US Government
US History
World & Geography
Economics
Were you here?
100
The US Constitution has this many articles.
What is seven?
100
English settlers first arrived in the Americas in this US state.
Bonus 100 pts: What year?
What is Virginia in 1607?
100
Humans originated in this continent over 200,000 years ago.
What is Africa?
100
People who buy or consume goods or services.
What is a consumer?
100
Prior to European colonization, there were many native tribes in Rhode Island. Name 1 of these.
Who are the Narragansetts, Pequot-Mohegan, Wampanaog, Nipmuck, or Niantic?
200
This power is given to the Chief Executive of the government to deny a bill passed by Congress.
What is a presidential veto?
200
This conflict was responsible for the most deaths of US soldiers in war.
What is the US Civil War?
200
This ocean borders the United States on it's eastern side.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200
This is the term for how much you make every year.
What is your INCOME?
200
This form of government is practiced in countries run by clerics groups, usually with an official state religion.
What is a theocracy?
300
This amendment guarantees the right to a trial by jury, protection from cruel and unusual punishment, and allows a person to remain silent in court.
What is the 5th Amendment?
300
This conflict was the longest lasting in US history, but there was no direct fighting between the US and the USSR.
What is the Cold War?
300
According to one theory, humans came to the Americas via this geographic feature.
What is the Bering (sea) landbridge?
300
This happens when the price of goods or services is greater than the value of the dollar.
Hint: Happening now at the grocery store ;)
What is inflation?
300
This soldier-turned-politician, commonly called Old Hickory, was a populist who was instrumental in evicting Native people from the Eastern US.
Who is President Andrew Jackson?
400
This branch of government has the authority to declare war and set tax rates.
What is the legislative branch? (Congress)
400
This territory was added after a land deal with France and explored by Louis, Clark, and Sacagawea.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
400
This invisible line runs from North to South around the globe through Greenwich, England.
What is the Prime Meridian?
400
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This graph shows that when you have more of something, this happens to the price.
What is the price decrease?
400
This was part of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 that led the Cherokee to Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
500
This addition to the US Constitution led to the acceptance by several states, including Rhode Island.
Bonus 100 points: In what year?
What is the Bill of Rights in 1791?
500
This year was when Native Americans were granted US citizenship.
What is 1924?
500
This discipline is the art of making maps.
What is cartography?
500
To the nearest thousand dollars, the Federal Poverty level for a family of 3 people.
What is $25,820?
500
This collection of native tribes' own government system was a foundation for the US Constitution, especially influencing the relationship between state and federal governments.
What is the Iroquois Confederation?