Random Social Studies
Vocabulary
Folk Tales
Immigrants
Wildcard
100

Name 1 modern and 1 old method of transportation.

(Various Answers) example : Modern : Car

Old (wagons)

100

Who is a  person who lives in a community or a member of a country?

Citizen

100

Who was the man who planted apple trees?

Johnny Appleseed

100

Name a food that comes from immigrants.

(Many Correct Answers)

100

What are the colors of Thailand's flag?

red
white
blue

200

What animal almost went extinct due to the railroads and Western expansion?

American Buffalo

(bison)

200

A story that is handed down over years and years?

Folktale

200
What did Johnny Appleseed wear on his head?
A pot
200
Is war a pushing or pulling factor for people to move to a new country?
Pushing
200

Name 2 Disney Characters

.

300

What is the popular holiday from Mexico wear people honor their dead family

Day of the Dead
(Dia de los Muertos)

300

people who settled in wilderness areas

pioneer

300

What was John Henry's Job?

Railroad Worker

300
The United States have many cultures coming together and mixing or blending some say its like a melting pot. What was the other way it was described

A quilt

300

What holiday is February 14th?

Valentine's Day

400

Name two groups of people who helped build the railroads

1. Chinese
2. Irish

400

Stories and Poems that are passed down by speaking rather than writing them down

oral tradition

400

What was Paul Bunyan's ox named?

Babe

400

What is on Ellis Island in New York City?

Statue of Liberty

400

What language do they speak in Mexico?

Spanish

500
What is the business and act called where people travel to places far from them and spend money locally on food, lodging, shopping ,and local fun activities?

Tourism

500

An object from people in the past

artifact

500

Name one of Paul Bunyan's feats

1000's Lakes
Making Grand Canyon
Clearing out the great plains
Wrestling with babe to make Northern Lights 

500

What was a major pulling factor for people to immigrate and move out to the West of the USA?

Gold

500

What has to be broken before you can use it?

an egg