Define Me
WWII
FDR
World Religions
Places
Trade
Revolutionary War
100

This word means to provide water for a location.  An example would be to _______________crops to help them grow.

Irrigate

100

What year did the US join WWII?

1941

100

What does FDR stand for?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

100

The religious symbol used in this religion is a cross.

Christianity

100

Where did Siddhartha Gautama live until he became a young man?

Palace.  He was a prince.

100

What was the name of the trade route that stretched from China to the Mediterranean 

The Silk Road

100

Who wrote the Declaration of Independance?

Thomas Jefferson

200

Typically we associate this word with "power to the people". 

Democracy

200

What was the name of the ship that sits at the bottom of the ocean in Pearl Harbor.  This war ship has a monument built OVER the ship as it lies on the ocean bottom underneath.

Arizona

200

What disease made him lose the use of his legs?

Polio

200

This religion is identified by a crescent moon and a star.  Mansa Musa was a HUGE supporter.

Islam

200

What is the name of George Washington's home? 

Mount Vernon

200

Name two animals used to carry trade items.

Camel, Horse, Donkey

200

Who was the founding father known for his inventions?

Ben Franklin

300

King, Queen, or Royal Ruler.  Supposed appointment to the position from God.

Monarchy

300

What HUGE WWII event using military forces from Canada, Great Britain, and the United States was successful in pushing back the Germans in France?

D Day  or the invasion of Normandy.  

300

What was FDR's wife's name?

Eleanor

300

Father Abraham of Ur was the prophet.

Judaism- Jewish

300

Where did the Revolutionary War start?  What "Battle" or place?

Lexington and Concord

300

Name two major trade items of Mansa Musa.

Salt and Gold

300

What country aided the Patriots in defeating the Red Coats?

France

400

Believing in one god.

Monotheism

400

The General of the US forces.  He was the organizer and planner of D Day.

Eisenhower

400

How did he die and where?

Aneurism at Warm Springs in Georgia

400

Siddartha Gautama

Buddha

400

Where did D Day occur?

Normandy, France

400

What trade option would have allowed coffee, spices, pineapples, etc to be traded?  Think of a famous explorer looking for new trade items and routes.  

The Columbian Trade

400

Who was in charge of the British forces?

Lord Cornwallis

500

The belief in many gods.

Polytheism

500

What year did WWII end?

1945

500

Who was the vice president named president after FDR's death?  He dropped the nuclear bomb on Japan.

Harry S. Truman

500

Ganesh the god

Hinduism

500

Where did Prince Louis the XVI and Marie Antoinette live?

The Palace of Versailles or France

500

What was the worst trade item of all time?  Think Triangular or Transatlantic.

Slaves

500

What was the name of the final battle in the Revolutionary War?

Yorktown

600

How would you define "Feudalism"?

A "ranking" by class/land ownership.  As in the rich, affluent on top and the poor, slave on the bottom.

600

Name the Military/Political Commanders of Russia, Germany, England and the US.

Stalin, Hitler, Churchill, FDR/Eisenhower

600

How many sons did FDR send into WWII?

four

600

What religion uses this symbol  

Buddhism

600

Where did Imperialism take place?

Africa, Hawaii, were two we discussed

600

Name three countries we trade with now.

China, Great Britain, Canada, Mexico, Spain, etc...

600

When Great Britain surrendered to the Colonials and George Washington, what military item was presented?

The Sabre

700

Humanism What does it mean?

Human achievement is important.

700

How far is the flight from Japan to Hawaii, in hours, approximately?  

6 hours

700

Where was FDR born and what school did he attend?

New York, Harvard

700

Name a group we have studied that used human sacrifice in their religious beliefs.

Aztecs, Mayans, Incas

700
Who did the French work with in the Ohio River Valley area prior to the Revolutionary War?  They helped the French fight the British over the land.

Indians, Native Americans

700

What did the French in the Ohio River Valley area trade before the Revolutionary War?  

Furs

700

Name a place or building in South Carolina named after a Revolutionary War hero.

Moultrie, Pinkney, Francis Marion, Laurens, Tryon, etc...

800

What does Liberate mean?

To Free from something

800

What Vice President became President after the death of FDR?  He dropped the bomb on Japan.

Harry S Truman

800

What did Eleanor do that other first ladies had not done...up to this point in time.

Gave speeches  helped with his campaign   attended meetings with him   She was and active and important part of the President's role.

800

The Ottoman Empire was responsible for spreading this religion all over!  

Islam

800

If I start in the Texas.  Go down south until I am in the center of the next continent.  Go east across the ocean until I am in the center of the next continent.  Then go north until I hit the next area.  Where am I?

Europe

800

Name two countries the US trades with NOW and name two items we exchange in these trades.  

China- clothing, computer related things

Middle East- Oil, Natural Gas

Canada- Lumber Building Supplies


800

What former President is responsible for developing plants for the US.  An example is hiding a tomato plant in his jacket and bringing it to the US to plant in his garden and cultivate it.  

Thomas Jefferson