World History
Name one Ancient Civilization.
A person with the legal status and rights connected with being a full member of a nation is called this
What is a Citizen?
The entire planet Earth has seven of these
what are (the seven) continents?
Originally, the 13 colonies belonged to
What is Great Britain?
This war was fought between the United States and the Confederacy primarily over the Slavery.
What is The Civil War?
these are words that refer to 10 years, 100 years and 1000 years
What is a decade, century and millennium?
the word for legal membership to a state or country; gives citizens certain rights and duties.
What is Citizenship?
these are the names of the five oceans:
What are the Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Southern
This document was written to express the colonies' grievances and to demand independence.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
This religious leader gave one of the most iconic speeches in U.S. History during the March on Washington in 1963.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
B.C and A.D stand for
before Christ - the years before the birth of Jesus, anno domini - in the year of the Lord
These are the 3 branches of government
What are the Executive, Legislative and Judicial (branches)?
Name the 7 continents from largest to smallest.
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia
This war granted independence for The United States:
What is the (American) Revolutionary War?
This Era after the Civil War saw Civil Rights gains for African Americans with The Emancipation but it also presented challenges with the rise Jim Crow laws and Voter intimidation.
What was the Reconstruction?
this led to the development of civilization
What is the Agriculture Revolution?
The President leads this branch of government
What is the executive branch ?
This is the longest River in the world, and it is located on this continent (looking for two things to get it right)
What is the Nile River, Africa
This was the first constitution of The United States:
What were The Articles of Confederation?
This waterway was created between the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean making it easier to ship goods from one side of the country to the other.
What is the Panama Canal?
The Founding Fathers took ideas to form the U.S government from these ancient civilizations
What is Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome?
This entity of U.S. government has 435 members who are voted in to represent their constituents. The number that each state gets is determined by population.
What is the U.S. House of Representatives?
The closest ocean to you is this, and the continent you live on is this, if you live in Miami:
Atlantic Ocean, North America
These are the names of the 13 original colonies:
What are Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
This President won four terms (back when that was allowed) from the Great Depression into the 2nd World War. (must give first and last name or initials)
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?