TRASH CAN TRIVIA

1. TRASH CAN TRIVIA

2. This document freed the slaves. • Gettysburg Address • Monroe Doctrine • Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation 17

3. This person was a former slave who became an abolitionist. • Douglass • Garrison • Anthony Douglass 17

4. This person was President during the War of 1812. • Washington • Madison • Monroe Monroe 17

5. Who invented the steamboat? • Jo Anderson • Cyrus McCormick • Robert Fulton Robert Fulton 17

6. This region contains the oldest mountain range in North America • Rocky Mountain • Appalachian Highlands • Great Plains Appalachian Highlands 7

7. This was the main general for the Confederacy. • Lee • Grant • Antarctica Europe 17

8. This Civil War battle allowed the North to gain control of the Mississippi. • Gettysburg • Appomattox • Vicksburg Vicksburg 17

9. This was the capital of the Confederacy • Richmond • Washington, D.C. • Atlanta Richmond

10. This region has rolling flatlands and is known for it’s many rivers? • Coastal Range • Coastal Plain • Interior Lowlands Interior Lowlands 1

11. These two continents are commonly referred to as Eurasia. • Asia and Europe • Europe and Africa • Asia and Africa Europe and Asia 14

12. Who is in charge of the Executive Branch? • Congress • President • Supreme Court President 17

13. This continent is not entirely surrounded by water. • Austrailia • Europe • Antarctica Europe 17

14. What does a compass rose tell us? • Temperature • Elevation • Direction Direction 4

15. The north had an urban environment the South had an _______. • Big City • Agricultural • Jobless Agricultural 17

16. This feature of the Rocky Mountain Region determines which way water flows. • The Continental Divide • The Rocky Longitude • The Rocky Mountain Trolls The Continental Divide 15

17. This region is where you will find a pleasant vacation spot known as Death Valley. • Canadian Shield • Appalachian Highlands • Basin and Range (Ridge) Basin and Range 18

18. The Rocky Mountains stretch from ______ to ________ . • Canada to Bolivia • Alaska to Mexico • Arizona to New Mexico Alaska to Mexico 12

19. This river forms the border between the U.S. and Mexico. • Rio Grande River • Colombia River • Ohio River Rio Grande River 8

20. This state borders the Pacific Ocean. • California (Washington, Oregon) • Pennsylvania • Delaware (yeah right) California 11

21. This river is known as “the gateway to the West” • Columbia River • Rio Grande River • Ohio River Ohio River 9

22. Inland port cities in the Midwest grew along the: • Great Lakes • Pacific Ocean • Gulf of Mexico The Great Lakes 5

23. These Native Americans live in a below zero climate. • Inuits • Pueblo • Kwakiutl Inuits 10

24. This explorer claimed the Southwest United States in the name of Spain? • Coronado • La Salle • Raleigh Coronado 13

25. This group of First Americans inhabit the Eastern Woodlands. • Iroquois • Sioux • Anasazi Iroquois 6

26. Champlain and La Salle were from this country. • England • France • Transylvania France 3

27. Rivers and lakes often contribute to the economy by providing a means of ______. • transportation • salty water • washing laundry Transportation 16

28. Coronado claimed this region of the U.S. for Spain. • Southwest • Northeast • Northwest Southwest

29. These three societies dominated west Africa circa 1000 A.D.. • Mali, Ghana, and Nigeria • Mali, Songhai, and the Ivory Coast • Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Mali, Ghana, and Songhai 2

30. The ________ Indians lived in a hot, arid climate. • Iroquois • Pueblo • Inuit Pueblo 19

31. The American Indians who inhabited the Pacific Northwest coast. • Incas • Kwakiutl • Anasazi Kwakiutl 20