Spanish Administration
What name did Magellan give to the islands when he arrived?
Answer: What are the Ladrones (Islands of Thieves)?
Which European nation purchased the NMI from Spain?
Answer: What is Germany?
Which island in the NMI became a critical military base for Japan during World War II?
Answer: What is Tinian?
What is the name of the traditional Chamorro weapon used for hunting and combat, made from a long, sharpened piece of wood or bone?
Answer: What is a "spear"
What is the fastest land animal?
Answer: What is a cheetah?
Who was the Spanish missionary that led the Catholic mission in the Marianas?
Answer: Who is Father Diego Luis de San Vitores?
Who was the first German administrator of the Northern Mariana Islands, known for modernizing agriculture and infrastructure?
Who Is Georg Fritz
What is the name of the sugarking?
Answer: Who is Haruji Matsue?
Who was the first Chamorro chief to convert to Christianity and grant land for the construction of the first Catholic church in the Northern Mariana Islands?
Answer: Who is Chief Kepuha?
Who is known for the catchphrase “I’ll be back” in the movie The Terminator?
Answer: Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Who was the Spanish general tasked with leading military efforts during the Chamorro-Spanish Wars?
Answer: Who is General Quiroga
Which global event caused Germany to lose control of the NMI?
Answer: What is World War I?
What was the primary crop produced during Japanese rule?
Answer: What is sugarcane?
What is the traditional canoe used by Chamorros called?
Answer: What is the sakman?
What is the longest river in the world?
Answer: What is the Nile River?
What treaty ended Spanish rule in the Marianas?
Answer: What is the Treaty of Paris (1898)?
What economic activity was prioritized under German administration?
Answer: What is copra production?
What was the capital of the Northern Marianas during Japanese administration?
Answer: What is Garapan?
What was the name of the traditional Chamorro men's house used for education, socialization, and community bonding?
Answer: What is the Guma' Uritao?
What is the world’s most expensive spice by weight?
Answer: What is saffron?
In what year did Ferdinand Magellan arrive in the Marianas?
Answer: What is 1521?
How long did German rule last in the Northern Marianas?
Answer: What is 15 years (1899-1914)?
What was the name of the desperate Japanese military tactic during the Battle of Saipan, where soldiers launched a massive, last-ditch attack against American forces?
Answer: What is the Banzai charge?
What oral tradition was used by the Chamorro people to pass down history before European contact?
Answer: What are legends or oral storytelling?
What is the most commonly consumed beverage in the world after water?
Answer: What is tea?