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Frederick
100
The name of the system where the three branches of the government make sure each stays balanced and fair.
What is checks and balances?
100
The wife of Cecil Calvert.
Who is Anne Arundel?
100
The Maryland State dog.
What is Chesapeake Bay Retriever?
100
A large farm where people both live and work.
What is a plantation?
100
It is the oldest of the clustered spires in Frederick.
What is Trinity Church Steeple?
200
The name of the present Governor of Maryland.
What is Martin O'Malley?
200
In the 1700's, this lawyer owned and sold over 27,000 acres of land he called Frederick Town. He also organized the first agricultural fair.
Who is Daniel Dulany?
200
This school now stands on the site of barracks used to house Hessian prisoners during and after the War for Independence.
What is Maryland School for the Deaf?
200
One of the major crops Marylanders' grew in the 1600's.
What is tobacco, wheat or corn?
200
Big Hunting Creek forms a 78 foot cascade of water in this park located in Northern Frederick County.
What is Cunningham Falls State Park?
300
What is it called when the President refuses to sign a bill?
What is a veto?
300
Name the two men known for leading an expedition to explore land to the west.
Who are Meriweather Lewis and William Clark, or Lewis and Clark?
300
Maryland's largest city.
What is Baltimore?
300
During the Industrial Revolution, many people left their farms to work here.
What are factories or mills?
300
This ball field is home to the Frederick Keys.
What is Harry Grove Stadium?
400
The President is head of which government branch?
What is the Executive Branch
400
She founded the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
400
He lived in Baltimore and wrote the famous poem "The Raven."
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
400
These are natural resources.
What are water, land, fish, trees, etc.?
400
Frederick Town was settled by a German immigrant party lead by this young German Reformed Schoolmaster.
Who was Johann Thomas Schley?
500
Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Assemby, Freedom of Petition
What are the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment?
500
They paid for Christopher Columbus' voyage in 1492.
Who are Queen Isabelle and King Ferdinand of Spain?
500
It is the capital of Maryland.
What is Annapolis?
500
It is the study of land, water, plants, animals, and people of a place.
What is geography?
500
Sugar Loaf Mountain rises above this valley.
What is Monocacy?