Government
Black Panther Party
Geography
Indigenous
General Trivia
100
The Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and this final branch make up the three main parts of the U.S. government.
What is the Judicial Branch?
100
Due to their issues with capitalism, many Panthers argued for a revolutionary change to this economic system.
What is socialism?
100
Both the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges are responsible for this moisture phenomenon in our state.
What is a rain shadow?
100
Four main categories of land-based values are relationship, humility, reciprocity, and this final value characterized partly by caring for all living things.
What is respect?
100
The Corps of Discovery was led by these two men who were tasked by President Thomas Jefferson to establish an American presence in the PNW and eventually led to colonization of the area.
Who were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
200
During WWII, Japanese Americans appealed many major cases up to the Supreme Court, arguing that this right had been denied to them.
What is the right to due process?
OR
What are Fifth Amendment rights?
200
This Panther leader was arrested for allegedly killing a police officer. While eventually found not-guilty of all charges, his trial created a massive movement and more support for the Party.
Who is Huey Newton?
200
The simplest translation of this Native place name is "Mother of Waters."
What is Mt. Tahoma?
200
Indigenous Nations in the U.S. retain this specific authority, making them unique "nations within a nation."
What is sovereignty?
200
This barrier to voting involved proving you could read, unless your grandfather was eligible to vote, which targeted many Black Americans whose ancestors were enslaved.
What is a literacy test?
300
This form of government is characterized by power being held by a small group of people. Greek for "rule by few".
What is oligarchy?
300
This FBI leader helped run a national effort to destroy the BPP, including setting up a secret spy and sabotage program known as COINTELPRO.
Who is Hoover?
Or
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
300
This large body of water connects to the Pacific Ocean and can be seen from downtown Seattle, as well as Everett, Tacoma, Olympia, and even Bellingham.
What is the Salish Sea?
300
This landmark case was the climax of the Fish Wars and the culmination of decades of Indigenous tribes fighting to protect rights their ancestors reserved when they signed treaties with the U.S. government.
What is the Boldt Decision?
300
This pidgin language was used to help translate treaty negotiations between the U.S. and Indigenous nations. Usually used for trading, it could not do the job of communicating a complicated legal document.
What is Chinook jargon?
400
Removing a president requires the Legislative branch to take two main steps: impeachment by the House of Representatives and this final action by the Senate.
What is conviction?
400
Seattle chapter BPP founders Aaron and Elmer Dixon first began organizing efforts at this Seattle-area high school.
What is Garfield?
400
Located far north of Seattle is this active volcano which is the 2nd highest mountain in the state. Its original Native name is "Kulshan".
What is Mt. Baker?
400
This legendary creature is the main character of many Coast Salish oral histories, including one about a vicious fight with a whale!
Who is Thunderbird?
400
Wong Kim Ark was denied re-entry to the United States after a trip abroad, under the Chinese Exclusion Act. He eventually won a Supreme Court case after challenging the government's refusal to recognize his citizenship under this Constitutional amendment.
What is the 14th Amendment?
500
According to the Constitution, U.S. treaties are this five-word phrase, which gives them equal power to anything else passed by Congress.
What is "supreme law of the land"?
500
Point 4 of the 10-Point Panther Program was a demand for decent housing, partly as a response to this racist practice of denying home loans and restricting neighborhoods.
What is redlining?
500
This subduction zone is a "megathrust fault" line that could cause a major earthquake in the PNW and the source of a massive, tsunami-causing quake in 1700.
What is the Cascadia Subduction Zone?
500
Due to the sheer amount of coastal rainfall, this tribal region was known for funneling water away from dwellings using rocks to form gutter-like features.
What is the Wakashan tribal region?
500
In order to protect salmon, the state and Indigenous tribes work together to restore and protect these key areas that act as a buffer between the river and the land, especially land occupied and used by humans.
What are riparian zones?