Creation Myths
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100

According to the Christian creation myth, the universe was created in this many days. 

Six

100

Zeus

Jupiter

100

This Italian was wrongfully credited with being the first European to arrive in the western hemisphere, despite Leif Erickson landing in Canada more than 400 years before. 

Christopher Columbus

100

Washington State

Olympia

100

Meaning "Long-Seeing", used to see the stars.

Telescope

200

Before there were gods or titans, the Greeks believed that the universe was just ______

Chaos

200

Poseidon

Neptune

200

Despite taking part in the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliot, this tribal nation - who have lived in the Seattle area for thousands of years - is not recognized as an 'official' nation by the United States government. 

The Duwamish

200

Oregon

Salem

200

The Emperor Justinian didn't just deal with plagues, invasions, and intrigue - he also spent a lot of money trying to catch one of these aquatic mammals that had been terrorizing sailors.

A whale
300

According to many indigenous tribes and nations living in eastern and middle America, the land upon which we now live was formed on the back of this animal.

Turtle

300

Aphrodite

Venus
300

Paying it backward: Seattlites who wish to give back financially can donate to or enroll in the RealRent program, which pays 'rent' on the unceded land that was inhabited by this Seattle tribal nation.

The Duwamish

300

New York

Albany

300

This ambitious Minecraft building project has games working together to create this celestial body. It's the biggest thing ever made in Minecraft!

Earth

400
Amaterasu, the powerful sun-goddess, was said to be the mother of the first emperor of this real-world country.

Japan


400

Apollo

Apollo

400

When Rivers Were Trails - a video game made by Michigan State University working with indigenous creators - provides a very different perspective than this classic video game (maybe the old perspective just died of dysentery).

The Oregon Trail
400

Florida

Tallahassee

400

For a brief moment in the 1980s, this beverage corporation was in control of the 7th-largest navy in the world.

Pepsi

500

According to Roman myths, these two brothers - founders of the city - were raised by wolves.

Romulus and Remus

500

Demeter

Ceres

500

The first indigenous peoples encountered by Columbus were known as ______

Taino

500

Nevada

Carson City

500

Name three volcanoes in Washington state

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