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The US flag displays __ stars that represent the ___ states of the United States of America.
50
13
48
18
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_______ is the largest populated city in the United States.
New York
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Chicago
3
Independence Day, America's national holiday, celebrates the passage of the Declaration of Independence on ________.
July 4, 1776.
November 6, 1869
April 12, 1861
July 20, 1969
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The __ the longest American river (2,540 miles) and the Mississippi River as the 2nd (at 2,340 miles).
Colorado
Rio Grande
Snake
Missouri
5
The United States has had three capitals:
____(
1785-1790), ___ (1790-1800), and ___ (1790-today)
Denver; Columbus; Nashville
San Francisco; Sacramento; Boston
New York; Philadelphia; Washington DC
Los Angeles; Miami; Las Vegas
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Thanksgiving, celebrated ____, is based on the 1621 meal the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag Indians shared.
on December 25
in early December
on the fourth Thursday in November
on July 4
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The ___ and the ___ combine and make the 4th largest river system in the world.
Mississippi and Missouri
Snake and Red
Rio Grande and Yellowstone
Colorado and Ohio
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More than ____ languages are spoken in the US since the country is the melting pot where all nations came to be fused.
13
350
50
38
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At 665,384 square miles (1,723,337 square km), ___ is more than double the size of the second largest state, Texas.
California
Colorado
Nevada
Alaska
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_______ is the highest mountain in the United States.
Mount Bona, Alaska
Mount Blackburn, Alaska
Mount McKinley (Denali), Alaska
Mount Fairweather, Alaska
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During the evening of ___, on ___, people in costumes travel from house to house with the phrase "trick or treat"
Halloween, October 31st
Thanksgiving, November
Christmas, December 25th
New Year's Eve, December 31st