JEOPARDY

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JEOPARDY
FIRST EXPLORERS PEOPLE HELPERS LEADERS
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500 500 500 Final Jeopardy 500 500
Credits
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Answer

• Started the FIRST library and fire department.

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Question

• Who is Benjamin Franklin?

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Answer

• FIRST African American major league baseball
  player.

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Question

• Who is Jackie Robinson?

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Answer

• FIRST United States President in a Republican
  form of government.
• Born in Virginia

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Question

• Who is George Washington?

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Answer

• FIRST African American United States Supreme
  Court Justice.

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Question

• Who is Thurgood Marshall?

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• FIRST European to land in Florida.
• He was looking for the fountain of youth.

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Question

• Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?

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• Sponsored by France to colonize the New World.
• Explored the Saint Lawrence River Valley.

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Question

• Who is Jacques Cartier?

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• Sponsored by Spain to discover riches and land to
  conquer.
• EXPLORER who gave Spain claim to Florida.

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Question

• Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?

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• EXPLORER who was sponsored by England to find
  riches, a western sea route to Asia, and colonize
  Virginia.

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Question

• Who is Christopher Newport?

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• EXPLORER who discovered the New World.
• Discovered a sea route to America.
• Landed in San Salvador.
• Sponsored by Spain to find sea route to Asia

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Question

• Who is Christopher Columbus?

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• EXPLORER who was sponsored by England to find
  riches, a western sea route to Asia, and colonize
  Virginia.
• One of the first men to reach the Fall Line of
  the James River.
• Made 4 more voyages to Jamestown.

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Question

• Who is Christopher Newport?

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DAILY DOUBLE

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DAILY DOUBLE Answer

• Believed to have sewn one of our countrys first
  flags.

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Question

• Who is Betsy Ross?

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Answer

• African American woman who refused to give up
  her public bus seat.

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Question

• Who is Rosa Parks?

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• She overcame disabilities.
• Helped others who were blind and deaf.

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Question

• Who is Helen Keller?

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• Helped women to get the right to vote.

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Question

• Who is Susan B. Anthony?

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• African American who studied plants.
• Found hundreds of uses for peanuts, sweet
  potatoes, and soybeans.

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Question

• Who is George Washington Carver?

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• African American baseball player who HELPED
  others of his heritage to gain opportunities

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Question

• Who is Jackie Robinson?

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• African American minister who HELPED change laws

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Question

• Who is Martin Luther King?

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• This President of the United states HELPED free
  slaves.
• He was born in a log cabin.

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Question

• Who is Abraham Lincoln?

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• This Indian girl was a HELPER and friend to the
  settlers of Jamestown.

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Question

• Who is Pocahontas?

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• This person HELPED others who were blind and
  deaf.

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Question

• Who is Helen Keller?

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• This LEADER was the third President of the United
  States
• Author of Declaration of Independence
• Born in Virginia

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Question

• Who is Thomas Jefferson?

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DAILY DOUBLE

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Answer

• LED women in the struggle for equal rights

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Question

• Who is Susan B. Anthony?

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Answer

• Brave LEADER of soldiers
• Father of our Country

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Question

• Who is George Washington?

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• This African American minister was a LEADER who
  helped bring about changes in laws through
  peaceful means.

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Question

• Who is Martin Luther King?

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• This LEADER taught himself how to read
• Became our 16th President
• Was known as Honest Abe

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Question

• Who is Abraham Lincoln?

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FINAL JEOPARDY

• How much do you wish to wager?

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Answer

• This American experimented with kites
• Proved that electricity was present in lightening

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Question

• Who is Benjamin Franklin?

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Created By

• Joy Halkyard
• Special Education Teacher
• Columbia ES
• April 2005