Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (ECON)
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (History)
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (English)
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Science)
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Geography)
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THIS exists when a society does not have all the resources it needs to produce & supply all the goods & services that everyone wants.

SCARCITY

1

He might have said, "Let there be light bulbs."

Thomas Edison

1

This unemployed single mother began writing "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in a coffee shop. 

Who is J.K. Rowling?

1

If it "matters" to you, name the three different states of matter.

What are Solid, Liquid, and Gas?

1

This is the only country that is also a continent.

What is Australia?

2

In a COMMAND ECONOMY, the economy is controlled by this.

What is government?

2

This European is credited with 'discovering' the Americas.

Who is Christopher Colombus

2

These are the descriptive words in sentences.

What are adjectives?

2

Are you brave or spineless? Animals without a backbone are called this.

What are invertebrates

2

If you love beaches, you'll love Fiji, and you'll want to visit this capital city.

What is Suva?

3

These are taxes collected on imported goods.

What are tariffs?

3

This person became the first female vice-president of the U.S. in 2021.

Who is Kamala Harris?

3

This is the person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective.

What is the narrator?

3

Of sound, light, and vibrations, this one is fastest.

What is light?

3

Ninety percent of the world's fresh water is found in this place.

What is Antarctica?
4

The reward an entrepreneur (business owner) earn for taking the RISK of producing.

What is profit?

4

The battles of Antietam and Gettysburg were part of this war that pitted "brother against brother."

What is the US Civil War

4

This person is the central character in a novel or play, and is often the "hero."

What is the protagonist?

4

More than just a rockin' band, AC/DC stands for these types of electrical currents.

What are alternating current & direct current

4

Name Earth's five oceans.

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern (Antarctic) oceans

5

Beginning in 1917, the Soviet Union built the world's leading _____________ system.

What is Communist?

5

This is the largest North American country by area.

What is Canada?

5

Name the adverb in this sentence: The wonderful Mr. Magoo went walking happily in the deep, dark forest.

What is "happily?"

5

This is the freezing point of water.

What is 0 degrees Celsius (32 degree Fahrenheit)?

5

This river is the longest in the world.

What is the Amazon?