Black History
This black man was a Puerto Rican of African and German descent. He moved to the United States in 1891, where he researched and raised awareness of the contributions that Afro-Latin Americans and African Americans have made to society. A branch of the New York City Public Library is named after him.
Who was Arturo Schomburg?
This is the name for lines, ridges, loops, and curves on the tips of your ringers. The pattern is unique to you.
What are fingerprints?
This is one of the most commonly carried pieces of paper money in most people’s wallets. It stays in circulation for an average of about 5.8 years before it wears out and has to be replaced..
What is a dollar bill?
This spicy herb is sometimes used to make beverages and cookies. It can also be used to flavor chicken or fish.
What is ginger?
This southeastern city is named after an English explorer who attempted to establish the first English colony on the shores of the new world in the 1580s. It is nicknamed the “City of Oaks” because it has a lot of oak trees.
What is Raleigh, NC?
It is named after the explorer Sir Walter Raleigh.
This African American was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. She escaped slavery and then made 13 trips to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people. When the Civil War began, she worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. Later in life, she made her home in Auburn, NY, a city that was an important stop on the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
This substance is the hardest rock on Earth. It is sometimes used to make jewelry.
What is diamond?
The face of this political figure appears on the ten dollar bill.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This food has the highest Vitamin C of any fruit or vegetable; it has more vitamin C than the amount found in oranges. This food is combined with celery and onions in Cajun or Creole cooking.
What is a green pepper?
This southern city is the hilliest spot in the state in which it is located. It has the third tallest capitol building in the US. Its name comes from a Muskogean Indian word, which means “Old Fields” or “Old Towns”. A famous historically black college is located in this city.
What is Tallahassee, Florida?
This African American was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African-American mother and a father who had formerly been enslaved. He had little formal education and was mostly self taught. As an adult, he was a mathematician, astronomer, and almanac author. Through his work as a surveyor, he established the original borders of the District of Columbia.
Who was Benjamin Banneker?
These are special cells that help you stop bleeding when you have a cut that breaks your skin.
What are platelets?
During the Civil War, there was a shortage in the supply of coins. At the time, they were still made of silver and gold, so people were holding on to them because the metals were valuable. To address this, the government started accepting this specific item as payment for debts.
What are postage stamps?
This food is made from corn or cornmeal. It is high in fiber. It is commonly eaten in the south.
What are grits?
This southern city is home to the world's busiest airport. Also, a famous soda was invented in this city, and its headquarters remains in this capital city.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
Coca Cola is the soda that was invented in Atlanta.
This African American served as Surgeon General when Donald Trump was president.
Who is Dr. Jerome Adams?
This British scientist discovered penicillin, an important antibiotic, in 1928.
Who was Sir Alexander Fleming?
This government official is responsible for approving all U.S. currency designs.
Who is the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury?
This fruit is the only citrus fruit that originated in the Americas. It was discovered in the 1750s in Barbados. Just half of one of these fruits contains the total amount of vitamin C your body needs in one day. California and Florida grow a lot of these fruits.
What is grapefruit?
This southwestern city is America's largest state capital by population. In terms of altitude, it's lower than the Grand Canyon.
What is Phoenix, Arizona?
This African American escaped slavery in Maryland by boarding a northbound train of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. He rode the train carrying identification papers and protection papers that he had obtained from a free black seaman. He became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
This is the name for a bug or other organism that lives on or in another living thing.
What is a parasite?
Benjamin Franklin reportedly designed the first version of this American coin in 1787. A chain with 13 links, each representing one of the original colonies, appeared on the back of this coin.
What is the penny?
This food is eaten at breakfast and is sometimes used as a topping for yogurt. Some versions of it contain a lot of fiber.
What is granola?
This northeastern city was ruled by the Dutch in the 1600s. Underground Railroad activists Stephen & Harriet Myers, who welcomed freedom seekers to their home, lived in this city.
What is Albany, NY?
This African American became the first African-American to serve as surgeon general of the United States when Bill Clinton appointed her in 1993.
Who was Jocelyn Elders?
This is the name of the first satellite that orbited the earth. It was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957.
What was Sputnick?
What we call paper money isn’t really paper. Instead, it is made out of these two substances.
What are cotton and linen?
More info: paper money is 75 percent cotton and 25 percent line
One cup of this fruit provides you with a quarter of the daily recommended values of vitamins K and C. This fruit can be eaten fresh; however, sometimes, people prefer to eat it dried.The The main types of this food are American and European.
What are grapes?
This Midwestern city is located on land originally inhabited by the Ho-Chunk tribe.This people group was displaced by people coming from the eastern states followed by German, Irish, and Norwegian immigrants. It became a city that is named after one of the US presidents. One of the major products of the state in which this city is located is cheese.
What is Madison, Wisconsin?