New York
State
State
What is the name of the tallest mountain in New York State?
Mount Marcy
What type of shelter could be home for several Iroquois families?
Longhouse
What is the FULL NAME of the Italian explorer who discovered New York Bay?
Giovanni de Verrazzano
Who was the first country to "colonize" modern day New York State?
Netherlands (or Dutch)
What event is considered the underlying "cause" or reason for the American Revolution?
French and Indian War
What is the name of BOTH mountain ranges in New York State?
Catskill Mountains and Adirondack Mountains
What type of shelter could be home for one Algonquian family?
Wigwam
What is the FULL NAME of the explorer who discovered the major waterway whose headwaters are in the Adirondack Mountains?
Henry Hudson
What was the original name given to modern day New York City?
New Amsterdam
What event had the "shot heard around the world"?
Battle of Lexington & Concord
What is the name of ALL THREE major lakes along the borders of New York State?
Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and Lake Champlain
What were the TWO main uses of wampum beads?
Trade (currency) and belts (decoration/story telling)
What was the original Dutch name for Albany?
Fort Orange
Who was the first governor of colonized New Netherland?
Peter Minuit
What is the FULL NAME of the midnight messenger?
Paul Revere
What is the name of ALL FIVE boroughs of New York City?
Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island
What were the "Three Sisters"?
Corn, squash, beans
Where did Marco Polo start his years long journey of China?
Italy (Venice)
What was the nickname given to Peter Stuyvesant?
Peg Leg Pete
Name ALL THREE major battles that took place in New York State.
Battle of Ticonderoga, Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn) and Battle of Saratoga
What is the name of ALL FIVE states that border New York State?
Connecticut (CT), Massachusetts (MA), New Jersey (NJ), Pennsylvania (PA) and Vermont (VT)
The Oneida, Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga and Cayuga united and all remain part of the _____ _____.
Iroquois Nation
What were ALL of the European explorers searching for?
Northwest Passage (to Indies)
What was the name of the colonial region that the colony of New York belonged to?
Middle Colonies
The Revolutionary War ended at the Battle of _____?
Yorktown (Virginia)