The Promised Land - Part 1
During the early 17th century, the English conquered this European group and declared a half million acres of their land open to settlement.
Well into the 20th Century, this European group was regarded as "Biologically Inferior" under British Colonial rule.
Who are the Irish?
Europe lost a third to one half of its population to infectious disease during this Medieval pandemic.
What is the Black Death? (Bubonic Plague)
This grain was the lifeblood for Hopi and other Pueblo peoples.
What is corn?
Of the federally recognized tribes, nearly 40% are found in this state.
(California has the second-highest number of federally recognized tribes, with almost 20%, as well as the largest Native American population of any state.)
Influenced by social Darwinism, some English scientists peddled the theory that people of color had descended from this animal, while the English were descendants of "Man," created by God.
What are Apes?
This is the name of the first British settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
Considered America’s best known natural wonder, the Hopi believe that they emerged from this landmark.
What is the Grand Canyon?
Indian reservations in the United States cover approximately 56.2 million acres, or about 87,800 square miles, representing about this percentage of the total area of the U.S..
(get within 15 percent to get the points)
What is 2.3%?
What are the Crusades?
This leader of Jamestown threatened to kill all the women and children if the Powhatan leaders refused to provide the British settlers with land, food, and labor.
Who is John Smith?
The Ashiwi, a Pueblo group in what is now New Mexico, are also known as this.
What are the Zuni?
There are this many federally recognized tribes in the United States.
(Get within 50 to get the points)
What is 574?
Before crossing the Atlantic, Europeans exploited the labor of this feudal social class.
What is Peasantry?
Who is Benjamin Church?
The Kiva, a Pueblo ceremonial chamber, is aligned according to this.
What are the compass directions (North, South, East, and West). (Also Up and Down).
The Indian Citizenship Act was signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 2, of this year, granting Native Americans citizenship.
(Get within 50 years to get the points)
What is 1924?
During the Middle Ages, this animal provided the largest domestic and export commodity in England.
What are sheep?
In 1754, this Catawba leader petitioned North Carolina authorities about alcohol's effect on his community.
Who is King Hagler?
Located near modern day Mexico City, this ancient city was the largest in the Americas with a population of 125,000.
What is Teotihuacan?
The first two Native American women elected to U.S. Congress, Sharice Davids of Kansas and Deb Haaland of New Mexico, were both elected in this year.
(Get within 50 years to get the points)
What is 2018?