Christopher Columbus
What year was Columbus's first voyage?
1492
What holiday in America celebrates Columbus's finding of America?
Columbus Day
What popular Thanksgiving fruit is harvested by flooding fields and scooping up the floating fruit?
Cranberries
What vegetable do people traditionally carve on Halloween?
Pumpkins
What is the longest river in the US?
Mississippi
What is the largest city in the US?
New York
Where was Columbus trying to go?
India
Asia
What holiday is celebrated in many states instead of Columbus day, to celebrate the native people of America?
Indigenous People's Day
On what day is Thanksgiving held?
The 4th Thursday of November
What do children say when they go to different houses asking for candy?
Trick or Treat
What river forms the Grand Canyon?
Colorado River
What is the capital of the US?
Washington, D.C.
Where was Columbus born?
Genoa, Italy
America is not named for Columbus. Who is it named for?
Amerigo Vespucci
What is the name of the settlers from England who sailed to America in 1620?
The Pilgrims
On what day is Halloween?
October 31st
What is one major mountain range in the US?
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Sierra Nevada Mountains
In what region is the state of California?
West
What are the names of the three ships from Columbus's first voyage?
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Why is America named for Vespucci and not Columbus?
Amerigo Vespucci knew the land Columbus found was not Asia.
What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on?
The Mayflower
In Ireland, what were Jack O' lanterns carved from instead of pumpkins?
Turnips
What four states meet at the 4 corners?
Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
In what region is Chicago?
Midwest
Who funded Columbus's voyage?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
What Europeans found America before Columbus?
The Vikings
What year was the first Thanksgiving?
1621
Where does the word Halloween come from?
All Hallow's Eve
What river forms the border between Texas and Mexico?
Rio Grande
In what region is Arizona?
Southwest
How many trips did Columbus make to the New World?
4
What was being celebrated on the first Thanksgiving?
The first autumn harvest
The help from the Native Americans
What is the name of the Celtic festival that Halloween originates from?
Samhain
Name two the the five Great Lakes.
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario
New York and Washington D.C. are both in what region?
Northeast