Social Studies Jeopardy

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Social Studies Jeopardy
Explorers
Maps
Politics
Capitals
Government
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Final Jeopardy
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100 Question from Explorers
Viking explorer who named the land he discovered
Vinland.
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100 Answer from Explorers
Who is Leif Ericson?
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200 Question from Explorers
The Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs in
Mexico.
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200 Answer from Explorers
Who is Cortez?
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300 Question from Explorers
The Spanish explorer who sailed around the world.
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300 Answer from Explorers
Who is Magellan?
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400 Question from Explorers
The Spanish explorer who looked for the Fountain
of Youth in Florida.
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400 Answer from Explorers
Who is Ponce de Leon?
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500 Question from Explorers
The Spanish explorer who crossed the Mississippi
River.
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500 Answer from Explorers
Who is DeSoto?
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100 Question from Maps
This map indicator shows the cardinal directions
-- north, south, east, and west.
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100 Answer from Maps
What is a compass rose?
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200 Question from Maps
Somethings exact latitude and longitude position
on the globe.
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200 Answer from Maps
What is absolute location?
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300 Question from Maps
This type of map shows country borders, states,
capitals, major cities, and other man-made
features.
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300 Answer from Maps
What is a political map?
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400 Question from Maps
One half of the globe.
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400 Answer from Maps
What is a hemisphere?
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500 Question from Maps
These lines mark the farthest seasonal tilt of
the planet. They lie on the north and south edge
of the hottest area of the earth.
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500 Answer from Maps
What are the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?
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100 Question from Politics
Rule by the people.
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100 Answer from Politics
What is democracy?
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200 Question from Politics
Rule by a few.
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200 Answer from Politics
What is an oligarchy?
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300 Question from Politics
Rule by one.
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300 Answer from Politics
What is a monarchy?
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400 Question from Politics
Rule by one who seizes power violently.
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400 Answer from Politics
What is a dictatorship?
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500 Question from Politics
Standards of behavior followed by a group,
usually made by the group, and enforced by the
group.
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500 Answer from Politics
What are rules?
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100 Question from Capitals
Its capital is St. Paul.
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100 Answer from Capitals
What is Minnesota?
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200 Question from Capitals
The capital of Rhode Island.
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200 Answer from Capitals
What is Providence?
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300 Question from Capitals
Harrisburg
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300 Answer from Capitals
What is the capitol of Pennsylvania?
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400 Question from Capitals
Its the capital of Vermont.
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400 Answer from Capitals
What is Montpelier?
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500 Question from Capitals
The capitol of Alaska.
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500 Answer from Capitals
What is Juneau?
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100 Question from Government
The study of citizenship and government.
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100 Answer from Government
What is civics?
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200 Question from Government
The process by which aliens become citizens.
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200 Answer from Government
What is naturalization?
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300 Question from Government
The process for counting the population in the
U.S.
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300 Answer from Government
What is a census?
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400 Question from Government
A member of a community with a government and
laws.
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400 Answer from Government
What is a citizen?
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500 Question from Government
The right given in the first amendment to the
Constitution to bring a group of people together
for a meeting.
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500 Answer from Government
What is assembly?
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Final Jeopardy
A system where each branch can limit the powers
of the other branches.
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Final Jeopardy Answer
What is checks and balances?