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