The Cherokee
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Wild Card
100
Invented a writing system for the Cherokee
Who is Sequoyah
100
Her arrest for refusing to give up her seat on the bus resulted in a boycott
Who was Rosa Parks
100
Went to Florida to look for the fountain of youth
Who was Juan Ponce de Leon
100
The SC aquarium is located here
What is Charleston, SC
100
A center for research in medicine, computers and many other industries, this is one of the towns located in the triangle region of SC
What is Raleigh, Durham or Chapel Hill
200
The Cherokees journey from the Southeast to Oklahoma where the Cherokee suffered greatly.
What is the trail of tears
200
Place where Ponce de Leon and Hernando de Soto explored
What is Florida
200
President during the civil war
Who is Abraham Lincoln
200
Because of this one in four confederate soldiers died, many cities were burned down and slavery was abolished in the United States.
What is the Civil war?
200
Led the civil rights movement in the 50s and 60s
Who is Martin Luther King Jr
300
Made the Cherokee leave the southwest on a journey known as the trail of tears
What is The U.S. Goverment
300
The first British colony in North America
What is Jamestown
300
Three early presidents from the southeast
Who are George Washington, Andrew Jackson, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
300
The first permanent European settlement
What is St Augustine
300
The two main causes of the Civil war
What is the two sides disagreed on slavery and how much authority the national government should have
400
Two business that Cherokee in North Carolina run today
What is tourist shops, lumber, artwork or crafts. (name any two)
400
What major modes of transportation run through Atlanta?
What are planes, trains and buses
400
A person who settled in a part of the country and prepared it for others
What is a pioneer (such as Daniel Boone)
400
the first gold rush in the U.S. was here
Where is Dahlonega, GA
400
the definition of consensus (Used by the Cherokee when making group decisions)
What is a method of decision making where all of the adults have to agree
500
Two things the Cherokee did before Europeans arrived
What is hunting, gathering, trapping or farming. (naming any two will get you points!)
500
A city founded by Spanish on the east coast of FL (the first permanent European settlement in what is now the USA)
What is St. Augustine
500
The author of the Declaration of independence, the third president of the US and the person who doubled the size of the US by purchasing the Louisiana territory from France.
Who was Thomas Jefferson
500
The capitol of GA where the GA hall of fame is located
What is Atlanta
500
What George Washington encouraged the Cherokee to do (change to fit the surrounding culture)
What is stop hunting and focus on farming (many Cherokee also learned to read and write in English as well)