TRASH CAN TRIVIA

This document freed the slaves.

•Gettysburg Address

•Monroe Doctrine

•Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation 17

This person was a former slave who

became an abolitionist.

•Douglass

•Garrison

•Anthony

Douglass 17

This person was President during the War of 1812.

•Washington

•Madison

•Monroe

Monroe 17

Who invented the steamboat?

•Jo Anderson

•Cyrus McCormick

•Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton 17

This region contains the oldest mountain range in

North America•Rocky Mountain

•Appalachian Highlands

•Great Plains

Appalachian Highlands7

This was the main general for the Confederacy.

•Lee

•Grant

•Antarctica

Europe 17

This Civil War battle allowed the

North to gain control of the Mississippi.•Gettysburg

•Appomattox

•Vicksburg

Vicksburg 17

This was the capital of the Confederacy

•Richmond

•Washington, D.C.

•Atlanta

Richmond

This region has rolling flatlands and is known for it’s many rivers?

•Coastal Range

•Coastal Plain

•Interior Lowlands

Interior Lowlands1

These two continents are

commonly referred to as Eurasia.

•Asia and Europe

•Europe and Africa

•Asia and Africa

Europe and Asia 14

Who is in charge of the Executive

Branch?

•Congress

•President

•Supreme Court

President 17

This continent is not entirely

surrounded by water.

•Austrailia

•Europe

•Antarctica

Europe 17

What does a compass rose tell

us?•Temperature

•Elevation

•Direction

Direction4

The north had an urban environment the South had an

_______.•Big City

•Agricultural

•Jobless

Agricultural 17

This feature of the Rocky Mountain

Region determines which way water

flows.•The Continental Divide

•The Rocky Longitude

•The Rocky Mountain Trolls

The Continental Divide15

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

The Rocky Mountains stretch

from ______ to ________ .

•Canada to Bolivia

•Alaska to Mexico

•Arizona to New Mexico

Alaska to Mexico 12

This river forms the border between

the U.S. and Mexico.

•Rio Grande River

•Colombia River

•Ohio River

Rio Grande River8

This state borders the Pacific Ocean.

•California (Washington, Oregon)

•Pennsylvania

•Delaware (yeah right)

California11

This river is known as “the gateway to

the West”

Ohio River

•Columbia River

•Rio Grande River

•Ohio River

9

Inland port cities in the Midwest grew

along the:•Great Lakes

•Pacific Ocean

•Gulf of Mexico

The Great Lakes5

These Native Americans live in a below zero climate.

•Inuits

•Pueblo

•Kwakiutl

Inuits10

This explorer claimed the

Southwest United States in the name

of Spain?•Coronado

•La Salle

•Raleigh

Coronado 13

This group of First Americans inhabit

the Eastern Woodlands.

•Iroquois

•Sioux

•Anasazi

Iroquois6

Champlain and La Salle were from this

country.

•England

•France

•Transylvania

France 3

Rivers and lakes often contribute to

the economy by providing a means of

______.•transportation

•salty water

•washing laundry

Transportation 16

Coronado claimed this region of the U.S.

for Spain.

•Southwest

•Northeast

•Northwest

Southwest

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 Songhai2

The ________ Indians lived in a hot, arid

climate.

•Iroquois

•Pueblo

•Inuit

Pueblo 19

The American Indians who

inhabited the Pacific Northwest

coast.•Incas

•Kwakiutl

•Anasazi

Kwakiutl 20