Salem Witch Trials
Oregon Trail
American History
Ancient Civilizations
Geography/country
100
What the people of Salem blamed for most of their problems (dying crops, bad weather, sickness, feuds, etc.)
Witches, evil spirits, the devil
100
The animals that pulled the wagons
Oxen
100
The country that America gained independence from
Great Britain (England)
100
The ancient civilization known for its pyramids
Egypt
100
The tallest mountain in the world
Mt. Everest
200
The state that the Salem Witch Trials occurred in
Massachusetts
200
The reason most people traveled west via the Oregon Trail
More land
200
The president before Joe Biden (2009-2017)
Barack Obama
200
The country that silk was invented in
China
200
Number of oceans
5
300
The kind of evidence the trials used to prove someone guilty of being a witch
Spectral
300
The state in which the Oregon Trail ends
Oregon
300
State that George Washington was from
Virginia
300
The "king of the Gods" in Greek Mythology
Zeus
300
Language spoken in Brazil
Portuguese
400
The religion of Salem's residents
Puritan
400
The state in which the Oregon Trail starts (Hint: Independence, ___)
Missouri
400
The day that the Declaration of Independence was adopted
July 4, 1776
400
The ancient civilization (country) that the Olympics originated from
Greece
400
This country
France
500
Three tests used during the trials to prove someone guilty of being a witch
Touch tests, witch cakes, prayer tests
500
A disease that many died of on the trail
Dysentery, cholera, typhoid fever
500
First American woman in space
Sally Ride
500
The oldest civilization
Mesopotamia
500
The longest river in the world
Nile