Flipgrid Scavenger Hunt Assessment

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Across
  1. 4. The rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union is often referred to and the ________________ war.
  2. 5. What is the United State’s oldest intercollegiate sport?
  3. 6. It is predicted that A.I will enable companies to reduce the size of their labor force while simultaneously increasing their overall ________________________.
  4. 7. Which branch of government is in charge of war at sea?
  5. 11. Benjamin Franklin helped to write the U.S. _____________________________. It sets out the basic rules of American democracy.
  6. 14. After the fall of Communism, the Soviet Union became what country?
  7. 17. What is the acronym for the National Aeronautical Space Administration?
  8. 18. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning _______________. It protects your house from being struck by lightning.
  9. 20. What electronic device was used to communicate across long distances before the invention of the telephone?
  10. 22. What is the common word used to describe a work stoppage as a form of protest?
  11. 23. What city was the capital of the United States during the American Revolution?
  12. 25. Which country did the United States fight against in the American Revolution?
  13. 26. What woman from American history is known as “the Moses of her people?”
  14. 28. Which American President challenged the Soviets to race to the moon?
  15. 29. Which branch of the United States military is responsible for ground missions and assault operations (often launched from boats)?
  16. 30. What can you buy if you want to invest your money in a publicly owned company?
Down
  1. 1. What is the Generative Pretrained Transformer?
  2. 2. What controversial procedure was used to “control” mental disorders in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
  3. 3. Who was the founder of Nike?
  4. 7. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is better known by what acronym?
  5. 8. The ________________________________ are a religious group that immigrated to the United States from Switzerland and southwest Germany in the 1730’s. They don’t use electricity or the internal combustion engin.
  6. 9. A.I. stands for ___________________________ intelligence.
  7. 10. Who helped Nike to become one of the world’s top selling athletic shoes? (not the founder)
  8. 12. What was the name of the first machine that was able to record and play back sound?
  9. 13. Astronauts who go into space are exposed to ten times more ____________________ than normal.
  10. 15. Which Chicago Bulls player helped Nike to become the most famous athletic footwear company?
  11. 16. Which state has passed a law requiring businesses to use E-Verify to identify workers who are not eligible to work in the United States?
  12. 19. During the Soviet era, Vladimir Putin was the leader of what government spy agency?
  13. 21. Wilbur and Orville ______________ invented the airplane.
  14. 24. Benjamin Franklin helped Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of _______________________. It informed King George that the United States was an independent nation.
  15. 25. Who invented the light bulb?
  16. 27. Who invented the telephone?