Vocabulary
Union Pacific & Central Pacific are in a race to lay track and connect both sides of America
Transcontinental Railroad
What train company started in Omaha, NE
Union Pacific
True or False: Custer's entire infantry died at Custer's Last Stand
True
What is a group of lions called?
A pride
Ottawa is the capital city of what country
Canada
Towns are typically 7-8 miles apart
Railroad Towns
What train company started in Sacramento, CA
Central Pacific
The government wanted to assimilate or ______
Americanize
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in which continent?
Africa
What’s the longest bone in the human body?
Femur
Destruction of the Bison was one of the biggest blows to the ___________
Native Americans
List the four time zones
Eastern, Mountain, Central and Pacific
What river did Custer's Last Stand take place at?
Little Big Horn River
How many legs does a lobster have?
10
What ancient civilization built Machu Picchu? Maya, Inca, Olmec or Aztec
Inca
Act where Native Americans give up their beliefs & way of life & become part of white culture
Dawes Act
Railroad promoted trade and _____________
Interdependence
In what year did the Dawes Act take place?
1872, 1883, 1887, 1890, 1901
1887
Poseidon is the Greek God of the ____
What fruit was once known as a “love apple”?
Tomato
Connecting point of the Transcontinental Railroad
Promontory Point, Utah
Who created timezones
C.F. Dowd
Extra Credit: There were three well-known Lakota & Sioux natives at Custer's Last Stand...name one of them
Gall, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull
What animal is on the Australian coat of arms?
Kangaroo
What mammal can't jump?
Elephant