European Technology
Turkey
Thanksgiving (general)
History of Europe
History of Native Americans
100
This very basic, but important piece of technology was invented in approximately 4000 BCE; it is not hot.
What is "the wheel"?
100
This is the word that means to tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce.
What is "domesticate"?
100
This parade in New York City (one of the world's largest) has been held on Thanksgiving Day since 1924.
What is the "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?"
100
This is the name of the empire that dominated the European region after the city-states of ancient Greece.
What is "Rome" or "The Roman Empire"?
100
This is the ancient European civilization that arrived in North America before Christopher Columbus.
What/who is "Viking" or "Vikings"?
200
The is the name of the ancient Roman device that was used to transport water across long distances.
What is an "aqueduct"?
200
This is the country where "Meleagris gallopavo " (aka the domestic/wild turkey) was first domesticated by the Mayans.
What is "Mexico"?
200
This is the name of the state in which some argue the first Thanksgiving was held during the year 1565 (in what is now the city of Saint Augustine).
What is "Florida"?
200
The term "Ottoman" refers to this country, that is located between Asia and Europe (but is mostly in Asia).
What is "Turkey"?
200
This is the name of the tribe of Native Americans that lived in what we now know as New Jersey.
What is "Lenape?"
300
This is the name of the German goldsmith that invented the printing press in 1440.
Who is "Johannes Gutenberg"?
300
This ancient civilization associated the turkey with their trickster god, Tezcatlinpoca.
What is the "Aztec(s)"?
300
The first Thanksgiving feast was celebrated in this year, at the Plymouth settlement in Massachusetts.
What is "1621"? (Probably)
300
Michelangelo and this other famous European are the people who inspired the term "Renaissance man" because they were skilled in many subjects.
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Who is "Leonardo da Vinci"?
300
There are approximately 327.2 million people living in the United States today. This is the *approximate* number of Native Americans that lived in North America before Columbus (in millions).
What is "2" - "18" million?
400
The is the country where one of the first analog computers, known as the Antikythera mechanism, was invented around 150 BCE
What is "Greece"?
400
This is the name of the Founding Father who suggested that the wild turkey be the national symbol for the United States of America, instead of the bald eagle. (Hint: he was never a president)
Who is "Benjamin Franklin?"
400
This is the name of the essential amino acid that is a natural sedative, and found naturally in turkey meat.
What is "tryptophan"?
400
This transportation device was first built by French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot around 1770.
What is an "automobile" or "car"?
400
Native Americans that lived in what is now New Jersey most likely lived in these types of dwelling.
What is a "wigwam" or what are "wigwams"?
500
This is the name of the Soviet Union/Russian program that lead to the first human in space.
What is the "Vostok" program?
500
Female domestic turkeys are referred to as hens, and males are referred to as toms; this is what the chicks (babies) are called.
What is "poults" or "turkeylings"?
500
These are at least three additional countries/areas that celebrate Thanksgiving IN ADDITION to the United States; name two of them.
What are "Canada", "Liberia", and [some of the] "Caribbean" islands?
500
The geographic center of Europe is located in this country (it's also one of many that Mr. H's family is from!)
What is "Lithuania"?
500
This is the name of the tribe of Native Americans that is said to have shared a Thanksgiving with European settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621.
What is the "Wampanoag" tribe?