Kentucky
Social Studies
U. S. History
Discovery
Review Vocabulary
100

Is Kentucky a town, city, state, country, or continent?

State

100

What is the tool that shows North, South, East, and West on a map?

a. key

b. Compass

c. Scale

d. globe

b. Compass

100

Who was the first president of the United States of America?

George Washington

100

What is out of control on the anger scale?

A. 0-20

B. 20-80

C. 80-100

D. 100-500

C. 80-100

100

What is the equator?

a. a painted line around the earth

b. Imaginary line around the center of the earth equal from north and south poles.

c. Imaginary line around Asia

d. Line connecting North and South America

b. Imaginary line around the center of the earth equal from north and south poles.

200

What is the capital of Kentucky?

a. Frankfort

b. Lexington

C. Nicholasville

D. Louisville

A. Frankfort

200

Which one is associated with ancient Greece?

a. Minutemen

b. Mongolia

c. Sparta

d. China

C. Sparta

200

What war was the name of the war where Americans fought each other and were divided by North and South states?

Civil War

200

Name two of the 6 P's

polite          prepared

pma            participate

prompt        produce

 

200

What is geography?

a. study of geodes

b. study of graphs

c. study of roads and their distances in miles.

d. study of the physical features of the earth

d. study of the physical features of the earth

300

What is Kentucky's nickname?

a. Golden State

b. Windy State

c. Bluegrass State

d. Mountain State

C. Bluegrass State

300

Where did the Silk Road originate?

a. North America

b. Africa

c. Asia

d. Europe

C.  Asia

300

Who was the 16th President of the United States of America and president during the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

300
How should others be treated?

A. with a bad attitude

B. with dignity and respect

C. with disrespect and aggression

D. give them rude comments often

B. Dignity and Respect

300

latitude and longitude are what?

a. imaginary lines on a globe that provided exact locations.

b. imaginary lines that tell how deep the ocean is.

c. painted lines on the earth.

d. imaginary line showing where the Silk Road was. 

a. imaginary lines on a globe that provided exact locations.

400

What U.S. President was born in Kentucky?

a. George Washington

b. John F. Kennedy

c. Abraham Lincoln

d. Barack Obama

C. Abraham Lincoln

400

What date did 9/11 happen? Month,day, and year

September 11, 2001

400

Name 4 states in the United States of America.

KY, OH, TN, KS, FL, TX, etc..

400

What does RISE stand for

Respect Integrity Support Effort

400

What is a Continent?

a. like a country

b. large continuous land mass on the earth (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Antartica.)

c. large body of water

d. government building

b. large continuous land mass on the earth (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Antartica.)

500

Kentucky split from Virginia to become the ________state of the United States of America.

a. 13th

b. 15th

c. 1st

d. 30th

B. 15th

500

Name 3 powerful ancient civilizations.

Egypt, India, China, Mongolia, Aztec, Mayan, Inca, Rome, Greece, etc

500

What date did America declare its Independence from Britain?

July 4th 1776

500

Name a geographical feature.

mountains, rivers, lakes, oceans, plains, jungles, etc.