JEOPARDYJEOPARDYFIRST EXPLORERS PEOPLE HELPERS LEADERS

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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