US History
Michigan History
World History
Geography
Mr. Horton Facts
100

What document declared America independant from Britian?

What is the Declaration of Independence?

100

Which Great Lake borders Michigan to the west?

Lake Michigan

100

This ancient civilization made the pyramids. 

Who are the Ancient Egyptians?
100

What is the capital of the United States?

What is Washington D.C.?

100

This university is where Mr. Horton attended (and is currently attending).

Central Michigan University
200

What was the main cause of the Civil War?

What is slavery? (Will accept states' rights over slavery)

200

This industry made Detroit famous in the early 1900s.

What is the automotive industry?

200

This was the writing system used by the Mesopotamians.

What is cuneiform?

200
This line divides Earth into NORTHERN and SOUTHERN hemispheres.

What is the Equator?

200

Mr. Horton's favorite color.

What is blue?

300

Who was the president during the War of 1812?

Thomas Jefferson

300

He is the founder of the Ford Motor Company and creator of the moving assembly line.

Who is Henry Ford?

300

This code of laws was made for Babylonian society.

What was Hammurabi's Codes.

300

This type of map shows elevation and landforms.

What is a physical map?

300
Mr. Horton's Major and Minor in college (extra 100 if you get both minors!)

What is History, English, and Leadership?

400

What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

What is to free enslaved people in Confederate States?

400

This natural resource was heavily logged in Michigan during the White Pine Era.

What is lumber (white pine trees)?

400

This was the birthplace of Democracy.

What is Ancient Greece (Athens)?

400

These are imaginary lines that run east to west.

What are lines of latitude?
400

This is Mr. Horton's hometown.

Where is Macomb, Michigan?

500

Which Supreme Court case called segregation legal?

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

500

This important waterway connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

What is the St. Lawrence Seaway?

500
This is why settlements grew near rivers.
What is access to water, farming, transport, and trade? (at least 1)
500

This is the continent that the Sahara Desert is located on.

What is Africa?

500

This is where Mr. Horton's cabin is.

Where is Houghton Lake, Michigan?