Something that helps people know a place
What is a landmark?
100
An ordered group of words and dates that shows when events happened
What is a timeline?
200
Something that people do the same way year after year
What is a tradition?
200
The purpose of monuments and memorials
What is to help people remember?
200
President's Day honors these two American Presidents
Who are Abraham Lincoln and George Washington?
200
A symbol that we pledge to every morning
What is the American flag?
200
When a reporter asks a person questions about a topic
What is an interview?
300
A person who moves from one country to another
What is an immigrant?
300
The Washington Monument honors this first President of the U.S.
Who is George Washington?
300
A special day that is important to people of a religion
What is a religious holiday?
300
A picture, place, or thing that stands for something else
What is a symbol?
300
Something, such as a building or statue, that honors a hero or an event
What is a memorial or monument?
400
The leader of the United States
Who is the President?
400
Different types of monuments or memorials
What are buildings and statues?
400
The religious holiday where we hunt for eggs and get baskets full of candy
What is Easter?
400
This landmark shows the faces of four American Presidents
What is Mount Rushmore?
400
The symbol for freedom in America
What is the Liberty Bell?
500
A family member who lived before you were born
Who is an ancestor?
500
Where the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, and the Washington Monument are located
What is Washington D.C.?
500
Usually honors an event or a person who is important to that state
What is a state holiday?
500
This landmark welcomes immigrants and visitors
What is the Statue of Liberty?
500
A story that people have passed along for many years
What is a legend?
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