Washington D.C.

1. What does D.C. stand for?

2. To the nearest 100,000, what was the population of D.C. in 2005?

3. When was D.C. founded as a federal district as specified by the United States Constitution?

4. When did British forces burn the capital, the most notable raid of the War of 1812?

5. Residents of DC do not have any voting representative in Congress, but until the 23^rd Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified on March 29, 1961, what other branch of the US government did DC residents have no vote on?

6. Which government building is the highest-capacity office building in the world?

Match the buildings and monuments with the images

7. Washington Monument

8. Lincoln Memorial

9. Capitol Building

10. Smithsonian Institute Building

11. White House

12. National Archives

13. National Museum of the American Indian

14. Vietnam Veterans Memorial

15. National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institute

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I