Christopher Columbus
Ancient Civiliation
Miscellaneous
About Ms. Rhines
Tools for Exploration
100
The names of Columbus' three ships
What is the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria
100
These people were known as "cliff dwellers"
Who are the Anasazi
100
Name of the team that won the 2012 World Series
What is the San Francisco Giants
100
Ms. Rhines' favorite color
What is purple
100
Name of scientists that study sunken ships
What are underwater archeologists
200
King and Queen who sponsored Columbus
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella/Ysabel
200
These people traveled from Asia to America 2,500 years ago and stayed near the Arctic Ocean
What is the Inuit
200
Name of the person just recently elected to the United States Senate
Who is Elizabeth Warren
200
The state in which Ms. Rhines grew up and went to college
What is New Hampshire
200
An early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars
What is an astrolabe
300
The name Columbus gave to the first island he "discovered"
What is San Salvador
300
These people operated on a base 20 number system
Who are the Mayans
300
Name of the band who sings "All You Need Is Love"
What is the Beatles
300
Ms. Rhines' favorite food
What is pizza
300
Something that is grown in large quantities and sold
What is a cash crop
400
Columbus was inspired by this explorer
Who is Marco Polo
400
The name of the capital city of the Aztec - spelling counts!
What is Tenochtitlan
400
The year that Chenery Middle School opened
What is 2007
400
Ms. Rhines spends much of her time volunteering for a local charity. What does the charity benefit?
What are homeless animals
400
The two major Christian religions in Europe during the Age of Exploration
What is Roman Catholic and Protestant
500
The total number of trips Columbus made to explore the New World
What is Four
500
This word means believing in many gods
What is polytheists
500
The population of Belmont, rounded to the nearest ten thousand
What is 20,000
500
Ms. Rhines' favorite holiday
Thanksgiving!!!
500
The name for Spanish explorers
What are conquistadors
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