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| Tennessee has how many grand divisions? | 3 |
| How many branches does Tennessee's govenment have? | 3 |
| The capital of Tennessee in 2007 is____? | Nashville |
| The most popular nickname of Tennessee is_____. | the Volunteer State |
| The state bird of Tennessee is the____. | Mockingbird |
| The state tree of Tennessee is the ____. | Tulip Popular |
| Tennessee's flag has___ stars. | 3 |
| The stars on Tennessee's flag represents a different____region of Tennessee. | geographical |
| The ______contains the images of a plow, a bundle of wheat, a cotton plant, and a boat. | Tennessee state seal |
| Tennessee's horse is the______. | Tennessee Walking Horse |
| The state flowers of Tennessee are the___ and ___ flowers. | Iris and Passion |
| The three largest rivers in the state are the Mississippi River, the Tennessee River, and the ____River. | Cumberland |
| The singer and performer known as "the King of Rock and Roll". He called Memphis his home. He called his home Graceland. | Elvis Presley |
| This famous singer, songwriter, and performer came out of rural East Tennessee. She has a theme park in her hometown of Pigeon forge near the Great Smoky Mountains. The theme park is named after her. | Dolly Parton |
| This outstanding athlete was born in Clarksville, Tennessee. She overcame childhood paralysis to compete in sports. In the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Italy, she won three gold medals. | Wilma Rudolph |
| Today perhaps the best-known female Tennessean in sports is the coach of women's basketball at the University of Tennessee. she has coached six national championship teams as well as an Olympic championship team. | Pat Summitt |
| In the late 1990's, this professional football team came to Tennessee. Itmoved to Nashville and in january 2000, this team played in the Super Bowl. What is the name of this team? | Tennessee Titans |
| The most famous soldier in World War I was from Fentress County, Tennessee. He won the Congressional Medal of Honor-the nation's highest military honor- and became a symbol of patriotism throughout the country. Who was he? | Sergeant Alvin C. York |
| Tennessee has how many main physical regions? | 6 |
| Tennessee became a state in___. | 1796 |
| How long is the term of Tennessee's governor? | 4 years |
| Tennessee has four most valuable crops. they are tobacco, cotton, and___. | soybeans and corn |
| Archaeologists believe that Tennessee's first inhabitants came to the region by the end of the last Ice Age, about how many years ago? | 12,000 to 15,000 years ago |
| A spanish expedition in the early 1540's led by_____ arrived in the Tennessee area searching for gold and treasure. | Hernando de Soto |
| Tennessee was first known as the______. | "State of Franklin" |
| The first capital of Tennessee was ____. | Knoxville |
| The Tennessee portion of the Blue Ridge Mountains is known as the_____ Mountains, which include the Great Smoky Mountains. | Unaka |
| ______Lake was created as a result of some of the worst earthquakes to hit the United States. | Reelfoot |
| This area is also known as the Central Basin and is surrounded by the Highland Rim. Middle Tennessee is made up of part of the Cumberland Plateau, the Highland Rim, and this region. | Nashville Basin |
| This Tennessee leader served two terms as United States senator and as vice president of the United States. | Al Gore, Jr. |
| This Tennessee leader was a leading figure in the United States Senate. | Howard Baker, Jr. |
| What leading crop is grown in Middle and East Tennessee? | tobacco |
| When did the ancestors of Native Americans live in Tennessee? | 9500 B.C. |
| When did the Mound builder culture begin? | 500 B.C. |
| When did Spain's Hernando de Soto become the first European to enter Tennessee? | 1541 |
| In what year did Marquette and Joliet explore the Mississippi River valley? | 1673 |
| When did British gain control of Tennessee at end of French and Indian War? | 1763 |
| In what yar did Tennessee enter the Union as a state? | 1796 |
| In what year did Tennessee secede from the Union? | 1861 |
| In what year was Memphis founded? | 1819 |
| When was Tennessee readmitted to the Union? | 1866 |
| In what year did Sergeant Alvin York heorically fight in World War I? | 1918 |
| Tennessee became the ___ state. | 16th |
| ____, who would later become the seventh president of the United States, was the first congressperson. He was the first president from Tennessee. | Andrew Jackson |
| Abraham Lincoln appointed former governor and state senator_____ as the military governor of the state. He later became vice president and then the 17th president and the third president from Tennessee. | Andrew Johnson |
| The highest point in Tennessee is ____. | Clingmans Dome |
| The______region is located west of the Unaka Mountains. Cities such as Chattanooga and Knoxville are located in this region. | Appalachian Valley and Ridge |
| This region lies west of the Appalachian Ridge and Valley region. East Tennessee, the Appalachian Valley and Ridge, and the Unaka Mountains are part of this region. | Cumberland Plateau |
| The Tennessee River marks the boundary between the Highland Rim and this region. this region is part of an enormous range of hills and streams that runs from the Gulf of Mexico to southern Illinois. This region covers West Tennessee. The most productive farmland is in this region. | Gulf Coastal Plain |
| sharp drops in elevation mark the boundary between the cumberland Plateau and this region. This region is a large, elevated plain that surrounds the Nashville Basin. | Highland Rim |
| This person was a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson. He served in the state legislature and as governor. He represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He became the 11th President of the United States; the second president from Tennessee. | James Knox Polk |
| Tennessee's legislature is called the____. | General Assembly |
