Vocabulary
Town Landmarks
History
Government
Mash Up
100
What is someone who is born in a nation and owes loyalty to the nation called?
citizen
100
What is the name of the pond at the town park?
Witherell's Pond
100
Who was King Philip defeated by?
his own people
100
If you need to talk to a selectman, where would you go or call?
Town Hall
100
Who was the leader of the Wampanoag who felt the colonists were taking land from the Native Americans?
King Philip
200
Who is a person who goes to the poll and selects a candidate from a ballot?
a voter
200
Where is the bell of the first high school located now?
In front of the Police/Fire Station
200
Plainville was once called Slackville, after a man who owned a lot of land in the town. What was his name?
Benjamin Slack
200
What is a government run by the people called?
A democracy
200
On what street are the Police station, Fire station, and Town Hall located?
South Street
300
What is the year Plainville was incorporated?
1905
300
What public building is in front of the old B.H. Wood school on South Street?
Plainville Public Library
300
Who was the first Native American who settled here near Fuller Pond?
Machinamook
300
What is the meeting people attend in Plainville to vote on the town's budget and other important matters?
Town Meeting
300
What was King Philip's real name?
Metacomet
400
What is the plan Plainville uses to spend money that they receive from taxes?
A budget
400
What is the name of the town park?
Telford Memorial Park
400
What is the name of the old general store in Plainville?
Falk's Market
400
What is the money residents have to pay to a town to fund the schools, fire and police departments, and other town departments to keep the town running?
Taxes
400
What is the name Native Americans use to descry be all the "People of the East"?
Wampanoag
500
They are the chief governing board for the town and are in charge of making policy and regulatory decisions.
selectmen
500
What is the name of the house that the Historical Commission uses?
The Humphrey House
500
The south side of the Angle Tree Stone, facing North Attleboro, has what colony name on it?
Plymouth Colony
500
Plainville is a town in what county?
Norfolk
500
What was the Plainville House of Pizza originally?
The first Post Office of Plainville
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