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The States
The Seal of New York
New York City
Stuff Papetti Said
Apprentices
100
I am a large western state. My western border is the Pacific Ocean. Gold was discovered here in 1848.
What is California?
100
Windmills are used to represent these people who were the orginal founders of New York City.
Who are the Dutch?
100
A wire manufactuerer by trade, he designed and built the Brooklyn Bridge.
Who is John Roebling?
100
This abondoned city in the middle of the Amazon Jungle was constructed to look like Michigan and to house workers at a failed rubber plant.
What is Fordlandia
100
He makes barrel stays and shoes horses.
What is blacksmith?
200
We are the last two of the 50 states. One of us is the largest; the other one of the smallest.
What are Hawaii and Alaska?
200
These objects represent trade; New York was founded as a trading post.
What are barrels?
200
He was the much hated governor of New Amsterdam although, surprisingly, we still see his name all over new York City.
Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
200
He tried to make shoes while the monkey chased the weasel.
What is a cobbler?
300
I extend further west than my neighbor to the south...which has "west" in its name but otherwise is identical to mine.
What is Virginia?
300
This bird, which replaced a crown, was added to the top of the seal after the American Revolution.
What is the bald eagle?
300
When the New York Subway opened in 1904, the crown jewel station, no longer used, was located under this building.
What is City Hall?
300
The area of Manhattan known as Battery Park City and the World Trade Center site were, in the time of the Dutch, part of this.
What is the Hudson River?
300
He made barrels...the shipping container of choice for 500 years.
What is a cooper?
400
I was the first state to ratify the Constitution and I am know as "The First State".
What is Delaware?
400
Pictured alongside a European man, this figure is there to represent unity between the two groups.
Who are Native Americans?
400
The names of New York City's five COUNTIES.
What are Kings, Queens, Bronx, New York and Richmond.
400
What is the secret to creating a large, strong, flexible cable capable of holding up a large suspension bridge?
What is braiding small wire together.
400
Common people ate and drank from tin cups and plates. Wealthier people ate from items made by this tradesman.
What is a silversmith?
500
Two pairs of states have a "north" and a "south". We are the pair that is WEST of the Mississippi.
What Are North Dakota and South Dakota?
500
This animal,pictured on the seal of New York City, was the reason for the city's founding.
What is the beaver?
500
This future president is seen in a picture of Abraham Lincoln's Funeral in 1865 looking out the upper story of his grandfather's house.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
500
When your parents rented you to the navy for a few dollars a month, you apprenticed as a seaman.
What is a "small boy" or a "powder monkey"?