Question 1

What is stock?

Accepted Answer

a share in the ownership of a business

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a slice of bread

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our roots in history

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a leader of our country

Question 2

Where is Wall Street?

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in New York City

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in Chicago

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in Los Angeles

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in Dallas

Question 3

What is a factory?

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a building where goods are manufactured

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a store where goods are sold

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a place where goods are shipped

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a small business that makes and sells food at a mall

Question 4

What is a canal?

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a waterway that people dig, usually for shipping

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the land next to an ocean

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a river or stream used for travel

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part of a lake extending into the land

Question 5

Why were the forests important to early European settlers in the Northeast?

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they provided wood for ships

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they had many rivers for fishing

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they provided protection from enemies

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they kept the weather cool all year long

Question 6

Which is NOT a landform found in the Northeast?

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the Rocky Mountains

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fields

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valleys

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the Appalachian Mountains

Question 7

What is a blizzard?

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a snowstorm with high winds

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a very powerful storm with strong winds and heavy rain

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a huge, swirling windstorm

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a severe thunderstorm

Question 8

What is winter like in the Northeast?

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cold and snowy

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warm and wet

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cool and wet

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warm and dry

Question 9

Who were early people in the Northeast?

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the Wampanoag

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the Germans

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the Vikings

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the Cherokee

Question 10

Where did most Quakers settle?

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Pennsylvania

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Virginia

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Massachusetts

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New York

Question 11

How can people contribute to their communities?

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by volunteering and by teaching others about good citizenship

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by going to other communities and throwing trash on the ground on vacation

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by letting only the police protect their towns and cities

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by not being a good neighbor

Question 12

What does cooperate mean?

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people working together to achieve a certain goal

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to make a difference

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to help the needy

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to build something

Question 13

What is a responsibility?

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something a person should do

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something that protects a person's rights

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something that a person writes down on paper

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something a person wants to do

Question 14

What is a jury?

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a group of people who listens to evidence in court and decides if a person is innocent or guilty

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a group of people that tell their stories to help others

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a group that gathers for a peaceful protest

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a group of people that makes laws

Question 15

Which is NOT a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?

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the right to owned enslaved people

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the right to hold peaceful public meetings

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freedom of speech

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freedom of religion

Question 16

Which of the following are urban communities?

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cities

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countries

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farms

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small towns

Question 17

What do states have in common?

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a capital

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rivers and lakes in the center of the state

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the same laws

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the same senators

Question 18

What does enslaved mean?

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owned by another person and treated as property

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interested in slavery

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freedom

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traveling around the world

Question 19

In an election?

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a person is chosen for a job by a vote

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one person works for another person

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someone is appointed to be on your team

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the President hires someone for a job

Question 20

What is a suburb?

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a community near a large city

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down the street from the school

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a place with a small population

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a ranch or farm

Question 21

How has immigration contributed to the diversity of the American people?

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people from other countries have brought different customs, food, and clothing

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the news from one country is shared with other countries through TV and newspapers

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as people travel to different places, they see interesting sights

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visitors come to America sometimes to teach new ideas to people they meet here

Question 22

Who heads the executive branch of the federal government?

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the President

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the mayor

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the city council

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the vice president

Question 23

What is software?

Accepted Answer

programs used to run computers

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a machine

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comfortable clothing

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a cassette tape

Question 24

Who were the only people that lived in America until about 1000 years ago?

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Native Americans

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Pilgrims

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the Vikings

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the Spanish people

Question 25

What is a metropolitan area?

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a large city with its surrounding suburbs

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an airport or train station

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an area that attracts people that raise horses

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a place where crops grow

Question 26

What do the Latin words 'E PLURIBUS UNUM' one the back of a penny mean?

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"out of many, one"

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"one cent"

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"freedom"

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"one, out of many"

Question 27

What does opportunity mean?

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a good chance to have a better life

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moving to the country

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different customs

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a new school

Question 28

What does rural mean?

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located in the country

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the auto industry

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at the carnival

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belonging to food

Question 29

What is an ecosystem?

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all living and non-living things that make up an environment

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a system of caring for the plants an animals in a region

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a law that protects the environment

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a training program to help people save the environment

Question 30

Which plant is NOT found in the Northeast?

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cactus

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ash trees

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maples

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oaks

Question 31

What is a glacier?

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a slowing moving mass of ice

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rocky soil that slides down a mountain

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a frozen lake

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a very cold period long ago

Question 32

Where did the Wampanoag live?

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near the ocean in eastern Massachusetts

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all of the above

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in the forests of Vermont

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in the fields of central Pennsylvania

Question 33

who founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620?

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the Pilgrims

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the Plymouths

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the Quakers

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William Penn

Question 34

The Pilgrims came to America because they wanted

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freedom of worship

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gold

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good weather for crops

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all of the above

Question 35

What is a committee?

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a group of people who work together

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a plan used to make something

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a time of preparation

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a person who judges a contest

Question 36

What is an amendment?

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a change

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a freedom

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a ticket

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a law

Question 37

What is a right?

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a freedom that no one can take away

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a law that protects people

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a decision made by the state

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a document that states what people can and can't do each day on their jobs

Question 38

Why is it important for all Americans to pay attention to what the government does?

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to make good choices when they vote

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to be able to write to the President

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so they can talk with their friends about the government

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so they can respect other people's rights and property

Question 39

Which branch of government makes laws?

Accepted Answer

legislative branch

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Supreme Court

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judicial branch

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executive branch

Question 40

Which level of government is responsible for schools and licensing cars?

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state government

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local government

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national government

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school government

Question 41

What is an ancestor?

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a family member from long ago

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someone born in another country

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one who teaches about religion

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a friend in the community

Question 42

How can an ethnic community support the people who live there?

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all of the above

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festivals

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local stores

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newspapers

Question 43

What is public transportation?

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trains, buses, and subways that carry many people

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streets that lets vehicles with two or more people in them travel faster

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streets that connect major places business

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driving to work or school in cars

Question 44

What is the name of the Northeastern state?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

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Vermont

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New York

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Massachusetts

Question 45

What is the name of the Northeastern state?

Accepted Answer

Connecticut

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New Jersey

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Massachusetts

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Pennsylvania

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