Vocabulary
America
Problem Solving
Mix It Up
Historical Figures
100
Water, soil, oil, and plants are examples of this kind of resource.
What are Natural Resources?
100
This person put nutrients in soil to help farmers grow crops.
Who is George Washington Carver?
100
When you made goods to sell for the Economics Fair you were a ___________.
What is a producer?
100
When you bought goods at the Economics Fair you were a ____________.
What is a consumer?
100
This person believed in equal rights for everyone and was the first African American Judge on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
With this pen people communicated a long time ago.
What is a quill pen?
200
This woman worked with Abraham Lincoln to end slavery.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
200
This is one way to conserve natural resources.
To reduse energy (turning off lights), reuse (containers), and recycle (paper).
200
This is the name of the Ranch where Henrietta King lived.
What is the King Ranch?
200
This person was the first to fly acroos the Atlantic.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
300
A diary, the Constitution, pottery, paintings, and stone tools are examples of this.
What are artifacts?
300
This person became a Supreme Court Judge in 1967 and helped end segregation in schools.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
If you lived on an island or near the coast, you would use this natural resource to meet your needs.
What is fish?
300
How is the San Jacinto Monument look different than the Washington Monument?
The San Jacinto Monument has a star on top.
300
This person helped soldiers during the Crimean War and later opened a school for nurses.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
400
Past, present, calandar, and timeline are words that describe this.
What is Chrononlogy?
400
In the United States people live by what is called a Free Enterprise System which means that people are free to do this.
What is make choices about spending and earning money?
400
Tell the steps taken to turn trees into furniture.
What is cutting down trees, sending them to the factory, and producing a couch?
400
The name of the county that you live in.
What is Montgomery County?
400
This person donated land, helped build railroads, schools, and churches in Kingsville Texas.
Who is Henrietta King?
500
Being able to choose how to spend and earn money.
What is a Free Enterprise System?
500
Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, and Sogourner Truth are good sources of information for this time period.
When is the Civil War and Slavery?
500
The San Jacinto Monument and Sam Houston statue are landmarks for this state.
What is Texas?
500
In a region with a lot of trees, people would need to do this so that they could build a road.
What is clear the land?
500
This American helped invent the steamboat.
Who is Robert Fulton?
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