The United States
by GEAR UP Web Team
Fairmont State College
Updated September, 2005
Instructions:
Visit the site's listed below to answer the questions. Use the BACK button to return to this page for the next question. Write your answers of the sheet provided.
1. What is the capital of Hawaii?
What is the slogan on the state flag of Kentucky?
How many states have the Cardinal as the state bird?
2. What year was the Declaration of Independence written?
Who was President of the United States?
3. Where can you find the Liberty Bell?
Is Pennsylvania misspelled on the bell?
What note does the bell ring?
http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/trivia.html
4. Name one thing that happened on your birthday in history.
What important person was also born on that day?
http://www.kidinfo.com/References/Calendars.html
5. What was President Franklin Roosevelt’s dog’s name?
What were people upset about the dog in 1944?
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/vofdr.htm
6. What did explorer Robert E. Perry put on the North Pole in 1909?
How many expeditions did he make?
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/vopeary.htm