Bears Ears
Antiquities
Act
Monumental
Potpourri
Halloween
200

This President established Bears Ears as a National Monument in 2016.

Who is Obama.

200

President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law in this year.

When is 1906?

200

Enacted in 1990, this federal law aims to protect Native American burial sites and requires museums to return cultural items, including human remains, to their respective indigenous nations.  

What is the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)?

200

Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the largest religious structure in the world, is located in this country.

Where is Cambodia?

200

This ambiguous concept can relate to all things big or small but generally encompasses a nations relationship to history and history-making. 


What is heritage?

200

This UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mexico, famed for its El Castillo pyramid and the chilling legends surrounding its ancient ball game court, is steeped in mystery and is said to be haunted by the spirits of the Maya.

What is Chichen Itza?  

400

The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition consists of this many tribal groups.

What is five.

400

This term replaced antiquarian and was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 1824.

What is archaeologist?

400

Passed in 1979 this act governs the excavation of archaeological sites on federal and Native American lands in the US and the removal and disposition of collections from those sites.

What is the Archaeology Resources Protection Act (ARPA)?

400

Not well known as Notre- Dame in Paris, this city is where would you find the "Cathedral of Our Lady" that dates from the 12th Century.

Where is Belgium?

400

These two nations contested inscription of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.


What are China and the United States?


400

This famous burial site, used from the 16th to 11th centuries BCE, is home to over 60 tombs and has sparked legends of a curse said to afflict those who disturb its royal occupants, as Howard Carter to King Tut.

What is the Valley of the Kings?

600

This particular form of colonialism occurs when areas where European settlement was designed to entirely replace Indigenous societies. 

What is settler colonialism. 

600

Until President Barack Obama this President held the record for most established monuments under the Antiquities Act.

Who is President Clinton?

600

This landmark 1966 act established a framework for preserving historical sites across the United States and created the National Register of Historic Places to recognize and protect significant cultural resources.

What is the National Historic Preservation Act?

600

First established around the 6th century BC by the Nabataean Arabs, this area consisting of Temples, Tombs, and other half-built structures carved out of the cliffs was featured in the film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

Where is Petra?

600

This figure was once head of the National Museum of Nigeria where he brought to light the lack of eager assistance in retrieving stolen art from dealers in New York and London.


Who is Ekpo Eyo?


600

In 2008 UNESCO recognized this intangible heritage described as a fusion of pre-Hispanic religious rites and Catholic feasts to commemorate the transitory return to Earth of deceased relatives or loved ones.

What is Dias de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?

800

Sparking a debate between nature conservation and Indigenous land rights this company ran a social meddling ad stating "The President Stole Your Land."

What is Patagonia.

800

This is the age an object must be to be considered an antique.

What is 100 years old?

800

This pivotal 1906 legislation not only allows the president to designate national monuments to protect significant archaeological and historic sites but also establishes legal frameworks for safeguarding natural and cultural heritage on federal lands.

What is the Antiquities Act?

800

This convent was built in the District of Leiria, Portugal, near the site of the Battle of Aljubarrota in 1385, to commemorate the victory of the Portuguese over the Castilians and is now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

What is The Monastery of the Domicicans of Batalha?

800

This is the year that the United States government ramified the 1954 Hague Convention for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict.


When was 2009?


800

This historic castle, originally built in the 11th century, has served as a royal palace, prison, and treasury, and is infamous for its gruesome history of executions; visitors often report sightings of spectral figures, including the ghost of an ex-queen.

What is the Tower of London?  

1000

Leading the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this man sought to fill the "empty" land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. 

Who is John Fremont.

1000

Management authority of monuments under the Antiquities Act falls to this branch of government.

What is the President of the United States?

1000

This 1983 legislation was designed to fulfill the United States' obligations under the 1970 UNESCO Convention, establishing procedures to protect cultural property, prevent the illicit trade of artifacts, and provide a framework for the return of stolen or illegally exported items to their countries of origin.

What is the Cultural Property Implementation Act?

1000

Having the title of the "Worlds First National Park" and designed as a World Heritage Site in 1978, this location listed features such as as active a volcano, approximately 10, 000 thermal features, more than 300 geysers and one of the world's largest calderes.

What is Yellowstone Park?

1000

These terms refer to prevailing winds on either side of an island.

What are leeward and windward?

1000

This ancient city is not only famous for its stunning architecture but is also steeped in legends of  hauntings by the spirits of its Nabatean builders, and the presence of djinn, with locals believing that these supernatural beings protect the hidden treasures of its elaborate tombs and temples.

What is Petra?