Christopher Columbus (Easy)
What day is Columbus Day ?
October 12th
What is the name of the Spanish conquistador who conquored the Aztec people?
Maya, Inca, and Aztecs
What was the name of the local indigenous tribe?
Wampanoag
Name the three branches in the United States government? (WHITEBOARD QUESTION)
Judicial, Executive, and Legislative
What were the geographic regions / names of the two factions that fought in the American Civil War?
The South - The Confederacy
The North - The Union
What was the specific geographic region Christopher Columbus land in?
The Bahamas / Caribbean initially, eventually modern day Mexico and South America
What was a popular part of Central and South American indigenous religion?
Building pyramids to gods, human sacrifice, piercings, tattoos
Where did 'Fall River' get its name? (WHITEBOARD QUESTION)
There used to be a series of waterfalls, the indigenous term for "falling river" was originally “Quequechan” to describe these waterfalls, which is the name of a street here in Fall River
Why are there 13 stripes on the United States flag?
To represent the original 13 colonies
Who was the SECOND president of the United States?
(WHITEBORD QUESTION)
John Adams
What year did Christopher Columbus land in the Americas?
1492
What was the name of the Spanish explorer / conquistador who conquered the Aztec people?
Hernán Cortés
How long did it take them to find land
36 days
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson, the third president
Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed enslaved people in the Southern states during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What are were the names of at least two of the ships Christopher Columbus set sail with? (WHITEBOARD QUESTION)
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
What advancements in TECHNOLOGY did the Maya make? (WHITEBOARD QUESTION)
Astronomy, mathematics, creation of a calendar, and they developed the most complex written language in Central / South America
One reason for European exploration in the Americas?
Population increase, political unification, desire for luxury goods
Name 8 of the original 13 colonies (WHITEBOARD QUESTION)
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
What is the name of the trail that colonial settlers would take in order to journey out west from the original 13 colonies, which eventually became the name of a popular video game created in the 1970s?
The Oregon Trail
Where was Christopher Columbus from?
Italy
The Inca were located on the western side of what mountain range?
Andes Mountains
What was the 'fancy' name used to describe the lifestyle of the local indigenous group?
Tidewater Horticulturalist
What decade was the American Revolution fought?
1770 - 1780s
Which president signed into law the Indian Removal Act of 1830 which began the Trail of Tears which led Native Americans out of their homes and forced them to move onto reservations in the western territory of the United States? (WHITEBOARD QUESTION)
Andrew Jackson