Cities of the World
What City in the United States has the greatest population?
New York City
what great Indian chief invented the Cherokees' written language?
Sequoya
What is the principal mountain range in the eastern United States?
Appalachian Mountains
Which southern state is a peninsula?
Florida
In what country are cattle considered sacred?
India
In which American city is Independence Hall located?
Philadelphia
Which Native Americans were named for their curly hair?
Shoshone
What is the world's deepest lake?
Lake Baikal, Russia
In which state was the first shot of the American War for Independence fired?
Massachusetts
In what European country are the states called cantons?
Switzerland
In what city could one visit the Louvre Palace?
Paris
Which tribe is the largest Native American tribe in the United States today?
Cherokee
Into what sea does the Volga River flow?
Caspian Sea
Which is the only state named for a president?
Washington
What name is given to the region north of the Arctic Circle?
Lapland
In 1960, the Brazilian government moved its capital from Rio de Janeiro to what city?
Brasilia
The Wampanoags shared what holiday with the Pilgrims?
Thanksgiving
What desert plant is native to the Western Hemisphere?
cactus
New Hampshire
In what European country did the Protestant Reformation begin?
Germany
What town in Australia did not become an important city until 1851 when gold was discovered nearby?
Melbourne
What are the names of two of the Indian tribes included in the Iroquois League of Five Nations?
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, CAyuga, Seneca
What is the name and location of highest North American peak?
Mt. McKinley (Denali), Alaska
Which state is considered the midpoint of the continental United States?
Kansas
What name is given to the area of Asia where the first civilizations began?