Scout History and Traditions
Who founded Boy Scouts?
Who is Baden-Powell
This line on a map runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and is used to measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.
What is the line of longitude
What should you do first at an accident scene?
What is check for danger/ensure safety?
This knot is the first step to lashings
What is the clove hitch
The first merit badges were officially awarded in 1911. How many were there?
57
What country did Scouting originate from?
What is England
This is the process of lining up your compass with a map so both north arrows point in the same direction.
What is orienting a map
This is used to stop bleeding from a small cut
What is a bandage
What knot is used to join two ropes together?
What is a square knot
This discontinued merit badge required Scouts to demonstrate semaphore signaling using flags
What is Signaling
What year was BSA officially founded?
What is 1910
When following a bearing through rough terrain, you should pick this type of object ahead of you to stay on course.
What is a landmark
If someone is unconscious but breathing, you place them in this position to keep their airway clear.
What is the recovery position
This lashing is used to bind two poles together at a right angle and is commonly used in building camp gadgets
What is a square lashing
First named "Nature Study", it evolved into the modern badge focusing on ecosystems and human impact on the environment.
What is Environmental Science
This 1907 camping trip on Brownsea Island is considered the first official Scout camp and launched the Scouting movement.
What is the Brownsea Island Camp
When using a topographic map, this type of line forms a "V" shape that points upstream when crossing a stream or valley
What are contour lines
A chemical burn requires this immediate first aid step to prevent further injury
What is rinse with large amounts of water
This lashing is used to bind two parallel poles together and allows them to spread apart to forma an A-frame or tripod
What is a shear lashing
This merit badge was discontinued in 1995 and focused on the care and operation of livestock animals
What is Animal Industry
What year did Baden-Powell start the first scout camp?
What is 1907
If your compass reads 215 degrees and you are using back-bearing to check your course, the correct reciprocal bearing would be this
What is 35 degrees
When preforming CPR on a child, you use this ratio of chest compressions to rescue breaths
What is 30 compressions to 2 breaths
This knot forms a fixed loop and is used for rescue missions
What is the bowline knot
To complete the Orienteering merit badge, Scouts must use a map and compass to locate control points within a certain distance. What is that distance commonly set at?
What is 50-100 meters between points