Civics & Government
U.S. History
Economics
Geography
Reading Graphs & Documents
100

What is the supreme law of the United States?

What is the Constitution

100

Who was the first President of the United States?

Who is George Washington?

100

What do we call money earned from working?

What is income?

100

What do we call a person who studies maps?

What is a geographer?

100

What does a bar graph compare?

What are quantities or amounts?

200

Which branch of government makes the laws?

What is the legislative branch?

200

What document declared the American colonies independent from Britain?

What is the Declaration of Independence?

200

An economic system based on open competition in a free market, in which individuals and companies own the means of production and operate for profit is called:

What is Capital?

200

What line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

What is the Equator?

200

A graphic organizer that shows events in the order they occurred is called: 

What is a timeline? 

300

What right is protected by the First Amendment?

What is freedom of speech? (also religion, press, assembly, petition)

300

What war was fought between the North and South in the United States?

What is the Civil War?

300

What is the law of supply and demand?

What is the idea that prices change based on availability and desire?

300

An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator is called: 

What is longitude?

300

What type of source is a letter written during a historical event?

What is a primary source?

400

What system divides power between national and state governments?

What is federalism?

400

What amendment ended slavery in the United States?

What is the 13th Amendment?

400

What does inflation cause prices to do over time?

What is increase?

400

What direction does the sun rise?

What is east?

400

Why might two sources describe the same event differently?

What is different perspectives or bias?

500

What is the main responsibility of the Supreme Court?

What is interpreting the Constitution?

500

What major event led the U.S. to enter World War II?

What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?

500

What type of tax takes a larger percentage from higher incomes?

What is a progressive tax?

500

What term describes how people, goods, or ideas move from place to place?

What is migration or movement?

500

What is the main purpose of most political cartoons?

What is to persuade or express an opinion?