Part Two: Fact-Based Questions (Answers)1) Name the Senator who was a P.O.W. in Vietnam.
Answer: John McCain
2) Which agricultural product is Texas most known for?
Answer: Cattle or Cotton
3) In which state was the first atomic bomb tested?
Answer: New Mexico
4) Frank Keating is the governor of which state?
Answer: Oklahoma
5) Which Arizona landmark is suffering from air pollution and overcrowding?
Answer: Grand Canyon
6) Which section of the United States, found south of the Gila River in Arizona, was obtained for $10 million from Mexico? (give the name of the area that was bought in 1853).
Answer: The Gadsden Purchase
7) The people of many Native American tribes were forced into which state on a"trail of tears" in the early 1800's?
Answer: Oklahoma
8) Anne Richards lost the 1994 gubernatorial race to whom (Texas)?
Answer: George W. Bush
9) Which city is named after the first president of the Lone Star Republic?
Answer: Houston
10) What natural resource made Texas rich but helped cause a recession during the late 1900s?
Answer: Oil
11) Name two states in this region gained by treaty at the end of the Mexican-American War (1848).
Answer: New Mexico and Arizona
12) Name the two states in this region that were the last to enter the Union of the "lower 48 contiguous states."
Answer: New Mexico and Arizona
13) Which state of this region was its own independent republic from 1836 until it became the 28th state in 1845?
Answer: Texas
14) Give the reason Congress delayed in admitting the state mentioned in answer #13.
Answer: Fear of large Slave state influence in Congress
15) Sen
Answer: Senate Budget Committee
Extra Credit) Name the 5 largest cities in the United States IN ORDER.
Answer: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston |
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