Geography
History
Government
Maryland
Life in America
100

The capital of the United States.

What is Washington, DC?


100

The holiday Thanksgiving is in this month.

What is November?

100

The leader of the United States is the _______.

Who is the President?

100

Danielle lives in this state.

(bonus 100 points if you know the city she lives in)

What is Maryland? What is Frederick, Maryland (bonus 100 pts)?

100

Students have this for 30 minutes

What is lunch?

200

This state is bigger than France.

What is Texas? What is Alaska?


200

The number of stars and the number of stripes on the flag of the United States.

What is 50 stars and 13 stripes?

200

The number of states in the USA.

What is 50?

200

One state that borders Maryland.

What is Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia?


200

A language that is commonly spoken in the US that is NOT English.

What is Spanish?

300

The largest state in the United States.

What is Alaska?

*Texas is the biggest state in the contiguous US (connected to other states)


300

The day that the United States declared independence from Great Britain.

What is July 4th?


300

The current leader of the United States.

Who is Donald Trump?


300

What university did Danielle attend in Maryland?

What is the University of Maryland?


300

This vacation is two to three months.

What is summer vacation?

400

Chicago is in this state.

What is Illinois?


400

The year that slavery was abolished in the United States.

What is 1865?


400

The youngest state in the USA.

What is Hawai'i?

(Hawai'i became a state in June of 1959)


400

This seafood is popular in Maryland.

What are blue crabs?


400

This is used to measure temperature in the United States.

What is Fahrenheit?


500

The smallest state in the United States.

What is Rhode Island?


500

The first capital of the United States, from 1787 to 1790.

What is New York City?

500

The five major overseas territories of the United States.

(100 points for each correct answer)

What are (1) Puerto Rico, (2) Guam, (3) American Samoa, (4) Northern Mariana Islands, and (5) the US Virgin Islands?


500

Maryland is in this region of the United States.

What is Mid-Atlantic region?

500

Students recite this every morning at school.

What is the pledge of allegiance?