Adena
The Adena people are famous for building these big hills out of the earth to bury important people.
What are burial mounds?
This culture, which came after the Adena, built mounds in shapes like squares, circles, and octagons.
Who are the Hopewell?
This yellow vegetable was the most important food for the Ft. Ancient people.
What is maize (or corn)?
In this famous year, Columbus sailed his first expedition across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is 1492?
This bright red bird is the official state bird of Kentucky.
What is the Cardinal?
The Adena were some of the first people in our area to do this, growing plants like squash and sunflowers.
What is farming (or gardening)?
The Hopewell were great at this, swapping goods with other tribes to get things like copper and seashells
What is trading?
This large hilltop enclosure in Ohio, misnamed by early settlers, is the "type site" that gives the Ft. Ancient culture its name.
What is Fort Ancient?
The names of the three ships on Columbus's first voyage.
What are the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
This is the official state tree, known for its yellow-green, tulip-shaped flowers.
What is the Tulip Poplar?
6 Adena mounds can be found where in Ashland, Kentucky?
Central Park
Many of the biggest Hopewell mounds are found in this state, which is Kentucky's northern neighbor.
What is Ohio?
Ft. Ancient people lived in these, which were larger and more permanent than the camps of earlier cultures.
What are villages?
This king and queen of Spain provided the funding and ships for Columbus's voyage.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
The official state motto is "United We Stand," followed by these three words.
What is "Divided We Fall"?
The Adena used this, a hard, sharp-edged rock, to make their spear points and tools.
What is flint?
Hopewell people used this shiny metal to make tools, weapons, and jewelry.
What is copper?
This famous, 1,300-foot-long effigy mound in Ohio is often attributed to the Ft. Ancient people (or perhaps the Adena).
What is the Great Serpent Mound?
By sailing west, Columbus was trying to find a new, faster sea route to this continent.
What is Asia (or the Indies)?
This is the state flower of Kentucky?
What is Goldenrod?
Adena people made these containers out of clay, which they used for cooking and storing food.
What is pottery?
The Hopewell carved animal shapes onto these which they used for smoking.
What are Effigy Pipes (or pipes)?
This weapon, which Ft. Ancient hunters used, was a new invention that was better than a spear.
What is the bow and arrow?
his was the name of the flagship that ran aground on Christmas Eve in 1492, forcing Columbus to leave 39 men behind.
What is the Santa Maria?
This specific breed, known for its speed and use in the Kentucky Derby, is the official state horse.
What is the Thoroughbred?