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Gov's cup for SS
Governor's cup for social studies #7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which Canadian territory is the most recently established? | Newfoundland |
| In India and other nations in Asia, there are seasonal heavy rains that often cause massive flooding and destruction. By what name are the storms known? | Monsoons |
| What specific part of a map tells you that, for example, 1 inch on the map equals 10 miles? | Scale |
| If you were writing a report entitled great explorers prior to 1650, you wouldn’t include information about which of the following? | Christopher Columbus |
| What great patriot and author was responsible for the pamphlet Common Sense, which said America should break free from England? | Thomas Paine |
| The compromise of 1850 pushed through a series of agreements that helped delay the Civil War. What Kentuckian is given much of the credit for its passage? | Henry Clay |
| What American president served the most years in office? | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Born a slave, he escaped from Baltimore and settled in Massachusetts. At an antislavery convention in 1841, he spoke so eloquently he was hired as a lecturer. Who published the abolitionist newspaper North Star? | Frederick Douglass |
| What term can be defined as the “the economic expression of desire, and the ability to pay for, goods and services?” | Demand |
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