Christopher Columbus (Easy)
Central / South American indigenous people (EASY)
North American / Local indigenous people (EASY)
Origin of America (MEDIUM)
Random topics we will study this year! (HARD)
100

What day is Columbus Day ?

October 12th

100

What is the name of the Spanish conquistador who conquored the Aztec people? 

Maya, Inca, and Aztecs

100

What was the name of the local indigenous tribe? 

Wampanoag  

100

Name the three branches  in the United States government? (WHITEBOARD QUESTION) 


Judicial, Executive, and Legislative 

100

What were the geographic regions / names of the two factions that fought in the American Civil War? 

The South - The Confederacy

The North - The Union

200

What was the specific geographic region Christopher Columbus land in? 

The Bahamas / Caribbean initially, eventually modern day Mexico and South America

200

What was a popular part of Central and South American indigenous religion? 

Building pyramids to gods, human sacrifice, piercings, tattoos 

200

Where did 'Fall River' get its name? (WHITEBOARD QUESTION) 

There used to be a series of waterfalls, the indigenous term for "falling river" was originally “Quequechan” to describe these waterfalls, which is the name of a street here in Fall River

200

Why are there 13 stripes on the United States flag?

To represent the original 13 colonies

200

Who was the SECOND president of the United States? 

(WHITEBORD QUESTION) 

John Adams

300

What year did Christopher Columbus land in the Americas?

1492

300

What was the name of the Spanish explorer / conquistador who conquered the Aztec people? 

Hernán Cortés

300

How long did it take them to find land

36 days

300

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 

Thomas Jefferson, the third president

300

Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed enslaved people in the Southern states during the Civil War? 

Abraham Lincoln

400

What are were the names of at least two of the ships Christopher Columbus set sail with? (WHITEBOARD QUESTION) 

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

400

What advancements in TECHNOLOGY did the Maya make? (WHITEBOARD QUESTION) 

Astronomy, mathematics, creation of a calendar, and they developed the most complex written language in Central / South America

400

One reason for European exploration in the Americas? 

Population increase, political unification, desire for luxury goods

400

Name 8 of the original 13 colonies (WHITEBOARD QUESTION)

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia

400

What is the name of the trail that colonial settlers would take in order to journey out west from the original 13 colonies, which eventually became the name of a popular video game created in the 1970s?

The Oregon Trail

500

Where was Christopher Columbus from?

Italy

500

The Inca were located on the western side of what mountain range? 

Andes Mountains 

500

What was the 'fancy' name used to describe the lifestyle of the local indigenous group? 

Tidewater Horticulturalist 

500

What decade was the American Revolution fought? 

1770 - 1780s

500

Which president signed into law the Indian Removal Act of 1830 which began the Trail of Tears which led Native Americans out of their homes and forced them to move onto reservations in the western territory of the United States? (WHITEBOARD QUESTION) 

Andrew Jackson

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