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This document gives Americans the following freedoms: religion, speech, press ,and assembly.
Bill of Rights
Quebec Act
Stamp Act
First Amendment
2
The settlement that today is New York City.
Philadelphia
Plymouth
Hartford
New Amsterdam
3
The Virginian who said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
James Armistead
John Hancock
4
The Battle of Britain, is the eight month long air battle during which Germany attacked Great Britain.
False
True
5
Concentration camps were German prison camps during World War II.
True
False
6
The inventor of the steamboat.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Robert Fulton
7
Containment is the policy to promote communism from spreading instead of elimnating.
False
True
8
The inventor of the mechanical reaper.
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Cyrus McCormick
Alexander Graham Bell
9
Who was not a part of the axis powers?
Italy
China
Japan
Germany
10
Georgia's first settlement.
New Netherlands
Hartford
Savannah
Charleston
11
Plain Indians once skilled in pottery making and cloth weaving.
Cheyenne
Sioux
Blackfoot
Sitting Bull
12
The Dutch colony that today is New York.
New Netherlands
Williamsburg
Charleston
Massachusetts Bay
13
The great English founder of the Methodist Church.
John Wesley
Peter Cartwright
Richard Allen
George Liele
14
The largest underground cave system in the world.
Mammoth Cave
Rock Springs Cave
Mohawk Cave
Goliath Cave
15
The winner of the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Blackfoot
Dakota
Sitting Bull
Cheyenne
16
The most dangerous animal in North America.
Grizzly Bear
Gila Monster
Wandering Albatross
California Condor
17
King of birds.
Attic Tern
Caribou
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
18
Name given to an Indian tribe meaning “snake in the grass”.
Sitting Bull
Cherokee
Sioux
Cheyenne
19
The Indians of Central America.
Aztecs
Native Americans
Incas
Mayas
20
The inventor of the assembly line.
Garrett A. Morgan
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Henry Ford
The Wright Brothers
21
The world's largest bay.
Chesapeake Bay
Hudson Bay
Bay of Biscay
Bay of Fundy
22
T. T. Fields is the fundamentalist pastor known for his defense of the Bible against liberalism.
True
False
23
Captain Cook and Captain Vancouver were two English Captains who explored the mapped the Pacific coast.
True
False
24
Daniel Boone was the most famous pioneer of colonial times.
False
True
25
General Dwight Eisenhower is the American general who led the D-Day invasion and later became president.
True
False
26
The mountain pass used by settlers on their way west.
Piedmont Plateau
Rocky Mountains
Cumberland Gap
Appalachian Mountains
27
Evergreens are trees that keep their leaves all year long.
False
True
28
The most famous South American Indians.
Incas
Native Americans
Mayas
Aztecs
29
The inventor of the shoe lasting machine.
Garrett A. Morgan
The Wright Brothers
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Henry Ford
30
One of America’s greatest athletes.
Will Rogers
Jim Thorpe
31
The leader of the Confederate Army.
Ulysses S. Grant
Stephen Douglas
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
32
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is the first black American to reach the rank of general in any branch of the U. S. military.
True
False
33
The democrat who ran against Abraham Lincoln for senator.
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglas
34
The beaver has done more than any other animal to shape the South American landscape.
False
True
35
A large mass of ice that flows slowly over land.
Frigid Zone
Conifers
Glacier
Antarctica
36
Saint Lawrence seaway is the second largest sea way in the world.
False
True
37
The struggle between communist North Korea and free south is known as the Korean War.
False
True
38
The first major settlement in Connecticut.
Hartford
New Amsterdam
Plymouth
Philadelphia
39
The mountain range that is the backbone of North America.
Mt. Elbert
Mount St. Helens
Appalachian Mts.
The Rockies Mountains
40
White headed bird.
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Caribou
Arctic Tern
41
President of the Confederate states of America.
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglas
Robert James
Ulysses S. Grant
42
An atomic bomb dropped on a targeted area is the event that ended World War II.
True
False
43
The city founded by William Penn.
New Amsterdam
Hartford
Philadelphia
Plymouth
44
The 11 southern states that separated from the Union during the Civil War.
Missouri Compromise
Confederate States of America
Emancipation Proclamation
Congressional Congress
45
The system of low mountain ranges in eastern North America that extends nearly 2000 miles from Canada to Alabama.
Piedmont Plateau
Appalachian Mountains
Cumberland Gap
Rocky Mountains
46
Another name for the aurora borealis.
Northern Lights
Glacier
Frigid Zone
Conifers
47
The pioneer missionary to the Indians of Ontario and Manitoba.
James Robertson
David George
Henry Alline
James Evans
48
The president of Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
James Armistead
John Hancock
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
49
This person did the actual writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Patrick Henry
John Hancock
James Armistead
Thomas Jefferson
50
The location of the first volcanic eruption in the lower 48 states since 1917.
Appalachian Mts.
Mt. Elbert
The Rockies Mountains
St. Helens
51
The Holocaust is the murder of over six million Jews.
True
False
52
The Plain Indians favorite animal for hunting and eating was the Bison.
True
False
53
The Fighting Red Tails were a group of black fighter pilots under the command of Colonel Benjamin O Davis Junior.
True
False
54
Chiang Kai-shek the leader of China during WWII.
True
False
55
What is the point beyond which trees can no longer grow?
Conifers
Antarctica
Timberline
Frigid Zone
56
The Pilgrim’s settlement.
New Amsterdam
Hartford
Plymouth
Philadelphia
57
The coldest region of the earth.
North Pole
Timberline
Antarctica
Frigid Zone
58
The inventors of the airplane.
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Henry Ford
The Wright Brothers
Garrett A. Morgan
59
The most famous Indians who lived in Mexico.
Mayas
Incas
Aztecs
Native Americans
60
The hilly, rolling land lies between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Rocky Mountains
Cumberland Gap
Piedmont Plateau
Appalachian Mountains
61
Indians name for the black moccasins.
Cheyenne
Blackfoot
Sitting Bull
Dakota
62
Largest land bird in North America.
California Condor
Grizzly Bear
Gila Monster
Wandering Albatross
63
Poisonous lizard of North American deserts.
California Condor
Grizzly Bear
Wandering Albatross
Gila Monster
64
Bighorn is known as the wild sheep of North America.
False
True
65
What name was given to the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944?
D-Day
V.E Day
Veterans Day
Independence Day
66
The missionary from Virginia to the black community in Nova Scotia.
Henry Alline
David George
James Evans
James Robertson
67
The highest peak in the Rockies.
Mt. Elbert
The Rockies Mountains
Mount St. Helens
Appalachian Mts.
68
What is the fourth largest country in the world.
United States
Canada
Germany
Russia
69
Name the highest peak in North America.
Mt. Logan
Mt. McKinley
Mt. Everest
Mt. Elbert
70
The Northwest Territory Ordinance of 1787, was a law congress passed to provide government to the N.W. Territories.
True
False
71
A Nisei is a person born in the United States with Japanese parents.
True
False
72
The Gulf of Mexico is the world's largest gulf.
True
False
73
North American reindeer.
Golden Eagle
Attic Tern
Bald Eagle
Caribou
74
South Carolina’s first permanent settlement.
New Netherlands
Charleston
Savannah
Hartford
75
The bird with the greatest wingspan.
Grizzly Bear
California Condor
Gila Monster
Wandering Albatross
76
The superintendent of the Presbyterian Missions of Manitoba and the Northwest.
James Robertson
David George
Henry Alline
James Evans
77
The inventor of the Morse Code.
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
Robert Fulton
Thomas Edison
78
This person is the black slave who served in the Colonial Army as a spy.
James Armistead
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Henry John Hancock
79
The inventor of the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
Robert Fulton
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
80
The person who said, “The flag never touched the ground”.
William Harvey Carney
Andrew Johnson
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
William T. Sherman
81
One of America’s greatest storytellers.
Jim Thorpe
Will Rogers
82
The first ten amendments of the Constitution, listing the rights or freedoms the constitution gives to Americans.
Stamp Act
First Amendment
Bill of Rights
Quebec Act
83
Plain Indians whose names mean friends or allies.
Dakota
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Shawnee
84
This bay is famous for its extreme tides.
Chesapeake Bay
Hudson Bay
Bay of Biscay
Bay of Fundy
85
The inventor of the light bulb.
Robert Fulton
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
86
The Colony only established by the Puritans.
New Netherlands
Charleston
Massachusetts
Williamsburg
87
The largest island in the West Indies.
Bahamas
Haiti
Cuba
Jamaica
88
Required documents purchased by the colonist to have a special stamp affixed to them, proving a tax had been paid.
First Amendment
Bill of Rights
Quebec Act
Stamp Act
89
The Cordilleran Chain is the longest mountain chain on earth?
False
True
90
The city that became the capital of Virginia in 1699.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Charleston
Williamsburg
91
Canada’s highest peak.
Mt. Logan
Mt. Everest
Mt. McKinley
Mt. Elbert
92
Extended the boundaries of Quebec west of the MS. and south of the Ohio, closing frontier land to the colonists.
Stamp Act
Bill of Rights
First Amendment
Quebec Act
93
The inventor of the traffic signal.
Garrett A. Morgan
The Wright Brothers
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Henry Ford
94
A drought is a time of little rain or no rain at all.
True
False
95
The third largest continent in the world.
Europe
North America
South America
Africa
96
Igloos are snow houses usually built for temporary shelter while traveling.
True
False
97
The leader of the Union troops who were victorious at Vicksburg.
Robert E. Lee
Stephen Douglas
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
98
The first settlement in Maryland.
Hartford
Philadelphia
Plymouth
St. Mary City
99
The apostle of Nova Scotia.
James Evans
Henry Alline
James Robertson
David George
100
The longest river in North America.
Mississippi River
Amazon River
Nile River
Missouri River
