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100
The US's longest river.
What is the Mississippi River?
100
The way the the first people got to the Americas
What is a land bridge?
100
The explorer who "discovered" the Americas in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The branch of government that makes foreign policy
What is The Executive Branch?
100
The US's rank in land area and population
What is 3rd?
200
The main mountain range that lies in the west
What are the Rocky Mountains?
200
The native region that lived in adobe cliff houses, made pottery, and hunted rabbits and deer
What is the Southwest/Desert?
200
Europeans were looking for a water route to this place
What is Asia?
200
The branch of government that can impeach the president
What is The Legislative Branch?
200
The two countries that have a larger population than the US
What are China and India?
300
The flat, fertile area between the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains.
What are the Great Plains (or just plains)?
300
The native region that made totem poles, houses, and dugout boats from cedar trees and went on whale hunts
What is the Northwest Coast?
300
The explorer who led the first expedition around the world
Who is Magellan?
300
The branch that includes the Supreme Court
What is The Judicial Branch?
300
The US's 3 main energy resources
What are coal, oil, and natural gas?
400
The mountain range that lies in the east and runs from Canada to Alabama
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
400
The native region that lived in teepees, hunted buffalo, tamed horses, and had headdresses
What is the Great Plains/Midwest?
400
The country that the US defeated in the Revolutionary War to be independent
What is Britain?
400
The 2 groups that make up the Legislative Branch
What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
400
The two states that are not contiguous
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
500
The names of all 5 Great Lakes
What are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior? (any order)
500
The native region that lived in wigwams by lakes or rivers, used birch bark, and hunted bears, ducks, and moose
What is the Eastern Woodlands?
500
The 4 countries that were strong and wealthy enough to send out expeditions
Who are Portugal, Spain, France, and England? (must have all in any order)
500
The 3 people or groups that make up the Executive Branch
Who are the President, Vice President, and Cabinet?
500
The US's 5 main mineral resources
What are gold, silver, copper, iron ore, and nickel?