Childhood/Teen Years
What is Matthew Henson's date of birth?
When is August 8, 1866?
What is the achievement that Matthew Henson is most recognized for?
What is reaching the North Pole?
How man men went on the final trip to the North Pole?
What is 24 men?
This person was so mean that Henson ran away from home when he was eleven.
Who is stepmother Nellie?
How old was Matthew when his mother passed away?
What is two years old?
In 1891, who did Hensen marry?
Who is Evie Flint?
A tenant farm who gives a part of each crop as rent.
What is a sharecropper?
How man sledges where take on the final trip?
What is 19 sledges?
What saved Hensen when he slipped through the ice?
Who is Ootah?
When Henssen was eleven years old, he ran away from home to what place?
What is Washington D.C.?
Who did Hensen's first why leave him?
What is Hensen traveled too much?
A child whose parents are dead.
What is an orphan?
How many dogs were taken on the final trip?
What is 133 dogs?
What skills did Captain Childs teach Hensen? (Name at least two).
What is how to read, write, use maps, and steer the ship?
When Henson arrived in Washington D.C. what type of job did he look for?
What is cabin-boy?
A vehicle or runner used for carrying loads or passengers over ice/snow (often pulled by animals)
What is a sledge?
What is 6 men and 40 dogs?
Describe the conditions Hensen and Peary faced during their expeditions. (Name at least two)
What is bad weather, freezing temperatures, no money, ran out of food, and melting ice blocking their way?
What other type of work did Hensen do after Captain Childs died?
What is sell animal furs as a store clerk?
This club gave him honorary member status in 1948.
What is the Explorers Club?
An original settler from the northern parts of Canada, Greenland, or Alaska (Eskimo).
Who are the Inuit people?
What did Hensen put into the ice when they made it to the North Pole?
What is an American Flag?
What skills did the Inuit people teach Hensen? (Name at least two)
What is speak the Greenlander language, train sled dogs, and build igloos?