JEOPARDYJEOPARDYFIRST EXPLORERS PEOPLE HELPERS LEADERS
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Jeopardy
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Credits
Answer• Started the
FIRST library and fire department.
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• Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Answer• FIRST African American major
league baseball player.
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• Who is Jackie Robinson?
Answer• FIRST United
States President in a Republican form of government.
• Born in Virginia
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• Who is George Washington?
Answer• FIRST African
American United States Supreme Court Justice.
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• Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Answer• FIRST European to land in
Florida.• He was looking for the
fountain of youth.
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• Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
Answer• Sponsored by France to
colonize the New World. • Explored the Saint Lawrence
River Valley.
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• Who is Jacques Cartier?
Answer• Sponsored by
Spain to discover riches and land to conquer.
• EXPLORER who gave Spain claim to Florida.
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• Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
Answer• EXPLORER who was
sponsored by England to find riches, a western sea route to Asia, and colonize Virginia.
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• Who is Christopher Newport?
Answer• 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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• Who is Christopher Columbus?
Answer• 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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• Who is Christopher Newport?
DAILY DOUBLE• How much do you wish to
wager?
DAILY DOUBLE Answer
• Believed to have sewn one of our country’s first flags.
Question• Who is Betsy Ross?
Answer• African American woman who
refused to give up her public bus seat.
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• Who is Rosa Parks?
Answer• She overcame disabilities.• Helped others who were blind
and deaf.
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• Who is Helen Keller?
Answer• Helped women
to get the right to vote.
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• Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Answer• African
American who studied plants.
• Found hundreds of uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans.
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• Who is George Washington Carver?
Answer• African
American baseball player who HELPED others of his heritage to gain opportunities
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• Who is Jackie Robinson?
Answer• African
American minister who HELPED change laws
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• Who is Martin Luther King?
Answer• This President
of the United states HELPED free slaves.
• He was born in a log cabin.
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• Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Answer• This Indian girl
was a HELPER and friend to the settlers of Jamestown.
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• Who is Pocahontas?
Answer• This person
HELPED others who were blind and deaf.
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• Who is Helen Keller?
Answer• This LEADER
was the third President of the United States
• Author of Declaration of Independence
• Born in Virginia
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• Who is Thomas Jefferson?
DAILY DOUBLE• How much do you wish to
wager?
Answer• LED women in
the struggle for equal rights
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• Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Answer• Brave LEADER
of soldiers• “Father of our
Country”
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• Who is George Washington?
Answer• This African
American minister was a LEADER who helped bring about changes in laws through peaceful means.
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• Who is Martin Luther King?
Answer• This LEADER
taught himself how to read
• Became our 16th President
• Was known as “Honest Abe”
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• Who is Abraham Lincoln?
FINAL JEOPARDY• How much do you wish to
wager?
Answer• This American
experimented with kites
• Proved that electricity was present in lightening
Question
• Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Created ByJoy HalkyardSpecial Education Teacher
Columbia ESApril 2005