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100

Sports: 

The Winter Olympics are held every _____ years.

Four

100

Which amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by the police?

  • The Fourth Amendment (which generally requires a warrant based on probable cause).


100

Which term matches this definition: "A system of government where the power is held by the people, who rule either directly or through elected representatives"? [1]

A. Autocracy                 B. Democracy

C. Oligarchy                  D. Theocracy





B. Democracy

100

Which term matches this definition: "The 19th-century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable"?

A. The Monroe Doctrine
B. The New Deal
C. Social Darwinism
D. Manifest Destiny


D. Manifest Destiny

200

Music:

How many strings does a guitar have? 

6

200

When someone says they are "pleading the Fifth," what protection are they invoking?

Protection against self-incrimination (being forced to testify against oneself).

200

Which term matches this definition: "The amount of a good or service available and the desire of buyers for it, which together determine the price"?


A. Gross Domestic Product               B. Inflation

C. Tariffs                        D. Supply and Demand





 D. Supply and Demand
200

Which term matches this definition: "A political system in which power is divided between a central national government and individual state governments"

A. Federalism
B. Totalitarianism
C. Communism
D. Monarchy


A. Federalism
300

General: 

Name the only continent in which spiders don't exist?

Antarctica

300

Which amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, plus the right to a lawyer?

  •  The Sixth Amendment.“The Sixth Amendment
  • ensures the right to an attorney, recognizing that a fair trial depends on meaningful legal representation.”, stated by Civic Nebraska.

300

Which term matches this definition: "A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch to prevent any one branch from having too much power"?

A. Checks and Balances     B.  Federalism 

C. Separation of Powers     D. Feudalism



A. Checks and Balances

300

Which term matches this definition: "The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service by a single company"?

A. Free Market                B. Tariffs

C. Monopoly                   D. Globalization



C. Monopoly

400

Trivia: 

Which country shares the longest border in the world with the United States?

Canada

400

Which amendment bans cruel and unusual punishment and excessive fines?

“The Eighth Amendment protects people from being fined unreasonably by the government. This amendment prohibits the government from imposing excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishment.”

400


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Which term matches this definition: "A general and progressive increase in prices, which reduces the purchasing power of money over time"?



A. Deflation                           B. Recession


C. Inflation                            D. Stagnation



C. Inflation  

400


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Which term matches this definition: "A state of geopolitical tension and political conflict after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc"?

A.  Vietnam                        B. The Cold War

C. The Revolutionary War     D. WWIII




B. The Cold War

500

Music: 

Who performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2026?

Bad Bunny

500

What does the Tenth Amendment say about powers not given to the federal government?

Those powers are reserved for the states or the people.

500


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Which term matches this definition: "The transition from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production, and the rise of the factory system"?

A. The Enlightenment
B. Industrial Revolution
C. The Great Depression
D. The Renaissance



B. Industrial Revolution
500

Which term matches this definition: "The right to vote in political elections"? [1

A. Veto                            B. Impeachment
C. Ratification                  D. Suffrage


D. Suffrage