the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797
who was George Washington?
100
full moon
What is the phase of the moon called when it is completely visible?
100
a navigator, colonizer, and explorer from Genoa, Italy, whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
100
a massive, luminous ball of plasma held together by gravity.
What is a star?
200
a tribe of Native Americans who live in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
where was the Kwakiutl tribe located?
200
the second President of the United States
who is John Adams?
200
the reflection of the sun
what makes the moon visible at certain phases?
200
the first Puerto Rican to assume the governorship of Puerto Rico
Who was Juan Ponce de Leon?
200
Sun
What star is the nearest to the Earth?
300
a Native American people who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona.
Where was the Hopi tribes located?
300
a war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763.
What is the French and Indian War?
300
first quarter moon, and last quarter moon
what is the name one of the two phases of the moon when it is 50% visible?
300
a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France
Who was Jacques Cartier?
300
because they are out shown by the Sun's light
Why are stars not seen during the day?
400
a Native American tribe originally of Florida, who now reside primarily in that state and Oklahoma.
Where was the Seminole tribes located?
400
is a slogan originating during the 1750s and 1760s that summarized a primary grievance of the British colonists in the Thirteen Colonies, which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution
What is “no taxation without representation"?
400
29 or 30 days long
how long is a full lunar month?
400
English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century who unknowingly explored the region around modern day New York City.
Who was Henry Hudson
400
a celestial body orbiting a star that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, but is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion.
What is a planet?
500
indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland
where was the Inuit tribe located?
500
the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America.
What was the American Revolution?
500
is Earth's only natural satellite and is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System.
What is the moon?
500
was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of North America is commonly held to be the first European voyage to the continent since eleventh century Norse explorers
Who was John Cabot?
500
is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located.