Everything Else
Hurricane Katrina hit this city hardest, which is also the mouth of the Mississippi River and the place where jazz originated.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A contributing factor for this person to invent the telephone was because he had deaf relatives.
Alexander Graham Bell
The Great Awakenings were times during American history when people would travel throughout the United States in an attempt to convert Native Americans and foreigners to this religion.
Christianity
This was a leading industry during the 1st Industrial Revolution in the United States, with factories popping up this type of good thanks to Samuel Slater's great memory.
Textiles
The president, vice president, and law enforcement made up this branch of government that has the responsibility of enforcing laws.
Executive Branch
At it greatest depths, the Grand Canyon sinks approximately this far below its perimeter.
One mile
Beat me in Rock, Paper, Scissors
(DOUBLE if you beat me twice in a row)
???
From the original colonies of Jamestown through today, this was and is the most common religion practiced in the United States.
Christianity
The United States economy can best be described by this word, meaning most, if not all, of business are privately owned and not controlled by the government.
Capitalism
The was the first official documentation of the United States government containing just one branch (legislative) and had a weak national government.
The Articles of Confederation
These men were hired by the US government to explore the new Louisiana Territory.
Lewis & Clark
After securing a patent, the Wright brothers began trying to sell this innovation to the United States military in 1909.
Airplane
Name one industry in various regions that would benefit from having major sporting events take place in that area.
Hotels, restaurants, public works, retail
DOUBLE: These two men were some of the richest America has ever seen. Name both of them and the industries they created monopolies in.
Rockfeller (Oil) / Carnegie (Steel)
This is what W.H.O and W.T.O stands for.
World Health Org. / World Trade Org.
This is the oldest mountain range in the United States and that is the home to the most visited national park in the United States.
Appalachian Mountains
I invented the polio vaccine, allowing the disease to disappear almost completely shorter after being administered to patients.
Dr. Jonas Salk
This annual event bring 300,000+ people to Indianapolis each year in May.
The Indianapolis 500
Silicone Valley, Houston, Detroit, and Pittsburgh are all locations that people have moved to throughout American history for this reason.
Jobs
After realizing the Articles of Confederation were not strong enough, the Founding Fathers decided to throw it out and create a new set of rules called this.
The Constitution
I was the man who claimed responsibility for the terror attacks on September 11, 2001 in New York City.
Osama bin Laden
This is what WWW stands for.
(Double points if you name who created it!)
World Wide Web - Tim Berners Lee
Name two of the factors that have allowed people in "Blue Zones" to live longer, healthier lives than those outside of these areas.
Exercise, Rest, People, Diet, Purpose
Detroit earned this nickname after being the home of Henry Ford and many major factories in the automotive industry.
"Motor City"
The legislative branch has two houses. Name them both.
House of Representatives / Senate
Name one PULL FACTOR that someone who practiced Hinduism, Buddhism, or Sikhism would have migrated to the United States because of in the mid to late 1800's.
Gold Rush, Money, Jobs
Outside of the polio vaccine, the Americans are known for other medical achievements as well. Name two of them.
Anesthesia, Measles, Influenza
This denomination of Christianity has continued to live without modern technology for decades, relying on horse and buggies for transportation as well.
DOUBLE if you can name the language they use in conversation or church services.
Amish (Pennsylvania Dutch)
This was a negative consequence of the industrial revolution.
Smog, overcrowding, trash, pollution
This is the organization the United States would likely work through if a small nation they are allied with was experience violence on their borders from an opposing nation trying to take them over.
NATO (North America Treaty Organization)