Spotlight4

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Answer all questions to gain stars and a spot in Spotlight4 History

1. What and where was Tikal?

2. Who was Moctezuma and what did he do?

3. Who was Francisco Pizarro? What did he do?

4. What was Common Sense?

5. What are the unalienable rights that are stated in the Declaration of Independence?

6. Who was Marquis de Lafayette?

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Use your knowledge of the past, our present and your texts to answer the following questions:

1. What was considered, “the shot heard around the world?“

2. Who was the 43rd president of the United States?

3. What did the Proclamation of Lord Dunmore ask?

4. What do the Yin and Yang show?

5. Who is Vishnu?

6. What are the four noble truths of Buddhism?

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Answer the following questions to receive 1 point each. Be sure to answer the full question in order to receive credit.

1. What body is the head of the Judicial Branch of our government? How many members are there?

2. Name the 2 continents that are completely found in the Southern Hemisphere. Name the 2 continents that are completely found in the Northern Hemisphere.

3. Who was the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court?

4. Who invented the steamboat? When?

5. What happened on August 2, 1873?

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1. What was Operation Desert Storm? When did it begin and what was it about?

2. Who was Susan B. Anthony? What is she known for?

3. What was the first complete sentence that Alexander Graham Bell spoke? What did he speak it on? What is he known for?

4. Who were the “Freedom Riders”? What are they known for?

5. What happened on April 12, 1861? Where did it begin? Why was it fought? Where did it end?

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1. What is the New York State bird, tree and flower?

2. What is Pike’s Peak? Who was it named after and why is it important?

3. What are the names of the two major political parties in the United States? What are their symbols?

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1. What is a marsupial? On what continents would you find them?

2. Who was Gutzon Borglum? Why is he important? Who and what did he sculpt?

3. What was the Pony Express?

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1. What war in the United States history is associated with the Declaration of Independence? How long ago did that war take place?

2. Name the 8 states that begin with the letter M.

3. What is a democracy? What is an autocracy? Give an example of each.

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1. Who is Stephen Foster? What is he best known for?

2. Who are your state’s U.S. Senators?

3. What was the Spanish American War about?

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1. Who was Robert E. Lee? Name the army he led and who opposed him.

2. What was the Indian Removal Act of 1830? Explain The Trail of Tears.

3. Who was Langston Hughes? Why is he important?

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1. What is a cartographer? What does he or she do?

2. Two of the earliest English settlements were Jamestown and Plymouth. Who were they founded by and what is the main difference between them?

3. What was the 49th state joined by the Union? When?

4. Who was born on January 17, 1706? What was he known for?

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1. When and where was the 1st atomic bomb tested? What was it used for?

2. Who was the 1st person to walk on the moon? On what date? What was said?

3. What is the difference between the FBI and CIA? What do they stand for?

4. What is the motto for the Great Seal of the U.S.? What does it mean? Who suggested it?

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1. What is “Black Tuesday”? On what date does this fall on? What is important about this date?

2. What day in 1941 is considered, “a day which will live in infamy”? What happened on this date?

3. What are the two longest rivers in the United States?

4. On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony and several of her followers were arrested. What was her crime?

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1. What are the 5 Branches of the US Armed Forces?

2. What are the two branches of Congress called? How many Senators are there? Why is it necessary to have two branches of government?

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For the week of September 30th till October 7th – Answer these questions to attain a star

1. Who was Francis Scott Key? What is he famous for? When was it written?

2. Who was John Jay? When was he named? Why is this position so important?

3. Who was Benedict Arnold? What is he best known for?

4. What happened on October 12, 1492? What was it originally named as?

BONUS

Name any 5 of the 10 Amendments of the Constitution.

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Questions for the week to earn stars:

1. The Mississippi River has four smaller rivers that flow into it.
What are they?

2. Who was Sandra Day O’Connor? Why was she important?

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Answer these questions to earn some stars.

1. Who was Paul Revere and what was he famous for?

2. What was the Emancipation Proclamation? When was it issued?

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September 7th, 2007

Here are the NEW Social Studies questions to earn stars. Remember to take your time and answer them in complete sentences.

1. Where is the Statue of Liberty located? What does it represent?
2. What do the stars and stripes on the American Flag represent? When and who created the first American flag? Explain its similarities and differences to today’s flag.

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August 17th, 2007

Here are three questions to earn some points.

If I was looking for the Great Wall where would I go to find it?

What are the 7 continents?

What states border Washington D.C.?

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August 3rd, 2007

Here are three questions to earn some points.

If I was looking for the SPHINX where would I go to find it?

What are the 7 wonders of the ancient world?

What country borders Russia, Kazakhstan and China?

From 7/24/07
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S.S. Scavenger Hunt 2

July 9th, 2007

What was the Boston Tea Party and when did it take place?

S.S. Scavenger Hunt 1

June 25th, 2007

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? When did this take place?