General knowledge - 29 questions 

1. What is the name of the ancient civilization that built impressive cities and structures in present-day Mexico, such as Chichen Itza and Teotihuacan?
Answer: The Maya civilization.

2. Who were the first Europeans to arrive in North America?
Answer: The Vikings.

3. What was the name of the first English settlement in North America, established in 1607?
Answer: Jamestown.

4. Which European power colonized present-day Quebec, Canada?
Answer: France.

5. Who was the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic?
Answer: Ferdinand Magellan.

6. Who were the original inhabitants of the Great Plains region in North America?
Answer: The Plains Indians.

7. What was the name of the 1803 land deal in which the United States purchased a vast territory from France?
Answer: The Louisiana Purchase.

8. Who is known as the 'Father of the Constitution' in the United States?
Answer: James Madison.

9. What was the name of the system of forced labor used by the Spanish in their American colonies?
Answer: Encomienda.

10. Which event led to the United States declaring its independence from Great Britain in 1776?
Answer: The American Revolution.

11. Who was the first president of the United States?
Answer: George Washington.

12. What was the name of the movement to abolish slavery in the United States?
Answer: The abolitionist movement.

13. Which Native American tribe is known for its use of horses and its role in the development of the Wild West?
Answer: The Apache tribe.

14. What was the name of the conflict between the United States and Mexico in 1846-1848?
Answer: The Mexican-American War.

15. Who wrote the famous novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which shed light on the horrors of slavery?
Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe.

16. What was the main cause of the Civil War in the United States?
Answer: The issue of slavery.

17. Who is known as the 'Great Emancipator' for his role in abolishing slavery in the United States?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln.

18. Which country did Mexico gain independence from in 1821?
Answer: Spain.

19. What was the name of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States?
Answer: The Union Pacific-Central Pacific Railroad.

20. Who was the first female prime minister of Canada, in office from 1993-2003?
Answer: Kim Campbell.

21. What was the name of the famous leader of the Nez Perce tribe who resisted forced relocation by the US government?
Answer: Chief Joseph.

22. Which US president declared the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States would not tolerate European interference in the Western Hemisphere?
Answer: James Monroe.

23. What was the name of the period of economic downturn and high unemployment in the United States in the 1930s?
Answer: The Great Depression.

24. Who was the first African American president of the United States?
Answer: Barack Obama.

25. Which event led to the United States entering World War II?
Answer: The bombing of Pearl Harbor.

26. Who was the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church?
Answer: Joseph Smith.

27. What was the name of the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States, established in 1565?
Answer: St. Augustine.

28. Which country did Canada gain independence from in 1867?
Answer: Great Britain.

29. What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional?
Answer: Brown v. Board of Education.