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What is the estimated Native American population before contact with European settlers in 1492?

Native American

6 million
600,000
60 million
60,000

Right on! 👊

Not quite.

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What is the name of the Mesoamerican culture of people that flourished from the 14th to 16th centuries in Mexico?

Inuit
Mayans
Eloi
Aztecs

You've nailed it!

Doh! 🤬

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. Who was the 15th president?

Peacemakers By George Healy

Franklin Pierce
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
James Buchanan

You're doing great!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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What US state became the first to abolish slavery when it did so in the year 1780?

12 Years A Slave Movie

Vermont
Pennsylvania
Maine
New York

Super!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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In what year did Canada officially become a country of its own?

Canada

1832
1904
1867
1794

Cool! 👍

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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This large creature came to North America from Asia across the Bering land bridge some 100,000 years ago. It went extinct at the end of the last ice age. What is its name?

Woolly mammoth

Mastodon
The woolly mammoth
Peccary
Castoroide

Nice job!

Doh! 🤬

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What US president signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 that led to the forced displacement of tens of thousands of Native Americans?

Red Indian Removal Act Native American

Martin Van Buren
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
James Monroe

Amazing! 👍

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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In what year did Canada begin using the maple leaf on its flag?

Canada Day Canadian

1942
1965
1928
1867

Right on! 👊

Nope, sorry. 😢

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On what dates is Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrated in Mexico?

Day of the Dead in Mexico City

November 1st and 2nd
September 1st and 2nd
October 30th and 31st
September 29th and 30th

Yay!

Not quite right. 😢

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In what year did Greenland become an official part of Denmark?

Greenland

1953
1933
1969
1947

Cool! 👍

Doh! 🤬

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Which US president is thought to have given the White House its name?

White House, Washington, D.C., United States

John F. Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington

Cool! 👍

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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In which North American country can you find the crater left by the asteroid believed to have killed off the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago?

Chicxulub

Canada
Greenland
Mexico
USA

Thumbs up! 👍

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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What Canadian territory was only recently created in 1999?

Nunavut

Northwest Territories
The Yukon
Alberta
Nunavut

Awesome!

Having difficulty with this one?

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What US president fathered 16 children?

White House Oval Office

John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
George Washington
Bill Clinton

Awesome!

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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The Mexican War of Independence began in 1810 and ended with Mexico becoming its own country. What year did the war end?

Mexico

1817
1824
1812
1821

Way to go!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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