New York Facts
Culture
Terminology
Special Events
Famous People
100
The capital of New York
What is Albany?
100
This food is considered the US' national dish
What is the hamburger?
100
Explain in your own words what independence means
What is freedom from the control of others, etc.
100
The US' Independence Day
What is the 4th of July?
100
The first president of the United States
Who is George Washington?
200
The five boroughs of New York City
What are The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn?
200
This sport is considered US's favorite pastime
What is Baseball?
200
A form of government that is run for and by the people, giving people the supreme power
What is Democracy?
200
On this day two planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City, as a result many lives were lost.
What is September 11, 2001 or 9/11?
200
The lady that would not give up her seat on the bus to a white person. Her actions catalyzed the civil rights movement
Who is Rosa Parks?
300
New York's Nickname
What is the Empire State?
300
The US national bird
What is the Bald Eagle?
300
the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment
What is segregation?
300
This holiday is observed in the United States during the month of May, and recognizes the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States.
What is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month?
300
Was the 16th President of the United States who successfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days after the Civil War ended. He "freed" the enslaved people
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from this country
France
400
Before 1854, a large part of the western U.S., including much of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming was actually part of this country.
What is Mexico?
400
This defines the fundamental law of the U.S. federal government, setting forth the three principal branches of the federal government and outlining their jurisdictions.
What is the Constitution?
400
This holiday marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed
What is Juneteenth?
400
The first Hispanic, Puerto Rican-American, Supreme Court Justice. She is from the Bronx
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
500
This is the state flower
What is the Rose?
500
According to the Census Bureau, what are the five most common surnames in the United States
What is Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones and Brown
500
The refusal to obey a government law or laws as a means of passive resistance because of one’s moral conviction or belief.
What is Civil Disobedience?
500
President Lyndon Johnson started this holiday that is observed from September 15th to October 15th to recognize the contributions and influence of this ethnic group to the history, culture, and achievements for the United States
What is Hispanic Heritage Month?
500
This famous Indigenous leader lead his people for years of resistance against the US government and it's policies
Who is Sitting Bull?