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200

This Spanish explorer "discovered" Central Mexico and eventually conquered the Aztec people.

Hernan Cortez

200

This was the path that Native Americans were forced to take when they were forcibly moved from their homes and relocarted to the central United States.

The Trail of Tears

200

Name the elements represented by the symbol: Fe

Iron

200

Name this actor

Denzel Washington

200

If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?


A secret
400

These American explorers followed the Missouri river and were the first to map the Western territories of America.

Lewis and Clark.

400

To _____________________ others means to take advantage of them. One __________________ others by using them to benefit themselves without proper compensation. ________________ means that there is not fairness between people providing something and those who are receiving what is being produced.

Exploitation

400

What is the name of the compound present in plants which gives them their green color and helps them absorb energy from the sun.

Chlorophyll

400

This was the first animated Disney film in color.

Snow White

400

What kind of band never plays music?


A rubber band

600

This man was the leader of the Aztec people prior to and during the Spanish conquest.

Montezuma/Moctezuma

600

A ____________________ is typically a religious person who travels to a foreign place and tries to persuade others to follow their belief system.

Missionary

600

This system in the human body includes the intestines, the stomach, and the esophagus.

The Digestive System

600

What is the smallest country in the world and home to the Catholic Pope?

Vatican City

600

Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?


Five

800

This Spanish explorer conquered the Incan empire in South America.

Francisco Pizarro

800

This term is used to describe the idea that white settlers had a right to go West and colonize lands previously inhabited by Native Americans.

Manifest Destiny

800

The closest galaxy to our own is called....

The Andromeda Galaxy

800

Who wrote the famous novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo."

Alexandre Dumas

800

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

Silence

1000

This man invented the Telegraph which was an essential tool in industry and exploration.

Guglielmo Marconi

1000

_________________ is a process of adopting a foreign territory for the use of its resources. It means to take control of an area with the claim that it belongs to an invading or foreign force.

Colonization

1000

List the elements of the scientific method in order.

Purpose, research, hypothesis, experiment, data analysis, conclusion

1000

This part of our brain is responsible for higher cognitive functions such as memory, emotions, impulse control, problem solving, social interaction, and motor function.

The frontal lobe

1000

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?

A Map

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