1. How many states are there? |
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2. What is our national bird? |
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3. What are our national colors? |
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4. What is the largest state? |
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5. What is the smallest state? |
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6. Which of the listed states is not in the continental United States? |
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7. Which state is 55 miles from Russia? |
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8. Which of these is not a state? |
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9. Which of these is a state? |
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10. Who was the first president? |
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11. Which of these people was not the president? |
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12. Who was the shortest president? |
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13. Who was the tallest president? |
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14. Which president annexed the Philippines? |
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15. What is the largest denomination of our currency? |
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16. What are the seven denominations of US paper currency? |
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$1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $25, $50 $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $200 $0.5, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $30 $1, $5, $10, $50 $100, $200, $500 $0.5, $1, $2, $5, $10, $15, $20 $1, $2, $5, $10, $15, $20, $25 $0.5, $1, $5, $10, $20, $30, $40 $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $75 $0.5, $1, $2, $3, $5, $8, $10
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17. What do the stars on the flag mean? |
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18. What do the stripes on the flag mean? |
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19. How many presidencies have there been as of 2016? |
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20. How many people have served as president as of 2016? |
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21. Who was the first black president? |
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22. How long is the term of a president? |
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23. What is the maximum amount of terms a president can be in office? |
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24. Which of these is not a requirement to be president? |
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25. How many colonies did Britain set up in America in the 1600s-1700s? |
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26. Which of these states was not one of the original colonies? |
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27. Where were the original colonies located? |
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28. Why were the colonists angry at the British? |
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29. What was the Boston Tea Party? |
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30. What sparked the first battle of the Revolutionary War? (Battles of Lexington and Concord) |
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31. What was the "shot heard round the world"? |
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32. Who was the American military leader against the British during the Revolutionary War? |
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33. The Founding Fathers are heroes to all Americans. They led the revolution. Which one of these is a Founding Father? |
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34. When was independence from the British declared? We celebrate this day every year. |
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July 2, 1774 July 3, 1775 July 4, 1776 July 5, 1777 July 6, 1778 July 7, 1779 July 8, 1780 July 9, 1781 July 10, 1782 July 11, 1783
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35. What is the Declaration of Independence? |
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36. When was the Declaration of Independence signed by the Founding Fathers? |
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July 3, 1775 July 4, 1776 July 5, 1777 June 17, 1778 June 17, 1779 July 9, 1781 July 7, 1779 July 10, 1782 August 5, 1781 August 2, 1776
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37. What is a main idea in the Declaration of Independence? |
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38. Who is not a Founding Father? |
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39. The British were one of the most advanced militaries at the time. What is one of the reasons that Americans defeated the British and won the Revolutionary War? |
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40. Who helped the Americans fight the British in the Revolutionary War? |
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41. After the Revolutionary War, the Constitution was written. What is the Constitution? |
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42. What are the three branches of government? |
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Legislative, unitary, executive Legislative, unitary, judicial Congressional, unitary, judicial Congressional, executive, judicial Executive, legislative, judicial Congressional, legislative, unitary Executive, congressional, unitary
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43. What does the judicial branch of government do? |
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Controls the United States military, enforce laws specifically related to religion and immigration Impose sentences on criminals and provide nationwide law enforcement Explain the law, decide if law is constitutional Impeach law via 2/3 majority in Congress Make, vote on, and pass laws Carry out the law, approve law, veto law Enforce laws, wipe out unnecessary laws, control military actions Explain the law, pass laws, approve laws Impeach law, enforce law, explain law This branch does not exist
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44. What does the executive branch of government do? |
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Controls the United States military, enforce laws Impose sentences on criminals and provide nationwide law Explain the law, decide if law is constitutional Impeach law via 2/3 majority in Congress Make, vote on, and pass laws Carry out the law, approve law, veto law Enforce laws, wipe out unnecessary laws, control military actions Explain the law, pass laws, approve laws Impeach law, enforce law, explain law This branch does not exist
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45. What does the congressional branch of government do? |
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Controls the United States military, enforce laws specifically related to religion and immigration Impose sentences on criminals and provide nationwide law enforcement Explain the law, decide if law is constitutional Impeach law via 2/3 majority in Congress Make, vote on, and pass laws Carry out the law, approve law, veto law Enforce laws, wipe out unnecessary laws, control military actions Explain the law, pass laws, approve laws Impeach law, enforce law, explain law This branch does not exist
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46. Can the Constitution be changed? |
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47. What part of the Constitution creates the three branches of government? |
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48. What does the unitary branch of government do? |
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Controls the United States military, enforce laws specifically related to religion and immigration Impose sentences on criminals and provide nationwide law enforcement Explain the law, decide if law is constitutional Impeach law via 2/3 majority in Congress Make, vote on, and pass laws Carry out the law, approve law, veto law Enforce laws, wipe out unnecessary laws, control military actions Explain the law, pass laws, approve laws Impeach law, enforce law, explain law This branch does not exist
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49. How is power distributed between the federal (national) government and the state governments? |
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50. What is an amendment? |
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51. What does the First Amendment say? |
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52. What does the Second Amendment say? (this one is controversial) |
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53. What does the Third Amendment say? |
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54. What does the Fourth Amendment say? |
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55. What does the legislative branch of government do? |
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Controls the United States military, enforce laws specifically related to religion and immigration Impose sentences on criminals and provide nationwide law enforcement Explain the law, decide if law is constitutional Impeach law via 2/3 majority in Congress Make, vote on, and pass laws Carry out the law, approve law, veto law Enforce laws, wipe out unnecessary laws, control military actions Explain the law, pass laws, approve laws Impeach law, enforce law, explain law This branch does not exist
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56. What comprises the unitary branch? |
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57. What comprises the judicial branch? |
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58. What comprises the executive branch? |
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59. What comprises the legislative branch? |
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60. What comprises the congressional branch? |
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61. What does the 18th Amendment say? |
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62. What does the 21st Amendment say? |
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63. How many Amendments are there? |
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64. What are the two parts of the US Congress? |
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65. What type of government is the United States? |
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66. Do US citizens directly elect the President? |
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67. What is the electoral college? |
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68. What does "veto" mean? |
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69. Who has the power to veto? |
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70. How do you undo a veto? |
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71. What are checks and balances? |
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72. Who signs bills to become laws? |
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73. As time went on, America expanded its territory. What was the largest territorial expansion of the United States? |
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74. Which president oversaw the largest territorial expansion of the United States? |
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75. What country was the largest territorial expansion of the United States taken from? |
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76. Which of these states was formally its own independent country? |
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77. True or False: The Great Lakes contain 21% of the world`s surface fresh water. |
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78. Which one of these is not one of the Great Lakes? |
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79. Which of these states does not contain a Great Lake? |
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80. What caused the Civil War? |
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81. When was the Civil War? |
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82. Who was president of the US during the Civil War? |
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83. America`s enemy during the Civil War was called the Confederacy. Who was president of the Confederacy? |
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84. Why did the Confederacy want to seperate from the United States? |
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85. Which of these states was not part of the Confederacy? |
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86. What is one reason the Confederacy lost? |
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87. True or false: The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history, with the most deaths. |
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88. True or false: The state of Texas alone is larger than France. |
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89. True or false: The state of Montana alone is larger than the Philippines. |
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90. True or false: The state of California alone is larger than Japan. |
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91. True or false: If the state of California were its own country, it would be the 6th largest economy. |
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92. True or false: If the state of Texas were its own country, it would be the 12th largest economy. |
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93. True or false: The economy of Texas is roughly equivalent in size to the economies of Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines combined. |
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94. True or false: America is the third largest country in the world. |
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95. What is the population of the United States? |
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96. What is the most populous state in the USA? |
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97. What is the least populous state in the USA? |
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98. What is the most populous city in the USA? |
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99. Who said "Speak softly and carry a big stick "? |
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100. Which president was shot in the chest, but continued his speech anyway? |
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101. Which president was a famous explorer and naturalist? |
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102. Which president was a Rough Rider during the Spanish-American war? |
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103. Why did the US enter World War I? |
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104. Which of these was not our enemy during World War I? |
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105. Who was president during World War I? |
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106. When was World War I? |
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107. Which Civil War general became president? |
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108. What does the 13th Amendment say? |
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109. What does the 14th Amendment say? |
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110. What does the 15th Amendment say? |
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111. What were the 13th-15th Amendments known as? |
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112. What were the first 10 Amendments known as? |
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113. What state is this? |
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114. What state is this? |
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115. What state is this? |
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116. What state is this? |
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117. Who is this? |
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118. Which president is not on Mount Rushmore? |
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119. What state is this? |
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120. Who is this? |
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121. Who is this? |
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122. Who is this? |
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123. What state is this? |
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124. Who is this? |
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125. What state is this? |
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126. What is the Gettysburg Address? |
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127. What is the Emancipation Proclamation? |
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128. What state is this in? |
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129. What state is this in? |
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130. What state is this in? |
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131. What state is this in? |
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132. What state is this in? |
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133. What state has a partly Mediterranean climate? |
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134. True or False: New York City is the capital of the United States. |
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135. What state is this? |
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136. What state is this? |
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137. What state is this? |
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138. What state is this? |
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139. What state is this? |
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140. What state is this? |
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