Random Social Studies
Name 1 modern and 1 old method of transportation.
Old (wagons)
Who is a person who lives in a community or a member of a country?
Citizen
Who was the man who planted apple trees?
Johnny Appleseed
Name a food that comes from immigrants.
(Many Correct Answers)
What are the colors of Thailand's flag?
red
white
blue
What animal almost went extinct due to the railroads and Western expansion?
American Buffalo
(bison)
A story that is handed down over years and years?
Folktale
Name 2 Disney Characters
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What is the popular holiday from Mexico wear people honor their dead family
Day of the Dead
(Dia de los Muertos)
people who settled in wilderness areas
pioneer
What was John Henry's Job?
Railroad Worker
A quilt
What holiday is February 14th?
Valentine's Day
Name two groups of people who helped build the railroads
1. Chinese
2. Irish
Stories and Poems that are passed down by speaking rather than writing them down
oral tradition
What was Paul Bunyan's ox named?
Babe
What is on Ellis Island in New York City?
Statue of Liberty
What language do they speak in Mexico?
Spanish
Tourism
An object from people in the past
artifact
Name one of Paul Bunyan's feats
1000's Lakes
Making Grand Canyon
Clearing out the great plains
Wrestling with babe to make Northern Lights
What was a major pulling factor for people to immigrate and move out to the West of the USA?
Gold
What has to be broken before you can use it?
an egg