Government

Power and Authority

100

Kings, Queens, Pharaohs, Tsars, Emperors, and Khans are all examples of what type of leader?

Monarchs

200

Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Pol Pot are all examples of this kind of leader?

Dictator

300

A system where leaders are chosen by voting.

Democracy

400

A system where religion or religious leaders control government.

Theocracy

500

When a leader is removed from power by force.

What is a coup (coup d’état)?

Rights and Responsibilities

100

The right to speak your opinions without censorship or persecution.

Freedom of speech

200

The first ten amendments to the Constitution is known as the _______ of Rights.

Bill

300

Money paid to the government to allow it to function is called what?

Taxes

400

Which amendment protects citizens from unlawful searches and seizures?

4th

500

There are five things that United States citizens are required by law to do, two of them are obey the law and register for the draft at the age of 18 (males only). What are the other three?

1. Pay Taxes

2. Jury Duty

3. Attend School (until 16)

US History

100

The capital city of the United States.

Washington, D.C.

200

The year the United States declared independence from Great Britain.

1776

300

What is the war fought between the Union (North) and Confederacy (South) and what issue was it fought over?

Civil War, Slavery

400

The U.S. entered WWII after this place was bombed by Japan in 1941.

Pearl Harbor

500

This 1929 event started the Great Depression.

The Stock Market Crash

Presidents

100

The first President of the United States.

George Washington

200

Who was the President who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves, and who led the U.S. through the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

300

The first black president of the United States.

Barack Obama

400

This President bought the Louisiana Territory from France and authored the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson

500

How many presidents have been assassinated?

For 200 bonus points/name, name them.

4

(Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, JFK)

Current Events

100

This CEO of companies like Tesla, Space X, and X is projected to become the world's first trillionaire by 2027.

Elon Musk

200

President Trump captured Nicolas Maduro, the leader of Venezuela, early in 2026, in a move that he acknowledges what motivated by the desire for the US to obtain access to Venezuela's vast reserves of what resource?

Bonus (300): The desire to control these resources has been compared to a similar invasion of a country that the United States orchestrated in 2003. What is that country?

Oil

Iraq

300

Over 70,000 Palestinians have been killed by this country since October of 2023.

Israel

400

What does ICE stand for?

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

500

President Trump has talked extensively about acquiring Greenland, even though it is a possession of our NATO ally, Denmark.  What is NATO and what does it stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Military Alliance