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What do we call the region of the Rocky Mountains that separates the rivers flowing in to the Atlantic Ocean from the rivers flowing in to the Pacific Ocean?
Continental Divide
What are the oldest mountains in North America?
Appalachian Mountains
In which state is the Grand Canyon located?
Arizona
What river forms a natural border between the U.S. and MExico?
the Rio Grande
What town in Michigan is the biggest center for the manufacture of motor cars in the world?
Detroit
What state in the U.S. grows peanuts as an important crop?
Georgia
what state has the smallest area in the U.S.?
Rhode Island
In what city is the Liberty Bell located?
Philadelphia
What kind of animal is the emblem of the U.S. Republican Party?
elephant
What kind of animal is the emblem of the U.S. Democratic Party?
donkey
What is the largest city in the United States?
New York, New York
What is the only state to have an X in its capital?
Arizona
Phoenix
In the U.S., where was gold discovered in 1849?
Sutter’s Mill, CA
Which brothers made the first powered plan flight?
Wright
Wilbur & Orville
Who was the first U.S. president to resign while in office?
Richard M. Nixon
What is the northeastern most state in the U.S.?
Maine
In what state does the Mississippi River originate?
Minnesota
What is the only U.S. state to be an independent republic?
Texas
In what month is Labor Day a national holiday?
September
What U.S. city is the home of the music know as jazz?
New Orleans
In 1979, where was the U.S.’s worst nuclear disaster?
Three Mile Island
How many U.S. states are named after a president?
one
Washington
What amendment in the U.S. Bill of Rights guarantees freedom of religion, speech and the press?
First Amendment
In what building in Memphis, Tn was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
the Lorraine Motel
What did John F. Kennedy refer to when he said, “this is a new ocean, and I believe the U.S. should sail it.”?
space
What type of American television ads were banned in 1971?
cigarette
What female sharpshooter did Sitting Bull call “Little Sure Shot”?
Annie Oakley
What word has appeared on every coin struck in the U.S. since 1792?
liberty
Finish this saying that expressed the American colonists anger against the English government: “No taxation without______”
representation
According to the Declaration of Independence, what are the three unalienable rights?
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
What man is know as the “Father of the Constitution”?
James Madison
What branch of government is led by the president of the U.S.?
executive
What do we call money that is paid to the government to help support services?
tax
