Civics
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution that list our most important rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The ship that the Pilgrims sailed on to reach America in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
The seven largest landmasses on Earth.
What are continents?
Things like food, water, and shelter that people must have to live.
What are needs?
He was a famous inventor who created the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
The three parts of the U.S. government that make, enforce, and interpret laws.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
He was the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
The imaginary line that circles the middle of the Earth, dividing it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the equator?
Things that people would like to have but are not necessary for survival, like toys and video games.
What are wants?
She was an important leader of the Underground Railroad, helping many enslaved people find freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This person is the leader of a city's government.
Who is the mayor?
This holiday on July 4th celebrates the "birthday" of the United States.
What is Independence Day?
The country directly to the north of the United States.
What is Canada?
A person who buys and uses goods and services.
Who is a consumer?
He was a civil rights leader who gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The building in Washington, D.C., where Congress meets to make laws.
What is the Capitol building?
The war fought between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy).
What is the Civil War?
The longest river in the United States.
What is the Mississippi River?
The money someone earns from working.
What is an income?
This 16th president helped to end slavery in the United States.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The national song of the United States.
What is "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
The document signed in 1776 that declared the United States was a free country.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A very large body of salt water. Earth has five of them.
What is an ocean?
Items grown or made by people to be sold to others.
What are goods?
These two brothers were the first people to successfully fly an airplane.
Who are the Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur)?