1) During the Cold War, kids in schools had to do... a) drills. b) homework. c) handcrafts. d) lunch. 2) One big difference between the Southern Colonies and the Northern colonies was... a) that they spoke different languages. b) that they loved the king but hated the poor government. c) that they wanted to be independent. d) was that they used slaves. 3) The American Revolutionary war happened because... a) the people wanted to travel. b) they were enemies. c) they wanted to be independent. d) they had family problems. 4) In the American Civil War, people were fighting because... a) they wanted to unite the country. b) they wanted to end slavery.  c) they wanted to be friends with the indigenous people.  d) they wanted to become "civilized". 5) Louisiana originally belonged to the... a) Spanish b) French c) Portuguese d) British 6) Was Louisiana expensive? a) Nop, they only paid $15 million. b) Yes, it was huge, so they paid $150 million. c) Nop, they only paid $15. d) Yes, they paid $152 billion. 7) Who was Toussaint L'Overture? a) The first president of the United States. b) The brother of Napoleon. c) The brother of Lulu L'olerei. d) A slave who helped free the people in Haiti. 8) Lewis and Clark were... a) best friends. b) two explorers who walked around Louisiana. c) two brothers who fought in the Revolutionary War. d) famous singers. 9) In the Wild West, there were many... a) criminals. b) presidents. c) cows. d) museums. 10) Cowboys... a) were BFFs with the indigenous people. b) depended on the indigenous people to survive. c) usually fought with the indigenous people. d) rode cows. 11) Two big superpowers were "fighting" in the Cold War. They were... a) Russia and the US b) China and the US c) North Korea and South Korea d) The Soviet Union and the US 12) The main difference between the two countries who fought in the Cold War was... a) that one was centralist and the other federalist. b) that one was capitalist and the other communist. c) that one was rich and the other was poor. d) that one was big and the other one was small. 13) With Capitalism... a) everything belongs to the government. b) you have money and it is yours. c) there are lots of rich people. d) there are no poor people. 14) People call it the "Cold War" because... a) none of the countries declared peace. b) none of the countries had hot weather. c) none of the countries declared war. d) it was winter and it was really cold. 15) In the stock market, you can... a) buy parts of companies. b) buy lots of socks. c) buy lemonade. d) buy fruits and vegetables. 16) The name of the secret project that developed the first atomic bombs was... a) the Manhattan project. b) the Maryland project. c) the Miami project. d) the OMG project. 17) The US used atomic bombs to attack... a) China. b) Japan. c) Jamaica. d) Cuba. 18) The Space Race was part of the... a) Vietnam War. b) Hot War. c) Cold War. d) World War II. 19) The name of the mission that took humans to the moon for the first time was... a) Apollo 13. b) Apollo 11. c) Apollo 9. d) Neil Armstrong. 20) Was it expensive to put humans on the moon? a) Yes, the US paid around $100 million b) Yes, the US paid more than 150 billion c) No, it was actually cheap d) No, they paid less than $5 million 21) During the Cold War, schools had to do... a) earthquake drills.  b) fire drills.  c) tornado drills. d) nuclear bomb attack drills. 22) Why did Napoleon sell Louisiana that cheap? a) Because he needed the money b) Because he did not know what to do with the land c) Because he was bored d) Because he woke up from his dream 23) When the stock market crashed, it generated... a) the Great Recession b) the Great Depression c) the Great War d) the Great Roosevelt 24) Many things we use today were possible because of... a) wars. b) lazy people. c) different animals. d) the Space Race. 25) In a drill, students are asked to... a) scream and run. b) cry and jump out the windows. c) duck and cover. d) call the police and fight. 26) Communism is about... a) everything belonging to the people. b) everything belonging to the president. c) everything belonging to the government. d) everything belonging to the poor people. 27) Napoleon invaded Spain and put a new king. The new king was... a) his BFF. b) his big brother. c) his younger brother. d) his girlfriend. 28) Who won the Space Race? a) the United States. b) Russia. c) the Soviet Union. d) None, it was a tie. 29) The 13 colonies were founded by the... a) French b) British c) Spanish d) Portuguese 30) The first president of the United States was... a) Abraham Lincoln b) George Bush c) George Washington d) Theodore Roosevelt

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