Social Studies - Academic Team

The Cumberland Plateau is an alternate name for which of Kentucky's geographical divisions?

• Eastern Coal Field

• Pennyrile

• Bluegrass

• Western Coal Field

Which of the Kentucky counties below recognizes two county seats?

• Mercer

• Kenton

• Knox

• Muhlenberg

Before it was divided in 1780, Kentucky County belonged to which of the following states?

• Ohio

• Virginia

• West Virginia

• Tennessee

He was a founder of the Republican Party, and established an anti-slavery publication that eventually became The Examiner. Which man below served in the Kentucky legislature and was related to a U.S. speaker of the house?

• Isaac Shelby

• Alben Barkley

• Henry Clay

• James Harrod

It is the highest summit in the Sierra Nevada range, the state of California, and the contiguous United States. Which mountain below is it?

• Whitney

• Mitchell

• Hood

• Rainier

Which of the following rivers flows through Alaska, as well as a Canadian province territory?

• Snake

• Potomac

• Yukon

• Columbia

In 2018, which state below was NOT in the top ten agricultural producing states, as measured by the USDA's cash receipts?

• Kansas

• Delaware

• Nebraska

• Wisconsin

Over fifty of them failed during Hurricane Katrina. Which of the following choices names "an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river"?

• reservation

• sewer

• aqueduct

• levee

Match each tribe with its traditional dwelling.

x. Hopi

y. Navajo

z. Iroquois

1. longhouse

2. pueblo

3. hogan

• x-3, y-1, z-2

• x-2, y-1, z-3

• x-1, y-3, z-2

• x-2, y-3, z-1

Spanish conquistador Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded it in 1565, making it the U.S.'s oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin. Which city below is it?

• St. Augustine

• Newport

• Biloxi

• Savannah