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WorksheetsMissouri History and symbols
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the state fish of Missouri?
a)
Blue Catfish
b)
Channel Catfish
c)
Bullhead Catfish
d)
Fish Sticks
2.
True or False: The helmet on the state seal represents Missouri's military strength.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Burr
3.
What does "Missouri" mean?
a)
Land of mighty rivers
b)
Show me
c)
Land of large canoes
d)
Muddy Waters
4.
In 1820 Missouri began its ___________
a)
Louisiana Purchase
b)
industrial revolution
c)
annual beating of the Chicago Cubs
d)
functioning as a US state.
5.
What year is MDCCCXX?
a)
1821
b)
1803
c)
1738
d)
1820
6.
What is the state motto?
a)
E pluribus unum
b)
annuit coeptis
c)
Novus ordo seclorum
d)
Salus populi suprema lex esto
7.
What is the state tree?
a)
Flowering Dogwood
b)
Flowering Catstone
c)
Walnut
d)
Lebanon Cedar
8.
What do the bears symbolize on the state seal?
a)
Missouri's status and growth
b)
strength and citizen bravery
c)
Just wanted to show the Cubs what a real bear looks like
d)
Dangers of westward expansion
9.
Who founded first European settlement in Missouri?
a)
English colonists
b)
French fur traders
c)
Viking explorers
d)
United States soldiers after 1812 war
10.
Which stripe on state flag represents purity?
a)
White
b)
Red
c)
Blue
d)
Grizzly Bears
11.
What is the state bird?
a)
Cardinal
b)
Blue Bird
c)
Blue Jay
d)
Bald Eagle
12.
What was the first known native Missouri tribe?
a)
Osage
b)
Hopewell
c)
Illini
d)
Blackfoots
13.
How many stars are on the state seal?
a)
50
b)
35
c)
24
d)
16
14.
What is the state insect?
a)
Grasshopper
b)
Honey Bee
c)
Missouri Monarch Butterfly
d)
Queen Bee
15.
True or False: Missouri was not part of the Louisiana purchase which took place in 1803.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Burr
d)
Burr and True
16.
What is the state animal?
a)
Missouri Mule
b)
Cardinal
c)
Otter
d)
Deer
17.
What does the moon on the state seal symbolize?
a)
Cheshire Cat
b)
Strength
c)
Status and Growth
d)
The Gateway Arch
18.
What is the state flower?
a)
Flowering Dogwood
b)
Hawthorne
c)
Crysanthemum
d)
Tulip
19.
On Missouri's 40th anniversary what battle took place?
a)
Wilson's Creek
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Battlefield Mall
d)
Gettysburg
20.
What else is part of the Missouri Flag. The state seal on ___________
a)
A field of Red and Blue
b)
the Confederate Stars and Bars
c)
A field of Red White and Blue
d)
A Diet Coke Can
21.
True or False: Willow Springs lies in Missouri House District 154?
a)
Burr
b)
True
c)
False
22.
Wilson's Creek was the first major battle of the war west of which river?
a)
Ohio
b)
Rio Grande
c)
Missouri
d)
Mississippi
23.
What is Missouri's Capital city?
a)
Van Buren City
b)
Columbia City
c)
Jefferson City
d)
Kansas City
24.
What year did Missouri OFFICIALLY become a state?
a)
2017
b)
1803
c)
1820
d)
1821
25.
How many constitutions has Missouri used?
a)
4
b)
1
c)
2
d)
3
26.
Missouri has how many Congressmen (House of Representatives only) in Washington DC?
a)
2
b)
8
c)
10
d)
9
27.
Where and when was the biggest earthquake in US history?
a)
New Madrid/1802
b)
New Madrid/1811
c)
Jefferson City/1802
d)
Jefferson City/1811
28.
What year did Lewis and Clark come through Missouri?
a)
180?
b)
1802
c)
1804
d)
1865
29.
What were the Hopewell known for?
a)
Building Pyramids
b)
Building Burial Mounds
c)
Losing to the Cubs for the Cubs last world series victory in 445 BC
d)
Trade with other tribes
30.
What is NOT a special power of the governor?
a)
Heading Missouri's Millitary
b)
Calling Special Assembly Sessions
c)
Appointing people to the Missouri Supreme Court
d)
Keep things Legal
31.
Which state also joined the union as part of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Kansas
b)
Mainsylvania
c)
Maine
d)
Arkansas
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