History
Japan surrendered to the United States at the end of WW2 on the decks of this battleship.
USS Missouri
This is the largest Great Lakes by surface area and volume.
Lake Superior
This month of the year had the least daylight.
December
True/False: Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb.
False
This is the largest country in the world by population.
India
This US President oversaw the end of the Cold War.
George H.W. Bush (1924-2018)
This is the smallest Great Lake by surface area.
Lake Ontario
This month of the year has the most daylight.
June
This Skyscraper was the first to surpass 1,000 feet.
Chrysler Building, NYC
This is the largest shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
This was the Deadliest Maritime Disaster on the Great Lakes.
SS Eastland
This Stretch of Coastline is often considered "The Graveyard of the Atlantic".
The Outer Banks of North Carolina
Objects float in water when under these conditions.
They weigh less than the amount of water they displace.
This was the first skyscraper to have more than 100 floors.
Empire State Building, NYC
The US West Coast rarely experiences Hurricanes (Typhoons) for this reason.
The Cold California Current
This was the longest Battle of WW2.
The Battle of the Atlantic
(September 3,1939 - May 8, 1945)
This archipelago stretches from the Alaskan Pennisula to the East coast of Russia.
Aleutian Islands
Lake Effect Snow occurs under these conditions.
The water temperature in the Lake is 32° or higher, and the air temperature is 15° or lower.
The Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower were both deisnged by this person.
Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)
This Ocean Liner sank in the St. Lawrence River on May 29, 1914 after colliding with Norwegian collier, and sank in 14 minutes. Taking the lives of 1,012 people.
RMS Empress of Ireland
This was the deadliest storm in the History of the Great Lakes.
Great Lakes Storm of 1913
The Great Lakes are connected to the Atlantic Ocean by this waterway.
St. Lawrence River
Tsunamis get bigger when they get closer to shore for this reason.
Shoaling (Compression)
Bridges such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Thousand Islands Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge are known as this type of bridge.
Suspension Bridge
The United States Federal Reserve was founded in this particular year.
1913