HISTORY & HERSTORY
ANCIENT HISTORY
ISLANDS
LET IT "GO"
AROUND THE BODY
100

Scholars have referred to the years 1585 to 1592 as "the Lost Years" of this English playwright

Shakespeare

100

The Olympic Games began in 776 B.C., took a long break & reappeared in 1896 in this country

Greece

100

This Atlantic island is larger than the second-, third-& fourth-biggest islands combined

Greenland

100

It's nicknamed the "Windy City"

Chicago

100

 In humans, the central nervous system consists of the brain & this long cable of nerves

the spinal cord

200

In 1776 she took over the family upholstering business; she also made flags for the Navy of Pennsylvania

Betsy Ross

200

After this queen died in 30 B.C., Egypt fell under Roman domination

Cleopatra

200

Manhasset, Islip & Ronkonkoma are stops on the LIRR, short for this New York railroad

the Long Island Railroad

200

Kids young & old like to hit the track in one of these

a go-kart

200

For the most part, these are composed of dentin, which is harder than bone

teeth

300

He got 34 patents for the telephone, but don't say Bell; he also got 389 for electric light & power

Thomas Edison

300

 Covering 120,000 square miles from Mexico into Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador & the Honduras, this civilization peaked from 250 to 900 A.D.

the Mayans

300

Lying at the southern tip of South America, the islands of Tierra del Fuego are split between these 2 countries

Chile & Argentina

300

A group of islands such as the Bismarck one in the Southwest Pacific

an archipelago

300

Over most of the body, this outermost layer of skin is about as thick as a sheet of paper

the epidermis

400

This Confederate Gen. & Virginian opposed secession but "could take no part in an invasion of the Southern states"

Robert E. Lee

400

He was Tetrarch of Galilee before he was King of Judea at the time of Jesus' birth

Herod (the Great)

400

According to Hindu myth, a bridge once connected the Indian subcontinent to this island nation to the south

Sri Lanka

400

Have some family fun traveling the country in one of these R.V.s

a Winnebago

400

2 coronary these supply blood to the heart muscle

arteries

500

In 2001 this woman known for aiding Lewis & Clark was made an honorary sergeant in the Regular Army

Sacagawea

500

Born in China in 551 B.C., this teacher & philosopher is also referred to as Kongfuzi, or "Master Kong"

Confucius

500

The primary port of entry for tourists in this Caribbean island nation is Sangster Airport near Montego Bay

Jamaica

500

It's often defined as a sensation of dizziness

vertigo

500

This spongy substance that fills the bones produces the body's blood cells

marrow

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