A community event that promotes fun and healthy academic competition among young people
STUDENT STUDY GUIDE
AMERICAN HISTORY
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Presidential/Government
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Maryland Facts
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Cultural Events
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Current Events
Students
High school students in DMV
Public, Private and homeschooled
School uniforms are accepted attire
Contact:
Dr. Tamara M. Cooke Henry
(301) 801-2618
[email protected]
http://wordconsultingllc.com/Scholastic_Olympics.html
This study guide was developed to outline the rules for the
History competition and to give you an idea of how things
will run the day of the event. The best way to prepare is to
review the history text used in your schools. The questions in
this booklet are just samples. If you have any questions,
don’t hesitate to contact the person listed on the front of the
booklet.
Three history areas will be covered:
 Presidential/Government History
 Maryland Facts
 Cultural Events
The Championship Round will focus on Current Events
CONTEST RULES:
This contest will consist of Preliminary, Semi-Final and
Championship rounds, with moderators leading each round.
In the Preliminary Round, student contestants will receive
points for each correct answer. At the end of the Preliminary
Round, the first six students with the most points will move
to the Semi-Final Round. In the Semi-Final Round, students
are asked questions and allowed to miss only one question to
stay in the competition. In the Championship Round,
students are eliminated upon missing the answer to one
question.
A panel of judges will monitor each round both for accuracy
in questions and answers, and to handle other issues that
arise.
Maryland Fact
1. What are the four colors found in the state flag of
Maryland?
2. This colony was name in honor of Queen Henrietta
Maria and houses counties of Calvert, Cecil, and
St. Mary’s.
3. This state is bordered by West Virginia, Delaware,
Virginia, District of Columbia, and Pennsylvania.
What is this state who’s most populous city is
Baltimore?
4. Who is Maryland’s Lieutenant Governor?
CURRENT EVENTS
Presidential/ Government History
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1. John F. Kennedy, the 35 U.S. President, was not the oldest
child. He had an older brother Joseph who died at the age of
29. How did he die?
House?
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3. This lady was the first woman to ever be elected to the House
what state did the Trayvon Martin incident occur?
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What former Popes recently were made saints in the
Roman Catholic Church?
of Representatives. She served two terms but was voted out
after she became the only individual to vote against the United
Trayvon Martin was shot to death on Feb. 26, 2012 by
George Zimmman, a neighborhood watch volunteer. In
2. Name either the year Abraham Lincoln became president or the
number president he became?
Who was the First Woman to become Speaker of the
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In what city did two bombs explode during a 2013 race,
States entering into World War I. She also voted against
killing three and injuring more than 100 racers and
entering World War II, what is her name?
spectators?
4. Which president of the United States officially ended World
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War II on December 31, 1946? Was It Harry Truman, William
Taft, or James K. Polk?
bombed by terrorists.
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5. He became the first president who became one when his
6. Serving as president for only 30 days before dying from
Apple Inc.
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On what date did four groups of terrorists from al-Qaeda
hijack four aircraft and then crash into the World Trade
complications from a cold, who was the oldest man elected as
Center in New York, and into the Pentagon near
president before Ronald Reagan?
Washington, DC?
7. What are the three branches of the government?
8. Article III of the U.S. Constitution only establishes this court in
Name the American businessman, designer and inventor
who was best known as the co-founder and chairman of
predecessor died. Texas became a state in the waning days of
his administration.
In 2014, the headquarters of this French publication was
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On August 7, 2010, this woman was sworn in as a Supreme
which the judicial powers of the United States be vested in.
Court Justice, becoming the fourth woman justice. This is
What is the know as the highest court?
the first time that three women serve at the same time.
9. In Heller vs. DC, the right to gun owner was affirmed
according to which amendment to the Constitution.
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One of the longest manhunts in American History ended on
May 1, 2011. Who was killed?
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Name the 5th president of Iraq who was deposed after
former President George W. Bush and British Prime
Minister Tony Blair accused him of possessing weapons
of mass destruction.
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Name the richest African American woman in America.
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Name the first African-American senator since
Reconstruction and died in 2014.
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What member of Congress stepped down as a result of an
assassination attempt with a gunshot wound to the head
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This member has inspired the nation who feels that he or
she cannot continue to focus on the recovery and still serve
Congress.
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Residents of this city recently angered their government by
protecting to hold elections in their city.
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Control over what region began Ukraine-Russia Conflict
that began in 2014.
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Name our Secretary of Housing of Urban Development
who was a former mayor of San Antonio Texas.
SMAPLE QUESTIONS
American History
1. Literary sources can be useful and interesting in
discovering the history of a particlarera.
2. This novel, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the
most influential novels of the 1850s.
3. Of the 13 original colonies, this state is the only one that
does not border the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Henry Ford developed this method of mass production
still used in the making of automobiles.
5. The sinking of this passenger ship was a major reason the
United States entered World War I.
6. How did the United States acquire the state of California
and bordering states in the Western US?
7. This political party was established to eliminate slavery.
8. What region did the Monroe Doctrine address?
9. What was the first permanent English settlement of what
is now the United States of America?
10.Who was the first billionaire? He made his money in oil.
11. Name the first black woman to be elected to the U.S.
Senate in 1992. She is from Illinois.