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. Pete Dominici (R-NM) was chairman of which powerful senate committee? 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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