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Are You Smarter then a Simon Student?

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Native American game using a stick with a net, is still played today?

a)

La Crosse

b)

Cricket

c)

Badminton

d)

Soccer

2.

How many colonies fought for Independence in the American Revolution?

a)

8 English colonies

b)

13 English colonies

c)

50 English colonies.

d)

12 English colonies.

3.

What future president at that time wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

4.

What is the name of the Patriot organization responsible for the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Anti-Federalists

b)

Federalists

c)

The Sons of Liberty

d)

Confederates

5.

Who is the English king who taxed the 13 colonies?

a)

King George III

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

Peter the Great

d)

King James

6.

What is the name of the famous silversmith who rode to warn that the Redcoats were coming?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Paul Revere

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

7.

What Revolutionary War spy said the line, “I regret that I have one life to give to my country.”?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Nathan Hale

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

8.

Where was the battle of Bunker Hill actually fought?

a)

Bland's Hill

b)

Breed's Hill

c)

Harper's Ferry

d)

Jenkins Ferry

9.

Which Babylonian king was best known for his law codes?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Justinian

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Moses

10.

Which river’s floods did the ancient Egyptians depend on to grow their crops?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Nile River

c)

Congo River

d)

Niger River

11.

What nickname is given to Ötzi, the man found frozen in the Alps?

a)

Iceman

b)

Rainman

c)

Wolfman

d)

Cro-magnon

12.

Which Greek city-state was based more on military skills?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Corinth

d)

Argros

13.

Which Greek city-state was based more on building a democracy?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Corinth

d)

Argros

14.

What was the name of one of the earliest systems of writing developed by the Sumerians?

a)

Hieroglyphs

b)

Petroglyphs

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Demotic

15.

What was the large network of ancient trade routes carrying goods from China all the way to Rome?

a)

Silk Road

b)

Spice Route

c)

Incense Route

d)

Tea Route

16.

What was the name of the written language used by the ancient Egyptians?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Petroglyphs

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Demotic

17.

Geographers look at how people, products, ideas, and information move from one place to another.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

A map is more accurate than a globe because it does not distort physical reality.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Lines of latitude run east to west; lines of longitude run north to south.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What is the name of unique locations on Earth that are defined by both physical and human characteristics?

a)

landscapes

b)

places

c)

vistas

d)

environments

21.

What is climate?

a)

the average weather in a place over a long period of time

b)

the day-to-day state of Earth's atmosphere

c)

the combination of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, and wind

d)

the natural surroundings of a place, including its landforms and resources

22.

Many beautiful lakes in this region bring in tourists to spend time bird watching, water-skiing, fishing and boating.

a)

The Ouachita Mountains

b)

The West Gulf Coastal Plain

c)

The Ozark Mountains

d)

The Arkansas River Valley

23.

Farmers and ranchers grow cotton, soybeans, corn and raise a variety of livestock in these regions today because the soil is rich and fertile.

a)

The Arkansas River Valley

b)

The Mississippi Alluvial Plain

c)

The Ouachita Mountains

d)

The Ozark Mountains

24.

One of the largest rice producing region in the United States.

a)

The Ouachita Mountains

b)

The West Gulf Coastal Plain

c)

The Ozark Mountains

d)

The Mississippi Alluvial Plain