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1
What is Martin Luther King Day?
honors a person who was the first president
honors a man who fought for equal rights violently
honors the man who worked for equal rights for african americans
honors men who have served
2
What is an isthmus
narrow land bridge
not a land bridge
iceberg
a time zone
3
are Gulfs and Bays also part of the ocean?
True
False
4
Most important modern medical pioneers is...
Orville Wright
Dr. Michael DeBakey
Jonas Salk
5
what is the significance of Juneteenth?
remembers loved ones who have passed.
celebrates the lives of the men and women who served
Celebrates independence from Britain
celebrates the day when african americans had been freed from slavery.
6
Tonkawa ranged across the Edwards Plateau to the Brazos Valley. They lived by hunting, fishing, gathering fruits & nuts
False
True
7
Cultural Diffusion discusses the exchange of ideas, beliefs, ag and ect spread when people came into contact with others
True
False
8
Texas Independence Day is when Texas declared its independence from Mexico?
False
True
9
Who is most famous for inventing the photographic process in the mid-1800s
Alexander Graham Bell
Joseph Glidden
Louis Daguerre
Cyrus McCormick
10
Eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.
Vasisakhi
Kwanzaa
Hanukkah
Ramadan
11
Landmarks are places that are identified where famous events took place or that symbolizes something important?
True
False
12
what is st. patricks day?
Celebrates the final texas victory
Anniversary of the death of st. patrick, an irish patron saint.
The day you wear blue
The day Mexico won a victory over French
13
Mesas are smaller than plateaus
False
True
14
The four time zones are: Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific
True
False
15
First women to become a member pf the American Acadmey of Arts and Sciences.
Orville Wright
Dr. Michael DeBakey
Maria Mitchell
16
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Ellen Ochoa
Sally Ride
James Lovell
Neil Armstrong
17
Boundaries between communist- controlled countries and free nations are called Iron Curtain
True
False
18
Relief maps have raised features to show elevation
True
False
19
Phillis Wheatly was the first African American to publish a book?
False
True
20
What day does Dia de los Muertos fall on.
November 2
November 1
October 31
October 30
21
thematic maps show: population, vegetation, language and etc
False
True
22
Topographic maps are flat and show: Elevation, terrian by using contour lines
False
True
23
Caddo Nation was once largest and most powerful Indian group in Texas.
True
False
24
Columbus Day falls on the second Monday in October.
True
False
25
Who is known as the father of the modern dairy industry?
John James Audubon
Louis Daguerre
Gail Borden
26
What holiday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ?
New Years day
Christmas
Thanksgiving
Easter
27
which month is Halloween celebrated?
September
November
August
October
28
What insudtry experienced significant growth after World War 1?
Solar Panels
Fertilizer Technology
Pasteurization
Water Pumps
29
Most amazing engineering feat of the 20th century is the human expansion into...
Space
Marine Life
Environmental needs
30
What is Tet?
a jewish holiday where everybody avoids eating grains and bread products.
vietnamese holiday that issues in good luck for the New Year.
children recieve many gifts
Celebrates America's work force
31
Which holiday is celebrated by Muslims throughout the world during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar?
Halloween
Dia de los Muertos
St. Patrick’s Day
Ramadan
32
The word is divided into 4 hemispheres
False
True
33
Yom Kippur is the most important of Jewish holidays.
False
True
34
What was the national flower of the United States in 1986?
Tulips
Carnation
Sunflower
Rose
35
First patented telephone in 1876 was by...
Jonas Salk
Garrett Morgan
Carl Sagan
Alexander Graham Bell
36
American astronomer, popularized sceince with his book Cosmos.
Carl Sagan
Jonas Salk
Clarence Birdseye
37
A delta is an area of slit formed where a river meets the sea
False
True
38
How was the manufacutirng idustry changed? (2 right answers)
Interchangeable parts production
Henry Ford's Assembly line
Advertising industry
radios
39
what is the significance of Thanksgiving?
Commemorates the feast of the Pilgrims after a hard 1st year in America.
Texas declared its independence from Mexico
A day for food and family
A day to watch football
40
Cynthia Ann Parker was captured as a young child by the Comanches and adopted their culture; mother of Quanah Parker
True
False
41
The automobile changed people and socoety, giving people the freedom to move farther from their workplaces.
True
False
42
What two presidents are celebrated on Presidents Day?
James Madison and Andrew Jackson
Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
43
What Month is New Year's Day celebrated?
July
December
June
January
44
Kwanzza celebrates seven basic values of African American culture.
True
False
45
vegetation regions of the us are divided into 4 categories
False
True
46
What is the greatest mountain system in the world?
Appalachians
Himalayas
Teton Range
Rocky Mountains
47
Anthropologists believe that the first Texans were called what?
Mound Builders
Caddo Nation
Neo- American
Paleoamericans
48
reference maps show location
False
True
49
What happened on september 11, 2001?
A major bus crash happened
There was a major flood
the first person walked on the moon
The pentagon and the World Trade Center was attacked by hijackers
50
Willis Carrier received a patent for his
Apparatus for Treating Air, the first successful air conditioner.
False
True
51
Louis Pasteur aided humans throughout the world with the discovery/inventions of?
Household Appliances
Germ Theory
Pasteurization
Automobiles
52
Rachel Carson brought awareness to the need of clean air and water. Helped create the Enviornmental Protection Agency.
False
True
53
Plains Indians centered their lives on the buffalo.
True
False
54
What did Cyrus McCormick invent that transformed the farming industry?
The Reaper
Barbed Wire
55
In 1847, what treaty was between Native Americans and private citizens? Also believed to have never been broken.
Meusebach-Comanche Treaty
Native American Treaty
Tonkawa Treaty
Apache Treaty
56
When is New Year's Eve?
December 31
January 1
December 30
January 2
57
Bill Clinton became the first Democrat since FDR to be reelected president?
False
True
58
San Jacinto Day commemorates the final Texas victory over Mexico under Santa Anna in 1836?
True
False
59
Who was Quanah Parker?
The most famous chief and warrior of the Comanche.
Cynthia Ann Parkers Mother
A Princess
A Texas Ranger
60
Political maps show boundaries of nations and states with their capitals
True
False
61
This holiday occurs the week of September 17 to educate students on the sacriffices made by the founders of this country
President's Day
Columbus Day
Celebrate Freedom Week (U.S Constitution Day)
Labor Day
62
what are continents?
North & South America, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe
can be found on a map
there are 7
large land masses
63
Who was elected as the 44th President of the United States?
Andrew Johnson
Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton
George W Bush
64
the four vegetation regions are: forests, grasslands, savannahs, deserts
True
False
65
Comanche People became excetional horsemen and they lived in what we called the panhandle of Texas.
True
False
66
Who acted to stop the aggression of Iraq when it invaded Kuwait, sending troops to into the Gulf War or Desert Storm?
Bill Clinton
John F. Kennedy
Reagan
George H. W. Bush
67
National Symbols are representations of people, values, and goals that unite the people of a nation.
False
True
68
Passover is a Jewish holiday commemorating the Exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt?
True
False
69
Who created the vaccine for polio?
Jonas Salk
Dr. Michael Debakey
70
Which tribe inhabited an area from Galveston to Corpus Christi in a more nomadic way of life?
Tonkawa
Apaches
Karankawa
Caddo Nation
71
What is Containment Doctrine?
A foreign policy strategy to block further Soviet Expansion
Provide for common military defence agaisnt the Soviet Union
72
This group was employed to protect white settlers from hostile tribes. Believed to be the oldest state law enforcement.
U.S Marshalls
Texas Rangers
CCPD
F.B.I
73
Which holiday is set aside on November 11 to honor all the of those who have served the U.S in the armed forces.
Thanksgiving
Memorial Day
Verteran's Day
Labor Day
74
What is the greatest river in South America?
Uruguay River
Amazon
Rio de la Plata
Orinoco
75
Polio left many Americans and people throughout the world with paralysis
False
True
76
Who Established the Texas Rangers?
Martin de Leon
Moses Austin
Jane Long
Stephen F. Austin
77
The traffic signal, hair straightening product, and the safety hood was invented by?
Garrett Morgan
Carl Sagan
Charles Lindbergh
78
Are Gulfs and Bays surrounded on 3 sides by land?
False
True
79
The people of the Achaic Period were called Amerinds
False
True
80
How did Joseph Glidden change life in Texas dramatically?
The Invention of milk production line
The Invention of fertilizer
The invention of Barbed wire
81
The Apaches inhabited the High Palins of Central Texas. They hunted bison, elk, deer, and antelope.
False
True
82
The harnessing of the atom has changed the nature of war forever.
Medical Technologies
Nuclear Technology
Mobile Technologies
83
Physical Maps are raised
True
False
84
the hawaiian islands are the tips of high ocean volcanoes
False
True
85
What month is Memorial Day celebrated?
June
May
March
August
86
Chinese, Vietnamese, and Koreans celebrate Lunar New Year?
True
False
87
This international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
League of Nations
The Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
United Nations
88
Who was Sally Ride?
First person to fly to Texas
The first American woman in space
First person to walk on the moon
A deputy director of the Johnson Space station.
89
Who was the dominatnt wildlife artist painting and cataloging the birds of North America?
Maria Mitchell
John James Audubon
Gail Borden
90
A 10-day celebration remembering the Jewish New Year as a time to examine the past year & making new resolutions
Ramadan
Vaisakhi
Rosh Hashana
Passover
91
Small bands of Native Americans who inhabited through San Antonio to Del Rio.
Coahuiltecans
Tonkawa
Plains Indians
Apaches
92
Electricy became one of the most important invention in history because of Benjamin Franklin
False
True
93
George Washington Carver was responsible for reaserching and promoting alternative crops.
False
True
94
Cultural geography includes what
development of economic systems
development of political systems
geography of natural resources
transportation and languages spoken
95
high mountain ranges were the result of shelves of rock coming together and being forced upwards
True
False
96
The four oceans are: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Artic
True
False
97
what are absolute locations measured in?
who cares
degrees and minutes
time zones
coordinates
98
"Lucky Lindy" was the first to to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
Dr. Michael DeBakey
Charles Lindbergh
Jonas Salk
Clarence Birdseye
99
Which holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ?
Christmas
Thanksgiving
Easter
Fourth of July
100
Osama Bin Laden was the primary mastermind behind 9/11?
True
False
