Civics & Government
These are the 2 houses of congress.
What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
This is the money taken by the government before you receive your pay check?
What are taxes?
The name of the invisible line at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
The Ancient Greeks believed that the world began with nothingness, otherwise know as this.
What is chaos?
The place where the Greek Gods lived.
What is Mount Olympus?
The day the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is Independence Day or the 4th of July?
This is what is paid to a lender for borrowing their money.
What is interest?
A time zone is a region with a standard time throughout. There are this many time zones in the world.
What is 24 time zones?
This body of water is to the south of and surrounds many of the islands making up the country of Greece.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This one is said to control the seasons of the year.
Who is Demeter?
The branches that make up the US Government.
What are the Legislative, Judicial and Executive Branches?
This is what a business earns if it is successful.
What is profit?
The person who produces maps is called this.
What is a cartographer?
The largest city and current capital of Greece.
What is Athens?
This one is said to have come from her fathers head completey formed and was the Goddess of Wisdom.
Who is Athena?
The first 3 words of the US Constitution.
What is "We the People"?
The 2 main things people keep track of when making a budget.
What are income and expenses?
The Prime Meridian passes through this city at approximately 0 degrees longitude.
What is Greenwich England?
Only men were allowed to participate in these activities. Name one of those activities.
What are olympics or theater?
This one swallowed his children.
Who is Chronus?
This is the act of betraying your country.
What is treason?
The expression "saving for a rainy day" means this.
What is in case of an emergency?
The seven continent names are these.
What are North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia (or Oceania)
The birth place of Democracy.
What is Athens?
This King regretted his gift from Dionysus when his daughter was turned to gold.
Who is King Midas?