Chapter Two - The Promised Land Part 1
Chapter Two - The Promised Land Part 2
From Caves to Cosmos Part 1
From Caves to Cosmos Part 2
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This group of English Protestants founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Who are the Puritans?
100
Much of the fighting during this American war against the British was directed at Indigenous resisters who realized it was not in their interest to have a close enemy of settlers with an independent government.
What is the American Revolution? (American War for Independence)
100
The famous pyramid at Teotihuacan is known as the Pyramid (Temple) of the Feathered _____.
What is Serpent?
100
There is evidence that people were drinking this beverage thousands of years ago at Chaco.
What is Hot Chocolate? (Chocolate)
200
This leader of the Protestant Reformation created the theology of Calvinism.
Who is John Calvin?
200
The Iroquois, Kiowa, Mohawk, Cayuse, Apache, and Rolling Thunder are all nicknames given to this U.S. Military vehicle.
What are helicopters?
200
The Chumash’s ancestors were the first coastal settlers of what is now this geographical region.
What is Southern California?
200
The day when the sun is at the farthest southern point is known as this. (shortest day of the year)
What is the Winter Solstice?
300
The original settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony adopted an Official Seal with a near-naked Native saying this phrase.
What is "Come Over and Help Us?"
300
This term is a technical military term that appears in U.S. military training manuals, regularly used to mean "behind enemy lines."
What is "Indian Country?"
300
Pueblo Bonito, one of Chaco's greatest houses, acts as a giant one of these by tracking the sun during the day.
What is a clock?
300
New DNA evidence suggests that all Native Americans descend from this.
What is One People? (One common ancestry)
400
The conflict between the British and French (with Native American Allies) was known as this.
What is the Seven Years' War or the "French and Indian War?"
400
The core group of frontier settlers were Protestants from Scotland who were called this.
Who were the Ulster-Scots or "Scotch-Irish?"
400
Located near modern day Mexico City, this is the largest city in ancient America with a population estimated at 125,000.
What is Teotihuacan?
400
At Pueblo Bonito, the North wall tracks the day and the West wall tracks this.
What is the year?
500
British General Jeffrey Amherst posited the idea of sending blankets laden with this disease into "disaffected tribes."
What is Smallpox?
500
This early philosopher promoted the idea that individuals sacrifice their liberty only through consent. Popularized the notion that every man should be free to pursue "Life, Liberty, and Property."
Who is John Locke?
500
Located in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, this famous rock has accurate paintings of the sun during its Summer and Winter Solstice dating back more than 10,000 years ago.
What is Caverna da Pedra Pintada (Cave of the Painted Rock)?
500
Chaco is located in this modern day U.S. state.
What is New Mexico?