New York
States
Cities
Sightseeing
Traditions
100
The part of New York City with many skyscrapers, Central Park and Wall Street.
What is Manhattan?
100
The largest and coldest state.
What is Alaska?
100
The City named after America’s first president.
What is Washington?
100
A monumental statue received from France as a gift of international friendship.
What is The Statue of Liberty?
100
The date when Kris Kringle puts Christmas gifts under the tree.
What is December 25th?
200
The full name of the buildings that were flown into and destroyed on September 11th, 2001 (= not their nickname)
What is The World Trade Center?
200
A vacation spot in the Pacific Ocean.
What is Hawaii?
200
The “City of Angels” – the next largest city in the States, also home to Hollywood.
What is Los Angeles?
200
The official residence of the President.
What is The White House?
200
This day is celebrated with chocolate, flowers, poems and lots of love.
What is Valentine's Day?
300
A large commercial intersection and neighborhood in New York filled with neon lights, digital screens and billboards. This is also the place where many New Yorkers gather on New Year’s Eve.
What is Times Square?
300
The next largest state in the USA - home to the cities Houston and Dallas and known for its oil.
What is Texas?
300
Barack Obama’s home town – the third largest city in the U.S.
What is Chicago?
300
A series of deep gorges in northwest Arizona which contain the Colorado River.
What is The Grand Canyon?
300
Americans celebrate their Declaration of Independence on this date.
What is The Fourth of July?
400
New York City’s original name, which it received when it was a Dutch colony of New Netherland.
What is New Amsterdam
400
The sunny state in which Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor from 2003-2011.
What is California?
400
The city in which the constitution was signed in 1774 and which served as the capital of the United States until 1800.
What is Philadelphia?
400
Waterfalls located on the border of the USA and Canada.
What are The Niagara Falls?
400
The holiday where Americans are especially thankful and eat turkey. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
What is Thanksgiving?
500
The skyscraper which King Kong climbs and which until 1972 was the tallest building in the world.
What is The Empire State Building?
500
The state which is abbreviated MN
What is Minnesota?
500
The city which is sometimes nicknamed “The Big Pineaplle”
What is Honolulu?
500
A mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota with the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved onto it
What is Mount Rushmore?
500
This day celebrates the American reverend who is recognized for his tireless efforts to win civil rights for all people through nonviolent means.
What is Martin Luther King Day?