U.S History
Riddles
5th Grade CES
4th Grade CES
100

The main author of the declaration of Independence.  

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100

Has to be broken before you can use it.

What is an egg?

100

The leading company in developing GMOs.  

What is Monsanto?

100

What is Zeus the god of?

What is lightning? 

200

The place the constitutional convention was held. 

Where is Philadelphia? 

200

Always in front of you but can’t be seen

What is the future?

200

The most famous trail during westward expansion. 

What is the Oregon Trail?

200

What explorer went to India?

Who is Vasco de Gama?



300

The general of the confederate army in the Civil War.

Who is Robert E Lee?

300

What month of the year has 28 days?

What is all of the months of the year?

300

How do satellites orbit Earth?

What is the gravitational pull of Earth? 

300

What sport did Native Americans play?

What is lacrosse? 

400

 The second amendment.  

What is the right to bear arms?

400

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves.

What is a bank?

400

Name one of intolerable acts. 

Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, Quebec Act.

400

What was our Gemstone Project's theme?

What is change?

500

The sixth amendment. 

What is the right to a just, unbiased, speedy trail in court? 

500

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

The man was bald. 

500

Why did we industrialize in the late 1800s from farms to factories? 

New development in machine technology for factories.  

500

What island did immigrants from Asia go to enter the U.S? 

What is Angelo Island?