American Geography and History Quiz

For many Americans, liberty is primarily about freedom from authorities or laws.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

America’s first national park was established during the administration of Abraham Lincoln.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The prevailing winds in North America blow from east to west across the center of the continent.

• True

• False

The prevailing wind that brings plentiful rains to the northwestern corner of the United States is called the Japanese Current.

• True

• False

The United States government is a federal republic rather than a pure democracy.

• True

• False

The United States economy is a system of limited capitalism.

• True

• False

Just as diversity characterizes the geography of the United States, it also describes the American people.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The southernmost US state is Hawaii, a chain of volcanic islands near the center of the Pacific Ocean.

• True

• False

Waters flowing from the eastern side of the Eastern Continental Divide empty into the Great Lakes or the Gulf of Mexico by way of the Mississippi River.

• True

• False

What forces formed the Pacific, Rocky, and Appalachian Mountain ranges?