American Geography
World Geography
Famous Americans
Thanksgiving History
100

America's longest river.

What is the Mississippi?

100

Country expected to become the world's most populous in 2023.

What is India?

100

One author of the Federalist Papers.

Who was James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, or John Jay?

100

The group that held the first Thanksgiving celebration.

Who were the Pilgrims?
200

America's first colony.

What is Virginia?

200

One country that crosses the Equator.

What is Venezuela, the Democratic Republic of Congo, or Indonesia, etc.?

200

Woman who guided Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Pacific Ocean.

Who was Sacagewea?

200

Native American group the Pilgrims settled near.

Who are the Wampanoags? (Patuxet also acceptable.)
300

Mountain range the Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from crossing.

What are the Appalachian mountains?

300

North America's largest city.

What is Mexico City?

300

Father of the US Navy.

Who was John Paul Jones?

300

Name three traditional Thanksgiving foods that are native to the Americas.

What are corn, pumpkin pie, and turkey? (Other answers may include potatoes, cranberries, squash, pecan pie, green beans, and sweet potatoes.)

400

America's westernmost state.

What is Hawaii?

400
City with the world's highest skyscraper.

What is Dubai?

400

A colonial leader who's rule was "Work or starve!"

Who was John Smith?
400

Name one of the football teams that traditionally plays on Thanksgiving.

Who are the Dallas Cowboys or Detriot Lions?

500

An American state with fewer than one million residents.

What is Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, or South Dakota?

500

Nation with three capital cities (one for each branch of government).

What is South Africa?

500

A woman who was kicked out of Massachusetts for preaching against Puritan views.

Who was Anne Hutchinson?

500

President who made Thanksgiving an official holiday.

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

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