Regions
In which region would you find New York City?
The Northeast.
Who is thought to have invented wampum?
Hiawatha.
What is the capital of Florida?
Tallahassee.
What is the name of a rifle with a long barrel that is loaded from the muzzle?
Musket.
This is a mobile destructive vortex of violently rotating winds that look like a funnel shaped cloud beneath a large storm system.
Tornado.
In which region would you find Baton Rouge?
The Southeast.
Which tribe fought with Andrew Jackson at Horseshoe Bend in 1814 and helped the US defeat the Creek Tribe?
The Cherokee Tribe.
What is the capital of Michigan?
Lansing.
This word means to trade for goods or services.
Barter.
This type of storm surprised the Boston area on April Fools Day, 1997.
Blizzard.
Which region borders four of the Great Lakes?
The Midwest Region.
What was Sequoya from the Cherokee Tribe best known for?
He developed a system of written language for the Cherokee. He created the first Native American written language in North America.
What is the capital of Ohio?
Columbus.
An area of land set aside by the US government for use by American Indians.
Reservation.
This is the name of a storm where winds come from the Northeast and are usually accompanied by very heavy rain or snow.
Nor’easter.
In 1803, the US bought 800,000 miles of land west of the Mississippi River in the Louisiana Purchase. What country did they purchase the land from?
France.
This Native American woman saved Captain John Smith’s life, and later married John Rolfe.
Pocahontas.
St. Paul is the capital of which state?
Minnesota.
This is another word for humid.
Muggy.
What was the name of the storm that destroyed the city of New Orleans in 2005 and killed more than 1800 people?
Hurricane Katrina.
Name the Great Lakes.
Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior.
This woman from the Shoshone tribe guided Lewis and Clark through the area the US bought in the Louisiana Purchase. Her face is also on a coin that is minted by the US Treasury.
Sacajawea.
What is the capital of South Dakota?
Pierre.
This is a document that a King grants to colonies that gives exclusive powers to a settlement company to govern the land.
A charter.
This Hurricane struck Puerto Rico in 2017 and caused 94 billion dollars in damage to the island.
Hurricane Maria.