The Henry Ford Museum
Who was Henry Ford?
A Michigan inventor
What is Colonial Williamsburg?
A town where people lived and worked more then 200 yrs ago.
What does the word Mesa Verde mean in Spanish?
Green Table
How long ago did the Maya settle in Mexicos rain forest?
3,000
What did Henry Ford invent?
A way to build cars on an assembly line.
Williamsburg was one of the first British what in the Americas?
One of the first colonies.
What does mesa Verde National Park contain?
Many ancient settlement sites
What were things the Maya invented?
Calendars, and an advanced form of writing
What is the name of the process that made it affordable for ordinary people to buy cars?
Assembly line
What is a living history museum?
A living history museum is a place where visitors can see firsthand how people lived.
What are nomads? and what did they do in Mesa Verde
Nomads are people who have no permanent home. They settled down in Mesa Verde and gave up their old ways of life.
The Mayas were famous for building what?
pyramids
What others things were in the museums besides cars?
items people use in their daily life, clothes, watches, machines to loose weight
What state was Colonial Williamsburg once the capital of?
Virginia
They benefit from this because they could hide from their enemies.
What was one of these famous buildings name?
The castle
Are items cheaper when built in the United States or are they cheaper when the United States buys these items from other countries?
It depends on the item and it depends on the country.
What ideas did leaders such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson began to have in Colonial Williamsburg? What did these ideas lead to?
these ideas lead to the fight for independence from the British.
What was the serious issue that caused the nomads to leave mesa verde and never come back?
A drought
In what way did these buildings serve as a form of calendar?
the snakes at the end of the pyramids would cast a shadow on the first day of spring