by BlastRoom
Compare how your community and communities far away meet needs for government, school, news, travel and play.
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40 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.

The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
People in a small town vote to choose a new mayor. Which need are they meeting?

A city council meets to make new rules about park hours. Which need does the council meet?

The president is the leader of one state's government.
A country's leaders make laws that everyone in the country must follow. Which need is being met?
One town votes for a mayor. A village far away follows a chief. Which need do both meet?
Who leads the government of a whole state?
Long ago in New England, townspeople gathered at town meetings to vote on local rules. Which need did they meet?

Which community worker helps meet the need for government?
In a mountain village, children learn from one teacher in a one-room school. Which need is met?

Village children walk to a one-room school. City children ride a bus to a big school. Which need do both meet?
Long ago, many American children learned in one-room schoolhouses.
Children on a faraway island take their lessons from a teacher over the internet. Which need is met?

A town hires more teachers so its classes will be smaller. Which need is the town meeting?
Long ago, students wrote their lessons on small slates instead of paper. Which need did slates help meet?

Long ago, many farm children went to school only in winter. What did they do the rest of the year?

Which person helps a community meet its need for education?
A town prints a weekly newspaper filled with local news. Which need does the newspaper meet?
In one village people share news at the market. In a city people read news on phones. Which need do both meet?
Long ago, riders on horseback carried mail across the American West.

A grandmother far away video-calls her grandchildren every Sunday. Which need is being met?

A radio station warns listeners that a big storm is coming. Which need does the station meet?

Long ago, ships at sea raised colored flags to send messages. Which need did the flags meet?

A village drummer beats out a message that people can hear all across the valley. Which need is being met?

News from far away reached people faster long ago than it does today.
In a country town people drive on dirt roads. In a big city people ride subway trains. Which need do both meet?
A town builds a bridge across a river so cars can cross. Which need does the bridge meet?

Long ago, many American families traveled west in covered wagons.

In a village built along a river, people paddle boats to visit neighbors. Which need is met?

Which change made travel between American cities much faster in the 1800s?

A city adds more buses to its busy streets. Which need is the city meeting?

In a very snowy place, people travel by sleds pulled by dogs. Which need is met?

People in country communities and people in city communities both need ways to travel.
A town builds a playground with swings and slides. Which need does the playground meet?

Village children play soccer in an open field. City children play in an indoor gym. Which need do both meet?
A community holds a summer festival with music and dancing. Which need does the festival meet?

Long ago, American children played by rolling hoops along the ground with sticks. Which need did this meet?

A city opens a public swimming pool for hot summer days. Which need is the city meeting?

Building an ice-skating rink helps a community meet its need for transportation.

Every community in the world meets its needs in exactly the same way.
Which place in a community is built mainly for recreation?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.

Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
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