Second Grade Social Studies SOL Review
Jeopardy Questions and Answers
100 -These mountains can be found in Virginia.
(Appalachians)
200 - This is the longest river in the United States.
(Mississippi)
300 - This large lake can be found in Utah.
(Great Salt Lake)
400 - This rugged mountain range can be found in the
western part of the United States.
(Rocky Mountains)
500 - This is the river that flows along the border
between the United States and Mexico.
(Rio Grande)
100 - These were used for burial tombs in ancient
Egypt.
(pyramids)
200 - Egypt is located on this continent.
(Africa)
300 - The alphabet used by Egyptians was called this.
(hieroglyphics)
400 - The ancient Egyptians used this plant for paper.
(papyrus)
500 - This person was the leader of the Ancient
Egyptian government.
(Pharaoh)
100 - This person is the leader of the United Stated
government.
(president)
200 - This group of people makes the law for our
country.
(Congress)
300 - These groups of people decide when laws have been
broken.
(courts)
400 - This person is the leader of a city’s
government.
(mayor)
500 - This person is the leader of our state
government.
(governor)
100 - You live on this continent.
(North America)
200 -This ocean borders Virginia.
(Atlantic)
300 - Penguins live on this continent
(Antarctica)
400 - This is the largest continent
(Asia)
500 - This ocean is south of Asia.
(Indian)
100 - The Indians taught the early settlers how to grow
this crop.
(corn)
200 - These Southwest Indians lived in buildings with
many difference levels made from adobe
(Pueblo)
300 - Some Eastern Woodlands Indians lived in these
buildings made from wood and sinew with bark on the roof.
(longhouses)
400 - These Indians traveled around the plains area of
the United States following buffalo herds.
(Sioux or Plains
Indians)
500 - Northwest Indians made these tall poles to scare
away evil spirits.
(totem poles)
100 - This person was the first president of the United
States.
(George Washington)
200 - This president was responsible for freeing the
slaves during the Civil War.
(Abraham Lincoln)
300 - This person was a peaceful leader of black
Americans.
(Martin Luther King)
400 - This lady was a leader of women’s rights,
especially concerning women’s right to vote.
(Susan B. Anthony)
500 - This person discovered electricity by using a
kite.
(Benjamin Franklin)
200 - The Chinese developed this fabric from silk
worms.
(silk)
400 - This is the only manmade object that can be seen
from outer space.
(Great Wall of China)
600 - China is located on this continent.
(Asia)
800 - The leader of the Ancient Chinese government was
called this.
(emperor)
1000 - The ancient Chinese studied astronomy, which is
the study of these.
(the
stars)
200 - This person discovered many uses for the peanut.
(George Washington
Carver)
400 - He was a famous Naval leader during the
Revolutionary War.
(John Paul Jones)
600 - She was a famous social worker who helped less
privileged people and who developed Hull House.
(Jane Addams)
800 - She led slaves to freedom by a system known as
the Underground Railroad.
(Harriet Tubman)
1000 - This famous explorer from Tennessee was called
the King of the Wild Frontier and he died at the Alamo helping Texas win its independence
from Mexico.
(Davy Crockett)
200 - Resources which can be found in nature are called
these.
(natural resources)
400 - These are people who buy and use things which are
produced by other people.
(consumers)
600 - Trading items people need instead of using money
to pay is an example of this.
(bartering)
800 - When you put off paying for something until
later, you use this.
(credit)
1000 - This is the money a bank pays you for keeping
your money in a savings account and letting the bank use your money.
(interest)
200 - This state is due south of Virginia
(North Carolina)
400 - This state is west of Virginia and shares its
name.
(West Virginia)
600 - This state is west of North Carolina and
southwest of Virginia.
(Tennessee)
800 - This state touches Virginia at the farthest west
border.
(Kentucky)
1000 - This state shares the border of Washington, D.C.
with Virginia
(Maryland)
200 - This helps you identify important cities, rivers,
and landmarks on a map.
(map key)
400 - This tells you which direction is north, south,
east, or west on a map.
(compass rose)
600 - Usually found at the top of a map, this tells you
what the map illustrates.
(title)
800 - This is put on a map so the reader will know how
up-to-date it is.
(date)
1000 - This tells the map reader how many miles an inch
represents on the map.
(scale)
200 - An area where people live, work, and play
(community)
400 - Many years ago, people settled along these for
transportation and for a water source.
(rivers)
600 - An urban area is the downtown of one of these.
(city)
800 - An area of farmland in the country is known as
this.
(rural)
1000 - Neighborhoods and communities just outside of a
city are called this.
(suburban)
Return to South Salem Home
page created January 11, 1999