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1
What was the title of Charles Darwin's book based on studies in the Galapagos Islands?
Evolution
Survival of the Fittest
God is Dead
The Origin of Species
2
What is the largest physical retailer in the United States today?
Target
Sears
Walmart
Kmart
3
What is the capital of Puerto Rico?
Santo Domingo
Port of Spain
Cockburn Town
San Juan
4
Which of these is not an explanation for why major cities tend to develop near bodies of water?
Irrigation
Food supply
Transportation
Aliens are vulnerable to water
5
Which of these does NOT play a part in determining one's race in Brazil?
Clothes/Appearance
Mood
Income
Education
6
Which of these was the last to occur?
Haiti wins its independence
The Louisiana Purchase
Simon Bolivar leads independence movements in South America
The United States declared independence
7
Which US state has been part of 7 countries in its history?
California
Wisconsin
New York
Texas
8
The Panama Canal connects which two oceans?
Pacific and Arctic
Pacific and Indian
Atlantic and Arctic
Atlantic and Pacific
9
Which form of music did NOT originate in the Southern US?
Country
Calypso
Blues
Jazz
10
What region was fought over by Paraguay and Bolivia in the 1930s?
Bahia
Chaco
Mato Grosso
Minas Gerais
11
Which of these is NOT in the Greater Antilles?
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Curacao
12
Which of these is not true of a banana republic?
They are typically ruled by dictators
Citizens generally enjoy a high degree of wealth
Foreign companies exercise strong control over them
Their economies are based on limited resources
13
What American songwriter and folk singer won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature?
Johnny Cash
Pete Seeger
Bob Dylan
John Mellencamp
14
The District of Columbia was formed out of land from what two states?
Virginia and North Carolina
Maryland and Pennsylvania
Maryland and Virginia
Maryland and Delaware
15
Who was the dictator of the Dominican Republic who murdered at least 10,000 Haitians?
"Papa Doc" Duvalier
Rafael Trujillo
"Baby Doc" Duvalier
Fidel Castro
16
Who is technically the head of state of Canada?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
A Polar Bear Named Steve
Wayne Gretzky
Queen Elizabeth II
17
Which of these is not considered a Dying City of the Rust Belt?
Detroit
Buffalo
Cleveland
Nashville
18
Where does the US rank in terms of largest countries in the world (by area)?
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
19
What river forms the border between New Jersey and Pennsylvania?
Delaware River
Cayuhoga River
Connecticut River
Hudson River
20
What law made the Ohio River a boundary between slave and free territory?
Southeast Ordinance
Northwest Ordinance
Southwest Ordinance
Northeast Ordinance
21
Louisiana and the Caribbean islands have many people of widely mixed ethnicities, called what?
Creoles
Carthaginians
Canucks
Cajuns
22
The Colorado River flows into what body of water at the Nevada border?
Lake Meade
The Great Salt Lake
The Missouri River
The Mississippi River
23
Who was the first emperor of Brazil?
Simon Bolivar
Pedro II
Joao V
Pedro I
24
Who was not a negotiator of the Treaty of Tordesillas?
King of Portugal
King of Spain
King of France
Pope Alexander VI
25
Which North Carolina city has the smallest population?
Wilmington
Charlotte
Raleigh
Greensboro
26
Which is the most populous Canadian province?
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Manitoba
27
Which of these is not in the top 5 in population in the US?
Houston
Phoenix
New York City
Chicago
28
Which president proclaimed that the USA held a police power over the western hemisphere?
Franklin Roosevelt
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
James Monroe
29
Which US President declared that the western hemisphere was the sphere of influence of the USA?
William McKinley
James Monroe
James Madison
Theodore Roosevelt
30
Which Secretary of State purchased Alaska for the US?
William H. Seward
Henry Clay
Hillary Clinton
Charles Evans Hughes
31
When Ponce de Leon discovered Florida, what was he looking for?
Love
Fountain of Youth
El Dorado, city of gold
Rosetta Stone
32
The state of Washington has a law that prohibits harming what legendary American creature?
Jersey Devil
Bigfoot
Yeti
Abominable Snowman
33
Which of these is NOT a traditional belt of the US?
Bible Belt
Orion's Belt
Rust Belt
Sun Belt
34
Which major American event is credited with making baseball into our "national pastime"?
Great Migration
American Revolution
Civil War
World War One
35
Which of these does NOT originate in the Caribbean?
Rumba
Samba
Reggae
Ska
36
There has never been a war between two countries that both have what?
Queens
The same language
McDonald's
The same religion
37
Which of these countries does NOT have a capital city that is "[Country Name] City"?
Panama
Honduras
Mexico
Guatemala
38
The Great Plains states traditionally support what political party?
Libertarians
Green Party
Republicans
Democrats
39
Which country is NOT found on the island of Hispanola?
Trinidad and Tobago
Dominican Republic
Haiti
40
Which state's capital shares its name with the hometown of "The Simpsons"?
Oregon
Missouri
Massachusetts
Illinois
41
What is the national religion of Haiti? "Papa Doc" Duvalier used it to exert power over people.
Catholicism
Protestantism
Voodoo
Islam
42
What is the largest river in the world?
Mississippi
Nile
Volga
Amazon
43
Many reforms were made in Southern society during what period after the Civil War?
Era of Good Feelings
Reconstruction
Antebellum
Progressive Era
44
In what year did the US annex Texas?
1845
1898
1854
1945
45
Which country has not been invaded by the US since 1980?
Grenada
Panama
Cuba
Haiti
46
What is the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere?
Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Sydney, Australia
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sao Paulo, Brazil
47
Which of these Americans has the least money?
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
Bill Gates (Microsoft)
Donald Trump (Trump Organization)
48
The cold wind in "The Windy City" (Chicago) is caused by what Great Lake?
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
49
Portland is the largest city in two US states. Which one of these has a different largest city?
Oregon
Maine
New Hampshire
50
Which US state has the strongest French influences in its politics and culture?
Iowa
Wisconsin
Florida
Louisiana
51
What street in New York City is the center of American live theater?
Avenue of the Americas
Houston St.
Broadway
Wall St.
52
The Colorado River takes a nickname from what artist?
Donatello
Leonardo
Raphael
Michelangelo
53
Which state does NOT have one of its borders formed by the Ohio River?
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Tennessee
Kentucky
54
What is the largest Caribbean island?
Cuba
Trinidad
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
55
What is the largest river in the US?
Mississippi
Colorado
Missouri
Columbia
56
Which state does not include the Appalachian Mountains?
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maine
North Carolina
57
Which of these is NOT a primary cause for the collapse of the city of Detroit?
Loss of tax revenue
High crime rate
Poor education system
Detroit Lions 0-16 record in '08-'09
58
Which of these is NOT considered a swing state in American presidential elections?
Florida
Illinois
North Carolina
Ohio
59
Who is known as the "George Washington of South America"?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Simon Bolivar
Jose de San Martin
Salvador Allende
60
Which country lost 70% of its male population in the War of the Triple Alliance?
Argentina
Paraguay
Uruguay
Brazil
61
Americans are now able to travel to what country for the first time in over 50 years?
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Panama
62
What is the highest navigable lake in the world?
Lake Titicaca
Lake Superior
Lake Maracaibo
Lake Mead
63
Which of these is NOT common in California?
Earthquake
Tornado
Wildfire
64
What country won the first World Cup in soccer?
USA
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
65
What event led to the movement of the Okies to the Western USA?
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Civil Rights Movement
Dust Bowl
66
Which city was destroyed by an earthquake in 1906?
Belize City
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Port Au Prince
67
Which country has won the most World Cups in soccer?
USA
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
68
Which of these is NOT owned by the US?
Puerto Rico
Guam
US Virgin Islands
The Panama Canal Zone
69
Who was the first US president born west of the Mississippi River?
William McKinley (1897-1901)
Harry Truman (1945-1953)
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
70
Which of these is NOT a territory of Canada?
Manitoba
Nunavut
Yukon
Northwest Territories
71
Cities whose names end in "burg" were likely named by settlers from what country?
Germany
Italy
France
Spain
72
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca?
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando Cortez
Francisco Coronado
Ponce de Leon
73
Which of these is NOT an island group in North America?
Greater Antilles
Lesser Antilles
Hawaiian Islands
Bahamas
74
Which of these states was never part of Mexico?
Colorado
Louisiana
California
Texas
75
Which of these tribes did NOT live in the Caribbean region?
Arawak
Inca
Maya
Carib
76
Which body of water does NOT border Cleveland, Ohio?
Cayuhoga River
Lake Erie
Ohio River
77
What group was moving during the "Great Migration" of the 1890s to 1970s?
Native Americans
African-Americans
Mormons
Okies
78
Which of these wars did not take place in South America?
Chaco War
Football War
War of the Triple Alliance
Uruguayan War
79
It is technically illegal to do what in North Carolina?
Sing off-key
Skip church on Sunday
Ride a donkey on Main St. on Tuesday
Play pinball
80
Christopher Columbus created what capital city?
Port of Spain
El Salvador
Santo Domingo
Washington, DC
81
What city is the "Crossroads of America" because of 6 major interstate highways meeting there?
Houston
Chicago
Detroit
Indianapolis
82
Which of these was chosen as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World?
Christ the Redeemer
Mount Rushmore
Eiffel Tower
Statue of Liberty
83
Due to people of Spanish and French descent, what religion is most common in the Caribbean?
Protestantism
Islam
Hinduism
Catholicism
84
What invention helped lead to the growth of the Sun Belt?
Cotton gin
Television
Air conditioning
Steel plow
85
What was the last major western country to abolish slavery?
USA
Mexico
France
Brazil
86
What is the longest river in the United States?
Missouri
Colorado
Mississippi
Columbia
87
Which of these is NOT the official language of a Caribbean island?
English
Russian
French
Dutch
88
What notable figure in "Southern Literature" wrote stories about Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer?
William Faulkner
Harper Lee
Mark Twain
Margaret Mitchell
89
John Deere was important due to his improvements to what device?
Cotton Gin
Steel Plow
Baler
Thresher
90
Who led the Mormons to Utah?
Evan McMullin
Brigham Young
Mitt Romney
Joseph Smith
91
What was the name of the deadly pandemic that struck after World War One?
Spanish Flu
Typhoid
Bubonic Plague
Black Death
92
After the United States, what was the next independent country in North America?
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Canada
Mexico
93
TRUE OR FALSE: Most illegal immigrants into the US over the past 30 years were Mexican.
TRUE
FALSE
94
What is the name of the group who moved from Canada to Louisiana in the 1750s and 1760s?
Cherokee
Creoles
Carthaginians
Cajuns
95
Which author created the term "Banana Republic"?
Upton Sinclair
James Joyce
O. Henry
Mark Twain
96
What two countries fought the Falklands War?
Brazil and Paraguay
UK and Argentina
Argentina and Paraguay
Argentina and Brazil
97
The Temptations were a famous group in what music genre?
Blues
Gospel
Motown
Jazz
98
In the international slave trade, the largest number of slaves were brought to what location?
Brazil
Caribbean islands and Central America
United States
99
Which of these US states has never been its own country?
Alaska
Hawaii
Texas
Vermont
100
Pizarro conquered the Inca and Cortes conquered the Aztec during which century?
17th
15th
16th
18th
101
In what year was Hawaii annexed by the United States?
1889
1892
1982
1898
102
Which of these states is in Tornado Alley?
Oklahoma
California
New York
North Carolina
103
What country was devastated by the strongest earthquake of all time in 2010?
USA
Mexico
Haiti
Guatemala
104
Which of these cities does NOT have at least 1 million people?
Calgary
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
105
Where does the US rank in terms of largest countries in the world (by population)?
1st
3rd
2nd
4th
106
Which of these states has the highest average elevation?
New Mexico
Maine
West Virginia
North Carolina
107
The Incan capital of Cuzco was located near what modern world capital?
Caracas
Paramaribo
Buenos Aires
Lima
108
What is the capital city of Canada?
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
Toronto
109
Pike's Peak is found in what state?
Wyoming
Colorado
Alaska
West Virginia
110
What is the current US population?
Approximately 480 million
Approximately 320 million
Approximately 1 billion
Approximately 160 million
111
Which of these states produces the most timber?
Arizona
Oregon
Maine
Michigan
112
Which of these is NOT a main reason for the dying cities of the Rust Belt?
Lazy Americans
Growth of the Sun Belt
Closing factories
Cheaper competition from overseas
113
Which city is nicknamed "Music City"?
Chicago
Nashville
New York City
New Orleans
114
What is the world's longest continuous continental mountain chain?
Appalachians
Andes
Himalayas
Rockies
115
Who invaded Spain and Portugal in the early 1800s?
Julius Caesar
Genghis Khan
Charlemagne
Napoleon
116
What state is the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"?
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Utah
117
What was the first national park in the world?
Grand Canyon
Jellystone
Yosemite
Yellowstone
118
Toussaint L'Ouverture led the slave revolt that created what country?
USA
Brazil
Haiti
Cuba
119
"Little Havana" is an immigrant community in what American city?
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Orlando
120
The Northeast and West Coast traditionally support which political party?
Libertarian
Republican
Democratic
Green
121
Jose de San Martin led which country to independence?
Haiti
Argentina
Venezuela
Brazil
122
Which of these is NOT an actual land deal in US history?
Treaty of Westphalia
Hawaii Annexation Treaty
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
123
The longest ongoing conflict in the world is the civil war involving FARC in what country?
Venezuela
Chile
Colombia
Peru
124
Which of these countries has the United States NOT fought at least TWO wars against?
England (United Kingdom)
Germany
Mexico
125
Which of these is NOT the official language of a South American country?
Portuguese
German
English
Spanish
126
Denali, the US's highest mountain, was formerly named after what president?
Grover Cleveland
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
William McKinley
127
Which country owns the Galapagos Islands, where Charles Darwin conducted his studies?
Brazil
Ecuador
Argentina
Colombia
128
What notable figure in Southern Literature romanticized the Old South in "Gone with the Wind"?
Harper Lee
Margaret Mitchell
Mark Twain
William Faulkner
129
John Wesley Powell was the first American to fully explore what national park?
Yosemite
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Great Smoky Mountains
130
What is the driest desert in the world?
Sonoran
Sahara
Atacama
Mojave
131
What president signed the Antiquities Act to create national monuments?
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt