History Geography Civics Economics Miscellaneous
What is Minnesota? The most northerly point of the Mississippi River is in which state? Category: 1 Points: 100
What is Canada? Alaska borders what country? Category: 1 Points: 200
What is latitude? San Francisco and Washington D.C. are at about the same __________. Category: 1 Points: 300
What is mountainous terrain? Compared to the north-central region of the United States, the northwest region is distinguished by what? Category: 1 Points: 400
What is shipping? The geographic location of Michigan suggests that one of its major economic activities would be what? Category: 1 Points: 500
What is a dictatorship? Which form of government is usually characterized by serious limiting of individual liberties? Category: 2 Points: 100
What is federalism? The principle of government in which power is divided between the central and state governments is called what? Category: 2 Points: 200
What is Federal? If there was a need to build a new post office in Louisiana, which level of government would handle it? Category: 2 Points: 300
What is the Executive Branch? The Vice President of the United States serves in which branch of government? Category: 2 Points: 400
What is Mayor-Council? What is the most common form of city government in the United States? Category: 2 Points: 500
What is higher productivity? Using capital resources such as machines and tools to produce something, rather than making it by hand, usually results in what? Category: 3 Points: 100
What is a capital resource? What do we call a manufactured good that is used to produce other goods or services? Category: 3 Points: 200
What is human capital? What do we call the knowledge and skills that people use to produce goods and services? Category: 3 Points: 300
What is inflation? What is it called when there is too much money circulating in the economy? Category: 3 Points: 400
What is a monopoly? Government regulations, designed to protect the public from paying too much money for goods and services, prevent or break up a what? Category: 3 Points: 500
What is the 17 th century? The period of 1601 – 1700 is called what? Category: 4 Points: 100
What is printing press, telegraph & radio? What is the proper historical sequence of order of the following inventions? Radio Telegraph Printing Press Category: 4 Points: 200
What is to seek religious freedom ? Why did the Pilgrims leave England and sail to the New World? Category: 4 Points: 300
What is taxation without representation? What was the major cause of the American Revolution? Category: 4 Points: 400
What is the Trail of Tears? What is the name that refers to the forced relocation of Indians to Oklahoma? Category: 4 Points: 500
What is cotton? During the ante-bellum period, Louisianas economy was based on which industry? Category: 5 Points: 100
What is a tariff? What term refers to a tax paid on foreign products imported into a country? Category: 5 Points: 200
What is a demographic map? If you wanted to know the population density of Tokyo, what type of map would you use to find the information? Category: 5 Points: 300
Who is Thomas Jefferson? Who is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence? Category: 5 Points: 400
What is to guarantee the U.S. the right to use the port of New Orleans? Why did Jefferson want to buy Louisiana from the French? Category: 5 Points: 500
The questions and answers provided in this Jeopardy game come from the Louisiana Department of Educations Teachers Guide to Statewide Assessment 8 th Grade Social Studies Assessment Framework. This is a sample program created to demonstrate one possible format for integrating technology and curriculum content standards. This sample program was created for demonstration purposes only. For questions or comments, please