Geography
What is the longest river system in the United States?
Mississippi River System
Explorers were looking for a sea route to what continent?
Asia
What was England's Lost Colony?
Roanoke
What battle was the turning point of the war?
Saratoga
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What is the oldest mountain range in the United States?
Appalachian Mountains
Name a piece of technology during the Age of Exploration?
Astrolabe
Compass
Caravel
Sextant
Chronometer
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What colony was Lexington and Concord fought in?
Massachussetts
Was Alexander Hamilton a Federalist or Anti-Federalist?
Federalist
Name the 5 Great Lakes?
Michigan
Erie
Superior
Huron
Ontario
Who was the first explorer to lead an expedition around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What Native American tribe did Pocahontas belong to?
Powhatan
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Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?
Philadelphia
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Which European county established the first colony in the Americas?
Spain
What became the first permanent European settlement in the United States?
St. Augustine
Who led the American forces in the South?
Nathanael Greene
Who proposed the New Jersey Plan?
William Paterson
What do you call a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream?
tributary
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What group financed the Virginia Colony?
The Virginia Company
Who was the British commander in Boston?
General Thomas Gage
Rehearse the Preamble to the United States Constitution.
We the People of the United States,
in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defense,
promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.