Social Studies
This document, signed in 1776, declared the United States’ independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This famous civil rights leader is known for his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This city is the capital of the United States and is located on the East Coast.
What is Washington, D.C.?
He’s the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This ocean is the largest in the world and covers about one-third of the Earth’s surface.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This famous landmark in India is known for its white marble and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
What is the Taj Mahal?
This natural landmark in Australia is a large coral reef system known for its rich biodiversity.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
This South American country is known for its diverse landscapes, including the Andes Mountains and the Amazon Rainforest.
What is Peru?
This adventurous activity involves exploring underwater environments using a breathing apparatus.
What is scuba diving?
This is the largest two-digit prime number.
What is 97?
It’s the value of 4 squared.
What is 16?
She’s the famous lady with a mysterious smile in the painting that hangs in the Louvre Museum.
Who is the Mona Lisa?
This landmark, located in South Dakota, features the carved faces of four U.S. presidents.
What is Mount Rushmore?
This landmark Supreme Court case in 1966 established the Miranda rights for criminal suspects.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
He’s the president known for leading the country during the American Civil War and featured on the five-dollar bill.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This explorer is credited with discovering America in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This natural wonder in South America is the largest river by discharge volume and is home to diverse wildlife.
What is the Amazon River?
This iconic city in France is known for its famous Eiffel Tower and Louvre Museum.
What is Paris?
This famous landmark in China is a wall that stretches over 13,000 miles and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This European city is famous for its canals, colorful houses, and bicycles as a popular mode of transportation.
What is Amsterdam?
If you have 12 cookies and divide them equally among 4 friends, each friend gets this many cookies.
What is 3?
It’s the mathematical term for the bottom number in a fraction.
What is the denominator?
This war, fought from 1861 to 1865, divided the United States between the North and the South.
What is the American Civil War?
This major world conflict lasted from 1939 to 1945 and involved many countries.
What is World War II?
This social reformer fought for women’s suffrage and co-founded the National Women’s Suffrage Association.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This system of racial segregation was enforced in the southern United States until the mid-20th century.
What is Jim Crow?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and the press.
What is the First Amendment?
This ancient wonder in Egypt is a colossal structure with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
What is the Great Sphinx of Giza?
This adventurous activity involves gliding through the air using a parachute while being pulled by a boat.
What is parasailing?
This thrilling activity involves sliding down a snow-covered slope using a sled or board.
What is sledding or snowboarding?
This South American country is known for its ancient ruins of Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains.
What is Peru?
It’s the mathematical term for the top number in a fraction.
What is the numerator?
It’s the value of 20 divided by 5?
What is 4?
This ancient civilization built impressive pyramids and sphinxes along the Nile River.
Who were the Egyptians?
This American inventor is known for his contributions to the development of the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This movement in the 1960s advocated for equal rights for women.
What is the women’s rights movement?
He’s the famous English playwright who wrote plays like Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This mountain range stretches across the western United States and is known for its national parks.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
This African country is famous for its wildlife safaris and is home to the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
What is Kenya?
This European country is famous for its historical landmarks like the Colosseum and the Vatican City.
What is Italy?
This African country is home to the Serengeti National Park, known for its annual wildebeest migration.
What is Tanzania?
This adventurous activity involves climbing a steep rock face using specialized equipment.
What is rock climbing?
This shape has four sides of equal length and four right angles.
What is a square?
This shape has five sides.
What is a pentagon?
This river is the longest in the United States and flows through the Grand Canyon.
What is the Colorado River?
This prestigious award given to individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to promoting peace and resolving conflicts.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
This landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 ended racial segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This influential African American leader fought for equal rights through nonviolent civil disobedience.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This economic system is based on private ownership and competition in the marketplace.
What is capitalism?
This breathtaking canyon in Arizona, United States, is carved by the Colorado River.
What is the Grand Canyon?
This frozen continent is located at the southernmost part of the Earth and is mostly uninhabited.
What is Antarctica?
This island country in the Caribbean is known for its beautiful beaches and vibrant culture.
What is Jamaica?
This iconic landmark in the United States is a sculpture located in South Dakota’s Black Hills.
What is Mount Rushmore?
The mathematical operation used to find the difference between two numbers.
What is subtraction?
It’s the mathematical term for the number that is left when one number is subtracted from another.
What is the difference?