From which descent group can you trace all ancestors?
100
Dress codes that were printed in the early years of BGSU, and even up until the mid '60s, prohibited women from wearing jeans, except in the Union, and only on the first floor.
Until the mid 1960's women could only wear these on the first floor of the Union
What are jeans?
100
1/46 people in this culture have seen an igloo.
What are Eskimos?
100
She was on of the most successful Underground Railroad conductors. Her nickname was Moses, and it is that said she never lost a single passenger.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
Court case that called for the desegregation of all schools (1954).
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
Polygyny
The marriage of a man to two or more women at the same time. Tends to create less stress in the household due to sharing of the chores.
200
The class of 1940 buried this under a tree in old campus.
What is a time capsule?
200
This country has the highest number of cell phone users.
(634,000,000 in 2008).
What is China?
200
First Hispanic person appointed to the Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
200
Case that upheld racial segregation under the idea of "separate but equal". (1896)
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
300
Polyandry
The marriage of a woman to two or more men at the same time, (usually brothers)
300
For a Homecoming activity in 1975, 3,376 people participated in one of these, and received a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
What is a conga line?
300
One of the countries with the highest death rates per 1,000 in the population
What are Swaziland (30.83/1,000), Angola (24.08/1,000), Lesotho (22.20/1,000), Sierra Leone (21.91/1,000), Zambia (21.34/1,000).
300
This member of the Shoshone tribe was best known for guiding Lewis and Clark on their trek across America.
Who is Sacagawea?
300
This case upheld a woman's right to chose whether or not to have an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
400
Patrilineal Descent
A man's children trace their descent through the male line to their common ancestor.
400
All 35 graduates of BGSU's first graduating class in 1915 had this as their major.
What is Elementary Education?
400
The number of letters in the Hawaiian alphabet
What is 12?
400
New President of Cuba after Fidel Castro
Who is Raul Castro?
400
This decision made in 1831 defined Native American Tribes as "domestic dependant nations" instead of foreign nations. This caused many problems for Indigenous people especially in the south.
What is Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?
500
Matrilineal Descent
Decent passes through the female line and women may have power, they share authority in the descent group with men?
500
BG's first female mascot (Frieda) appeared in this year
What is 1980?
500
One of the two major religions in Japan
What are Buddhism and Shinto?
500
First woman to be elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985-1995)
Who is Wilma Mankiller?
500
A medical school rejected a white applicant twice even though his scores were higher than some of the minority students being admitted.
This case imposed limitations on Affirmative Action to ensure that so called "reverse discrimination" was not taking place. (1978)
What is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke