Natural Disasters
American Landmarks
Famous Cities
The 50 States
Natural Wonders
100
This natural disaster is common in California and causes massive shaking in the ground.
Earthquake
Fun Fact: Southern California experiences about 10,000 earthquakes every year.
100
This statue in New York Harbor was a gift from France.
The State of Liberty
Fun Fact: The statue is estimated to be struck by lightning 600 times a year.
100
This city in California is famous for movies and Hollywood.
Los Angeles
Fun Fact: The original name for L.A. was much longer: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles sobre el Río Porciúncula
100
This state, known for cowboys, has the famous saying "Everything's bigger in _____"
Texas
Fun Fact: Texas is larger than France
100
This very large canyon in Arizona is one of the most famous natural sites in the USA.
The Grand Canyon
200
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This spinning column of air is common in the middle of the U.S.
200
This building, in New York City, used to be the world's tallest building until 1970.
The Empire State Building
200
This city is the capital of the United States.
Washington D.C.
Fun Fact: Washington D.C. is not part of any state. D.C. stands for District of Columbia.
200
This is the largest state in the U.S.A.
Alaska
Fun Fact: Alaska is the 49th state, joining the U.S.A. in 1959, just a few months before Hawai'i
200
This waterfall on the border of New York and Canada is very powerful and famous.
Niagara Falls.
Fun Fact: Hundreds of people can gone over the falls. The first was a schoolteacher, Annie Edson Taylor, in 1901 who went over in a wooden barrel.
300
This storm has very strong winds and forms over warm ocean water.
Hurricane
Fun Fact: Hurricanes and Typhoons are the same natural disaster!
300
This memorial in Washington D.C. is named after the president who ended slavery in the U.S.A. (He is also on the $5 bill)
The Lincoln Memorial
Fun Fact: This monument took 40 years to build.
300
This city, also known as "The Windy City", has the largest population of Serbians in the U.S.A.
Chicago
Fun Fact: The U.S.A. has six cities named "Belgrade" in Texas, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, Maine, and Nebraska
300
This state is known as the “Sunshine State.”
Florida
Fun Fact: Florida is home to the oldest city in the U.S.A., called St. Augustine, founded in 1565 by the Spanish
300
DAILY DOUBLE
This large mountain range stretches from New Mexico to Canada.
400
This was the worst hurricane in the U.S.A.
Hurricane Katrina
Fun Fact: Hurricane Katrina cost the U.S.A. $125 billion in damages.
400
This famous road also has a popular song named after it which is featured on the Cars soundtrack.
Route 66
Fun Fact: The road used to stretch from Chicago to California, but only 85% remains.
400
This city was the location of the famous "Tea Party" in 1773, when Americans poured British tea into the water.
Boston
Fun Fact: All of the tea was originally from China
400
This state begins with "West", but it's really in the Eastern U.S.A.
West Virginia
Fun Fact: West Virginia became a state because Virginia was a slave state and people from WV wanted to abolish slavery.
400
How many lakes make up The Great Lakes?
Five: Lake Superior, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan
Fun Fact: There are 9,000 year old Native American settlements underwater in the Great Lakes
500
Where did the biggest earthquake in the U.S.A. occur?
Alaska
500
This mountain in South Dakota has four presidents’ faces.
Mount Rushmore
Fun Fact: The sculptures are technically unfinished; they were intended to be carved down to the waist, but funding ran out in 1941.
500
This city in Louisiana is famous for Mardi Gras celebrations.
New Orleans
500
This state was home to Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz
Kansas
500
This national park in Wyoming has geysers and hot springs.
Yellowstone National Park
Fun Fact: Yellowstone is the oldest national park in the U.S.A. and features the famous "Old Faithful" geyser.
