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100

The trade route from China to the Mediterranean that helped spread religion, culture and goods during ancient times

What is the Silk Road?

100

The longest river in the United States. (Correct spelling!)

What is Mississippi?

100

A way of solving problems that uses a set of steps to make sure your answer is accurate and based on evidence.

What is the scientific method?

100

The day of the week that Thanksgiving occurs on.

What is Thursday?

100

The longest river in the world.

What is the Nile?

200

The president who is on the American $20 bill.

Who is Andrew Jackson?

200

In traveling south, this direction would be on your right.

What is west?

200

The amount of time it takes the Earth to orbit the sun.

What is a year?

200

The two U.S. presidents for which we celebrate birthdays for in February.

Who are George Washington and Abraham Lincoln?

200

The tallest living thing in the world.

What is a giant redwood tree?

300

This element has the atomic symbol Au

What is gold?

300

The capital of France.

What is Paris?

300

The opposite process of evaporation.

What is condensation?

300

This holiday is celebrated on the first Monday in September.

What is Labor Day?

300

The smallest Great Lake.

What is Erie?

400

This sea creature has three hearts.

What is an octopus?

400

This mountain range separates South Asia from the rest of the continent.

What is the Himalayas?

400

The center of an atom.

What is the nucleus?

400

This is the reason that we celebrate 'Memorial Day'.

What is "to honor those Americans who gave up their lives for their country."?

400

The world's fastest bird.

What is a (peregrine) falcon?

500

The year that the Internet became available to the public.

What is 1991?

500

The country where Hinduism and Buddhism originated.

What is India?

500

The names of Earth's five oceans.

What are Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern?

500
This is the date that we celebrate Veteran's Day.
What is November 11th?
500

The smallest state in the U.S.

What is Rhode Island?