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United States Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the official name of the United States?

a)

United States

b)

USA

c)

America

d)

United States of America

2.

Which mountain range is found in the United States?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Alps

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Andes

3.

What is the lowest point in the United States?

a)

Yellowstone

b)

Yosemite

c)

Grand Canyon

d)

Death Valley

4.

Which region of the United States is known as the 'nation's breadbasket'?

a)

New England

b)

Southwest

c)

West

d)

Midwest

5.

For centuries native peoples lived across the vast expanse that would become the United States. Starting in the 16th century, settlers moved from (a)   to the New World, established colonies, and displaced these native peoples.

6.

What is the national bird and symbol of the United States?

a)

Bald eagle

b)

Peregrine falcon

c)

Red-tailed hawk

d)

American kestrel

7.

Where is the capital city of the United States located?

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

Washington, D.C.

d)

Los Angeles

8.

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

George W. Bush

9.

Which document declared the independence of the American colonies from Great Britain?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Constitution

d)

Declaration of Independence

10.

When did the Civil War in the United States begin?

a)

1812

b)

1492

c)

1861

d)

1776

11.

What is the largest state in the United States by area?

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

Alaska

d)

Florida

12.

Who was the first President of the United States?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John Adams

13.

Who was the President of the United States during World War II?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

John F. Kennedy

14.

Throughout its history, the United States has been a nation of (a)   .

15.

What is the highest peak in the United States at 20,320 feet?

a)

Mount Denali

b)

Mount Everest

c)

Mount Kilimanjaro

d)

Mount Elbrus

16.

Who was the President of the United States during the 9/11 attacks?

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Donald Trump

17.

Citizens over the age of 18 years old vote to elect the President and Vice President of United States every (a)   years.

18.

The Civil War was fought between (a)   , or people who wanted to end slavery, and the pro-slavery Confederacy.

19.

Enslaved Africans were brought to North America by boat as early as 1619. The trans-Atlantic slave trade saw more than 12.5 (a)   people kidnapped from Africa and sold at ports throughout the Americas over the next couple of centuries.

20.

In 1958, NASA—the National Aeronautics and Space Administration—started exploring the possibility of space flight. By 1970, the agency landed the first human on the moon.

a)

True

b)

False