America's Lore
This document, adopted on July 4th, 1776, announced that the American colonies were separating from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What is 8 x 7?
What is 62?
This organ pumps blood throughout the human body.
What is the heart?
How many branches of the US government are there?
What is 3?
You find a wallet containing $200 and the owner's ID. What ethical action should you take?
What is return the wallet to its owner or return to appropriate authority.
What was the name of the 1929 event that helped trigger the ____________ when stock prices crashed?
What is the Great Depression?
What is 15% of 500?
What is $30?
What force keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
What is gravity?
This branch of government is responsible for interpreting laws and deciding whether they are constitutional.
What is the judicial branch?
Your friend tells you a rumor about someone. Before repeating it, what should you consider first?
What is whether the information is true, reliable and potentially harmful?
What year did the US land its first astronauts on the moon?
What is 1969?
A pizza has 8 slices. If you eat 3 slices, what fraction of the pizza is left?
What is 5/8?
This process allows plants to use sunlight to make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
How many voting members serve in the US senate?
What are 100 senators?
A company advertises as "100% guaranteed to to work," but it has no evidence to support the claim. What ethical problem does this raise?
What is dishonesty or deceptive advertising?
What war was fought between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South) from 1861 to 1865?
What was the Civil War?
You're buying 3 shirts that cost $12 each. If you pay with a $50 bill, how much change should you get?
What is $14?
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
What is Au?
What is the name of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, which protest important individual rights and liberties?
What is the Bill of Rights?
You see someone cheating on a test. You want to be loyal to your friend, but you also believe cheating is wrong. What two ethical values are in conflict?
Loyalty and honesty, fairness or integrity.
Who was the US president during the Civil War & helped end slavery?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Solve for x: 3x + 5 = 20.
What is x = 5?
In genetics, if a dominant allele is represented by B and a recessive allele is represented by b, what color trait would an organism with genotype Bb express if B determines brown eyes and b determines blue eyes?
What are brown eyes?
This system divides power between the national government and state governments.
What is federalism?
A city wants to install security cameras in public spaces to reduce crime, but some residents worry about their privacy. What two important values are in conflict?
What is public safety vs. individual privacy?
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