This is one half of the earth--northern, southern, eastern, or western.
What is a hemisphere?
100
Most cultures have different expectations of men and women. These expectations of men and women are called this.
What are gender roles?
100
This was the first war in U.S. history.
What is the Revolutionary War?
100
The U.S. dropped two of these on Japan during World War II, killing over 100,000 people instantly.
What is an atomic bomb?
100
A four-year college degree is also called this.
What is a bachelor's degree?
200
This is another word for the starting place or beginning.
What is an origin?
200
Many people in the world are poor. What is another name for this situation?
What is poverty?
200
In this kind of political system, people vote for their leaders.
What is a democracy?
200
The Nazis murdered 6,000,000 Jews in Germany during this.
What is the Holocaust?
200
This is a permanent listing of all the classes you took at North, all the grades you earned, and your attendance. Colleges will ask for a copy, and some employers may, too.
What is a transcript?
300
This is something that was left behind by an earlier people.
What is an artifact?
300
This word describes the system people use to get their needs and wants.
What is the economy?
300
This founding father had an important influence on the state of Wisconsin.
Who is James Madison?
300
Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous leader of this movement to end segregation in the U.S.
What is the Civil Rights movement?
300
This is the highest GPA that a student can achieve (on the unweighted scale).
What is a 4.0?
400
Ideas about the meaning of life and how people should live.
What is a philosophy?
400
In the U.S., most people work for private businesses. This system is known as ____.
What is capitalism?
400
Free speech, freedom of religion, and the freedom to hold meetings are all protected by this special part of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
The U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are both part of a bigger war known as this.
What is the War on Terror?
400
U.W. Sheboygan and LTC mainly offer this kind of degree.
What is an associate's degree?
500
A city area is called ____, the area around a city is called ____, and the countryside is called ____.
What is urban, suburban, and rural?
500
This is the name for the change in history when people started making things they needed more by machine than by hand.
What is the industrial revolution?
500
The Declaration of Independence was read aloud to New Englanders on this date:
What is July 4, 1776?
500
The wars in Korea and Vietnam were both related to stopping the spread of this economic system.
What is communism?
500
When decisions are being made about whether a student should receive a scholarship, this is usually the main qualification that is looked at (hint: the answer is not GPA, grades, income, or ethnicity).