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The 1970s was known as the "____" generation.

What is the "ME" generation?

100
The name of the camp that inspired the disability movement. 

What is Camp Jenod?

100

This invention of the 1970s changed the world and is named after a fruit. 

What is the Apple Computer?

100

In the 1970s, a person made millions of dollars by selling this 'pet'.

What is a Pet Rock?

100
This woman was a leader of the women's movement of the 1960s. She wrote the book "The Feminine Mystique" 

Who is Betty Friedan?

200
In the 1960s, This person was quoted as saying "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" after landing on the mooon.

Who is Neil Armstrong?

200
Caesaer Chavez fought for equal pay for this group. 

What is Mexican farmers?

200

The 1970s saw cassettes replaced by ________________.

What is CDs (compact discs)?

200

A popular style of jeans during the 1970s. 

What is bell bottom jeans (flairs out at the bottom)

200

The president of the 1980s. 

Who is Ronald Regan?

300

In the 1980s, this disease rapidly became an epidemic and had many misconceptions of how it was spread.

What is AIDS (now known as HIV)?

300

These riots took place in 1969 (in New York) and started a LGBTQ+ civil rights movement. 

What are the Stonewall Riots?

300

This invention of the 1970s is something Mrs. Worms' uses every day in the classroom (need the brand name). 

What is Post-It Notes?

300

This was a very popular style of music in the 1970s (think John Travolta and Saturday Night).

What is disco?

300

Billy Jean King was a woman who beat Bobby Riggs in this sport in a 1970s championship.

What is tennis?

400

This show was about a single succesful career woman in the 1970s.

What is the Mary Tyler Moore Show?

400

Through legal battles, Native Americans won back ____ million acres of former Indigenous lands in South Dakota and 1,800 acres in Rhode Island during the Native American civil rights movement of the 1960s.

What is 7 millon acres?

400
This was a video game of the 1970s.

What is Pong?

400

Shoulder pads and leg warmers were a popular thing to wear in this decade. 

What is the 1980s?

400

Assassinations happened frequently in the 1960s due to people fighting for human rights. Name four of the people we discussed in class that were assassinated in the 1960s. (100 points/person)

Who is Martin Luther Jr, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Medgar Evans?

500

This decade was known as the time of greed. The motto was 'get rish, borrow, spend, and enjoy'.

What is the 1980s?

500

The environmental movement began partly due to the health impacts of this pesticide. 

What is DDT?

500
This invention makes you solve a puzzle. It now involves matching colours to one side.

What is the Rubik's cube?


500

Aerobic fitneses and gyms were introduced in this decade.

What is the 1970s?

500

This young 8 year old helped get the ADA (Americans with Disability Act) signed in 1990 by participating in the Capital Crawl.

Who is Jennifer Keelan?