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100

Which state is north of Illinois?

Wisconsin

100

What type of house did the Iroquois live in?

longhouses

100

Name the three time periods of the Stone Age.

Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Eras

100

Name two peninsulas found in Europe.

Iberian, Italian, Balkan, Scandinavian, Jutland

100

Which battle during the Civil War is considered the bloodiest single day in all of U.S. History?

Battle of Antietam

200

What are the states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island known as?

The New England States

200

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

200

Which Mesopotamian ruler created the world's first empire?

Sargon the Great

200

What is the major river in Eastern Europe that begins in Germany and empties into the Black Sea?

Danube River

200

Which victory gave the Union complete control of the Mississippi River?

Vicksburg

300

Name the 5 Great Lakes.

Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior

300

Who said "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"?

Patrick Henry

300

Who was the first pharaoh of Egypt?

Menes

300

What is the area of steppe climate south of the Sahara Desert called in Africa?

The Sahel

300

Owning all the businesses in a certain field is an example of a monopoly or _______________.

horizontal intergration

400

Which 4 states meet at the Four Corners?

Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah

400

Who is credited with being the first to sail around the world?

Ferdinand Magellan

400

Who created one of the world's greatest empires before dying at the age of 33?

Alexander the Great

400

Name the 4 areas that make up the United Kingdom.

England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

400

Ratified in 1870, what did the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution do?

Gave African American men the right to vote

500

Name the 5 states that border Nevada.

California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona

500

Name the 5 rights protected in the First Amendment.

Religion, Press, Speech, to Assemble Peaceably, and to Petition the Government

500

Who became the Buddha after years of meditation and fasting?

Siddhartha Gautama

500

Which country in East Africa was never colonized by outsiders?

Ethiopia

500

The explosion and sinking of the USS Maine brought the United States into which war?

Spanish American War