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TEACHER'S GuidE 2013
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WEEK 1 ANSWERS:AuguSt 26 – SEptEmbER 11.KansasState’sopponentisNorthDakotaStateUniversity,locatedinoneofthenineU.S.stateswhichsharelandborderswithCanada.TheConventionof1818betweentheU.S.andtheUnitedKingdomsetthe49thparallelastheborderbetweenU.S.territory(partofwhichbecameNorthDakota)andBritishNorthAmerica(laterCanada),fromLakeSuperiorwesttotheRockyMountains.
SouRcE: http://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/Ruch-Bagot
2.William&MaryislocatedinWilliamsburg,
Virginia.GeorgeWashington,ThomasJefferson,andJamesMadison(thefirst,third,andfourthU.S.presidents)attendedcollegehere.
SouRcE: http://www.wm.edu/about/history/3.ThesourceoftheRioGrandeRiverisintheSanJuanMountainsinColorado,andthemouthisattheGulfofMexicobetweenBrownsville,Texas,andMatamoros,Mexico.Atitsmouth,theflowoftheRioGrandehasbeen“reducedtoatrickle”duetodroughtandwateruseupstream.
SouRcE: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Rio_Grande_(US_river).aspx
4.TheothergamesandcitiesalongI-35are
SouthernMethodistUniversity/TexasTechinDallas,OU/UniversityofLouisiana-MonroeinNorman,Texas/NewMexicoStateinAustin,andTexasChristianUniversity/LouisianaStateUniversityinArlington.
SouRcE: http://goo.gl/maps/mxe6b5.BaylorUniversity,foundedin1845,isaffiliatedwiththeBaptistGeneralConventionofTexas.WoffordCollege,affiliatedwiththeUnitedMethodistChurch,helditsfirstclassesin1854.
SouRcES:http://www.wofford.edu/about/fastfacts/http://www.baylor.edu/about/index.php?id=88778
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WEEK 1 ANSWERS (continued):AuguSt 26 – SEptEmbER 1http://www.sbc.net/colleges.asp
ovERtimE ANSWER:
ThelargestcityintheU.S.isNewYorkCity.ItisfollowedbyLosAngeles,California;Chicago,Illinois;Houston,Texas;Philadelphia,Pennsylvania;Phoenix,Arizona;SanAntonio,Texas;SanDiego,California;Dallas,Texas;andSanJose,California.Thepopulationdifferencein2010betweenNewYorkCity(8,175,133)andSanJose,California(945,942)
was7,229,191people. TheSMU-TexasTechgamewillbeplayedinDallas,theninthlargestU.S.city.
SouRcE: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763098.html
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER:
ThegameofT-ball(ortee-ballasitwasoriginallycalled)mayhavebeeninventedbyDr.Musein1961inStarkville.OtherplacesthatclaimtohavebeenthesitewherethegameoriginatedincludeAlbion,Michigan,andBagdad,Florida.
SouRcES:http://www.bluetoad.com/display_article.
php?id=486966http://www.albionmich.com/history/histor_
notebook/020428.shtmlhttp://www.geocities.ws/teeballbaseball/history.html
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WEEK 2 ANSWERS:SEptEmbER 2 – SEptEmbER 8
1.TheTexasLonghornswilltraveltoProvo,Utah,toplaytheBrighamYoungCougarsat111°Wlongitude.ThePrimeMeridian(0°)isanimaginarylinethatpassesthroughGreenwich,England,andisthestartingpointformeasuringdegreesoflongitudetotheeastandwest.
SouRcES: http://citylatitudelongitude.com/http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/prime-meridian/?ar_a=1
2.ThefootballteamandfansofStateUniversityofNewYorkatBuffalo(commonlyknownastheUniversityatBuffaloorSUNYBuffalo)travelstoWaco,Texas.Itisapproximately1465milesbyhighwayorabout1300milesinastraightline“asthecrowflies.”
SouRcES: http://goo.gl/maps/nQJ9phttp://www.findlocalweather.com/how_far_is_it/ny/new+york.html [Todetermine“straightlinedistance,”changethecityandstateinLocation1towhereyouwillstart,andenterthecityandstateofyour
destinationinLocation2.]AnymapoftheU.S.withascaleinmiles3.TheUniversityofOklahomavs.WestVirginiaUniversitygamewillbeplayedinNorman,atownthatbeganasastationontheSantaFeRailroad.
SouRcE: http://www.visitnorman.com/all-about-norman/history-of-norman/4.BrighamYoungUniversity,siteoftheBYU-Texasgame,isinProvo,Utah,whichislocatedwestoftheContinentalDividethat
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WEEK 2 ANSWERS (continued):SEptEmbER 2 – SEptEmbER 8
marksthewesternmarginoftheMississippiRiverBasin.Ariverdrainagebasinisthelandareathatisdrainedbyariveranditstributaries.
SouRcES:
http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Mi-Oc/Mississippi-River-Basin.htmlhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/River+Drainage+Basinhttp://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=river+basin5.OklahomaStatewillplayUT-SanAntonio.San
Antonio,Texas,hadapopulationof1,327,407,accordingtothe2010U.S.Census.About63%ofthepopulationclaimsHispanicorLatinoheritage.
SouRcE: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/4865000.htmlovERtimE ANSWER: seemapabove
SouRcES: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-037-03/resources/fig1.jpghttp://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/cities/txrivers.htmhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/
kansas/map.GIF
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER:
TheLouisiana-LafayetteteamsarecalledtheRagin’Cajuns,whiletheKansasStateteamscallthemselvestheWildcats.
SouRcES:
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/teams/ssqhttp://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/teams/kkb
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WEEK 3 ANSWERS:SEptEmbER 9 – SEptEmbER 15
1.Lubbock,Texas(33º35’N,101º51’W)islocatedinnorthwestTexas.ConsideredtobeatthecenteroftheSouthPlains,theareaislocatedbetweenthePermianBasintothesouthandtheTexasPanhandletothenorth.Lubbock’sofficialelevationis3,256feetabovesealevel.
SouRcES:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hdl04
http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/main-city-side-navigation/about-lubbock
2.TheUniversityofIowaislocatedinIowaCity,about138milesfromAmes.Itshouldtakealittlemorethantwohourstomakethetripifthedriveraverages60milesperhour.The“geographiccenter”ofIowaislocatedaboutfivemilesnortheastofAmes.
SouRcES:
http://www.uiowa.edu/http://goo.gl/maps/VoSaFhttp://www.netstate.com/states/geography/
ia_geography.htm3.UsingGoogleMaps,Mapquest,orBingMaps,theanswersshouldallbethesame:OleMissfansinOxford,Mississippi,willdriveonI-55,I-40,I-30,andI-35,crossingtheMississippiRiverandtheRedRiver,andwillskirttheMemphis,LittleRock,andDallasmetropolitanareas.
SouRcES:
http://goo.gl/maps/gkx96http://mapq.st/16K0egahttp://binged.it/13z5YHj
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WEEK 3 ANSWERS (continued):SEptEmbER 9 – SEptEmbER 15
4.Thefirstnumber(39°37’45”N)isMorgantown’slatitudeandthesecondnumber(79°57’22”W)isitslongitude.Thefollowingishowonereadsthecoordinatesaloud:
--39degrees37minutes45seconds Northoftheequator
--79degrees57minutes22seconds WestofthePrimeMeridian
Usually“oftheequator”and“ofthePrimeMeridian”isunderstood,sotheydonothavetobereadaloud.
SouRcES: http://www.travelmath.com/cities/Morgantown,+WV
http://www.ehow.com/how_5083052_read-longitude-latitude.html5.TheflagshipcampusoftheUniversityof
MassachusettssystemislocatedinAmherst.TheConnecticutRiverflowsjustwestoftheUMassAmherstcampus,andservesastheborderbetweenNewHampshireandVermont.
SouRcES:http://www.umass.edu/umhome/about/index.htmlhttp://www.fws.gov/r5crc/images/Stuff/mapweb.gif
ovERtimE ANSWER: IncludingChicago,Illinois,andLosAngeles(“LA”),California,studentsshouldmarkSt.Louis(“SaintLooey”)andJoplin,Missouri;OklahomaCity;Amarillo,Texas;Gallup,NewMexico;
Flagstaff,Winona,andKingman,Arizona;andBarstowandSanBernardino,California.
SouRcES:http://youtu.be/dCYApJtsyd0http://www.songlyrics.com/bobby-troup/route-66-lyrics/http://goo.gl/maps/RUl50
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: FromOU,theProFootballHallofFameinducteeshavebeenTroyAikman,TommyMcDonald,andLeeRoySelmon.ThosewhoplayedfortheUniversityofTulsaareJimFinks,SteveLargent,andBobSt.Clair.
SouRcE: http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/colleges.aspx
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WEEK 4 ANSWERS: SEptEmbER 16-SEptEmbER 221.PennsylvaniasharesaborderwithbothWestVirginiaandMaryland.AccordingtoGoogleMaps,theroundtripmileagefromMorgantowntoBaltimoreandbackisabout434milesoninterstatehighways.
SouRcE: http://goo.gl/maps/TL7e62.Ingeography,theconfluenceiswhereoneriverflowsintoanotherorwheretwoormorestreamscometogethertoformasingleriver.JustnorthofWaco,Texas,theBosqueRiverflowsintotheBrazosRiverwhicheventuallyemptiesintotheGulfofMexico.
SouRcES:http://goo.gl/maps/zK3sThttp://www.mclennan.edu/brs/assets/images/Waco_Map_Color.jpghttp://waterschool.brazos.org/category/Brazos-River.aspx3.CecilCalvert,the2ndLordBaltimore,establishedtheEnglishcolonyknownasMaryland.MarylandwasoneoftheoriginalThirteenColonies,andjoinedtheUniononApril28,1788.StephenFullerAustinhelpedtofoundacolonyinnorthernMexico.In1836thisareawonitsindependencefromMexicoandbecametheRepublicofTexas.Later,TexaswasadmittedtotheUniononDecember29,1845.
SouRcES:http://mdroots.thinkport.org/library/cecilcalvert.asphttp://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/biographies/stephen_austin.htmlhttp://www.50states.com/statehood.htm-.Ufvyh1N4Nfl4.WhetherKansasTerritoryshouldbecomeafreestateoraslavestateledtomuchlossoflifecausedbyraidsandattacksonthesettlersbypro-andanti-slaveryforces.Thisgaverisetothenickname“BleedingKansas.”TheJayhawkerswereopposedtoslavery,whilepro-slaveryraidersfromneighboringMissouriweresometimescalledBushwhackers.
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WEEK 4 ANSWERS (continued): SEptEmbER 16-SEptEmbER 22
SouRcES:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2952.htmlhttp://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-missouri-and-kansas.htm5.LouisianaTechUniversityislocatedinRuston,whiletheUniversityofLouisianaatMonroe(ULM)isabout35milestotheeastonI-20.
SouRcES:http://goo.gl/maps/8ykzBhttp://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/latc-m-footbl-sched.html
http://www.ulmwarhawks.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=19000&SPID=10968&SPSID=90585
ovERtimE ANSWER: PresidentThomasJeffersonauthorizedtheLouisianaPurchasein1803.Althoughhewasnotsureexactlyhowmuchlandhewasbuyingatthetime,theUnitedStatespaid$15millionforabout827,000squaremiles.Calculate:640acresX827,000squaremiles=524,800,000acres.$15,000,000dividedby524,800,000acres=$0.03[3¢]peracre.PartsofwhatbecameTexaswereincludedintheLouisianaPurchaseaswasallofIowa,Kansas,andOklahoma.OnlyWestVirginiawasnotpartoftheLouisianaPurchase.
SouRcES:http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/legacy/jefferson.htmhttp://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/legacy/sold.htmhttp://gatewayno.com/history/images/la-purchase-large.jpg
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER:
PresidentGeorgeW.Bush’sPrairieChapelRanch,locatednearCrawford,Texas,isabout35mileswestofBaylorUniversityinWaco.
SouRcES:http://www.crawford-texas.org/http://goo.gl/maps/XF8lp
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WEEK 5 ANSWERS: SEptEmbER 23 – SEptEmbER 291. Whileallhurricanesarecyclones,notallcyclones
arehurricanes.Botharerotatingwindstorms,butcycloneisamoregeneraltermwhileahurricaneisatropicalstormuntilithassustainedwindsgreaterthan74milesperhour.Also,thetermhurricaneisusedespeciallytodescribestormsintheNorthernHemispherethatstartinthetropicalareasoftheAtlanticOceanortheCaribbeanSeaandmovegenerallynorthward.
SouRcES: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A1.htmlhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/cyclonehttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/hurricane
2.TheSt.JosephRiverflowswestwardthroughMichiganfromitsheadwatersnearHillsdalebeforedippingintonorthernIndianaforafewmiles.Theriverthenre-entersMichiganandemptiesintoLakeMichiganatthetownnamedSt.Joseph.
SouRcES:http://www.in.gov/dnr/outdoor/4479.htmhttp://www.stjoeriver.net/about.htm
3. Thefourcolleges,allfromTexas,wereBaylor,Texas,TexasA&M,andTexasTech.TheyjoinedColorado,IowaState,Kansas,KansasState,Missouri,Nebraska,Oklahoma,andOklahomaStatetoformtheBig12Conference.
SouRcES:http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=1514841http://bigeightsports.com/
4.OSUhastheonlyaccreditedCollegeofVeterinaryMedicine(nowVeterinaryHealthSciences)inOklahoma.OtherBig12schoolsthateducateveterinariansareIowaStateandKansasStateUniversities.
SouRcES:http://www.cvhs.okstate.edu/https://www.avma.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/Education/Accreditation/Colleges/Pages/colleges-accredited.aspx
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WEEK 5 ANSWERS (continued): SEptEmbER 23 – SEptEmbER 29
5.Waco,Texas,ishometobothBaylorUniversityandtheTexasRangerHallofFameandMuseum.
SouRcES:http://www.texasranger.org/http://www.waco-texas.com/about.asp
ovERtimE ANSWERS: 41°N-SouthBend,Indiana 39°N-Morgantown,WestVirginia 36°N-Tulsa,Oklahoma 32°N-FortWorth,Texas Highest/farthestnorth:41°N-SouthBend,Indiana Lowest/farthestsouth:32°N-FortWorth,Texas LowestBig12citylatitude:30°N-Austin,Texas
SouRcE:http://citylatitudelongitude.com/
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: OftheoriginalmembersoftheBig12Conference,
ColoradolefttojointhePacific-10(Pac-10)andNebraskajoinedtheBig10Conference.
SouRcES:http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5271438http://www.bigten.org/trads/big10-trads.html
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WEEK 6 ANSWERS: SEptEmbER 30 – octobER 61.WestVirginiaUniversity,whosenicknameisthe
Mountaineers,islocatedinMorgantowninthefoothillsoftheAppalachianMountains.
SouRcE:http://www.rocketbanner.com/images/states/west-virginia/morgantown-vinyl-banners.jpg 2.WestVirginiaUniversityislocatedintheEastern
TimeZone.WhentheMountaineersplaytheBaylorBearsinWaco,Texas,intheCentralTimeZone,itwillbeanhourlaterinMorgantown,WestVirginia.Thereisaone-hourtimedifferencebetweentheEasternandCentralTimeZones.
SouRcE: http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/time_zone.shtml
3. TheKansasStateWildcatswilltravelabout256milestoStillwater,whiletheHornedFrogsofTexasChristianonlytravelabout184milestoNorman.
SouRcE: www.MapQuest.com 4. Iowagrowsmorecornthananyotherstateinthe
U.S.About23%ofU.S.cornproductionisconvertedintoethanol.
SouRcES:http://www.wherefoodcomesfrom.com/article/274-2190/Corn-Production-By-State-Alphabeticalhttp://web.extension.illinois.edu/ethanol/5. “Itallbeganwithasteamboat.Thefirstsettlersof
Manhattan,Kansas,ranagroundastheytraveleduptheKansasRiver.NewYorkinvestorsinsistedthatthesettlerswouldcalltheirnewcommunity
“Manhattan”forthenewtowntheyweretosettle.WithManhattan,NewYork,knownasthe“BigApple,”itwasnaturalforManhattan,Kansas,tobecomeknownasTheLittleApple®.”
SouRcE: http://www.manhattancvb.org/FAQ.aspx?QID=69
ovERtimE ANSWER:Answerswillvary.WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: Thestatue,entitled“IntotheSunset,”ofWillRogers
onhishorseSoapsudsislocatednearoneoftheentrancestotheTexasTechcampusinLubbock.
SouRcES:http://www.ttu.edu/traditions/rogers.phphttp://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2011-10-04/texas-tech-will-rogers-and-legend-am-.Ufl_B1N4Nfk
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WEEK 7 ANSWERS: octobER 7 – octobER 131.Kansas–MissouriRiver Oklahoma–RedRiver Texas–RedRiver,RioGrande,SabineRiver
SouRcES: NystromDeskAtlashttp://www.sporcle.com/games/rainbownia/state_border_rivershttp://etc.usf.edu/maps/galleries/us/regional/index.htmhttp://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/environment/rivers2. GreatPlains,Canada
SouRcES: NystromDeskAtlashttp://greatplainsfoodways.com/about/the-great-plains-map/3.Kansas,Oklahoma,Texas
SouRcES: http://www.wheatworld.org/wheat-info/fast-facts/http://www.statista.com/statistics/190376/top-us-states-in-wheat-production/4. SanAntonio,Texas,andAbilene,Kansas
SouRcES: http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/c/ch045.htmlhttp://genealogytrails.com/tex/state/cattledrives.html5. EnhancedFujitaScale
SouRcES: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/f-scale.htmlhttp://www.spc.noaa.gov/efscale/
ovERtimE ANSWER: Thedistanceisapproximately450miles(NystromDesk
Atlas)usingamapscaleand515milesusinganonlinemappingtoolsuchashttp://www.google.com.Directionissouth-southwest(SSW)
AustintoDallasisapproximately190milesandthedirectionisnorth-northeast(NNE)
NormantoDallasisapproximately190milesandthedirectionissouthorsouth-southeast(SSE)
ThemileageanddirectionareclosetothesameusingtheNystromDeskAtlasandhttp://www.google.com.
Waco,Texas,toManhattan,Kansas,isapproximately570milesandthedirectioniseithernorthornorth-northeast.
SouRcES: NystromDeskAtlashttp://www.google.com
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WEEK 7 ANSWERS (continued): octobER 7 – octobER 13WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: ThewinningfootballteamgetstheGoldenHat,a
bronzedten-gallonhat,whiletheGovernor’sTrophygoestothegovernorofthestate’swinningteam,andtheRedRiverRivalrytrophy,createdin2003,isawardedtothestudentgovernmentofthewinninguniversity.
SouRcE:http://collegefootball.about.com/od/rivalries/a/rivalry-red.htm
WEEK 8 ANSWERS: octobER 14 – octobER 201. OtherpresidentstovisittheUniversityofKansaswhilein
officeincludedUlyssesS.Grantin1873,RutherfordB.Hayesin1879andWilliamH.Taftin1911.
SouRcE:http://kuhistory.com/2013/04/presidential-visits-to-ku/2. ThetownisWaco,Texas,andtheBig12collegelocated
theretodayisBaylorUniversity.
SouRcES:http://www.magazine.tcu.edu/Magazine/Article.aspx?ArticleId=286http://www.baylor.edu/about/index.php?id=88778Nystrom Classroom Atlas3. ThetworiversthatformtheOhioRiverinPittsburgh,
Pennsylvania,aretheMonongahela&AlleghenyRivers.
SouRcES:http://www.ohioriverfdn.org/education/ohio_river_facts/index.htmlhttp://www.monriver.org/
Nystrom Classroom Atlas4. Sesquicentennialmeans150years.WhenKansas
StateUniversitywasfoundedin1863,itwasknownasKansasStateAgriculturalCollege.
SouRcES:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sesquicentennialhttp://www.k-state.edu/150/trivia.html5. TexasTechUniversityislocatedinLubbock;its
coordinatesareapproximately33.58Nand101.86W.
SouRcES:http://www.ttu.edu/traditions/http://www.maps-streetview.com/United-States/Lubbock/ Nystrom Classroom Atlas
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WEEK 8 ANSWERS (continued): octobER 14 – octobER 20
ovERtimE ANSWER: DesMoinesisthecapitalofIowa.TheKansasCity
metropolitanareaisactuallylocatedinMissouriandKansas.MinneapolisisthelargestcityinMinnesota.OmahaisthelargestcityinNebraska.
To travel from Ames to these cities, follow these highways:
I-35SouthtoKansasCity I-35NorthtoMinneapolis I-35South,thenI-80WesttoOmaha
SouRcES:http://www.iastate.edu/about/http://goo.gl/maps/DZGAZNystrom Classroom Atlas
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: WestVirginiahasbothanEasternPanhandle,
extendingbetweenMarylandandVirginia,andaNorthernPanhandle,extendingbetweenOhioandPennsylvania.
SouRcES:http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/wv_ geography.htmhttp://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_ OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=205751789Nystrom Classroom Atlas
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WEEK 9 ANSWERS: octobER 21 – octobER 271.“Transcontinental”meansextendingorgoingacross
acontinent,inthiscasefromtheAtlantictothePacificOcean.CongressmanAmeshelpedtheUnionPacificRailroadtobuilditsraillinewestfromtheMissouriRiver.PresidentAbrahamLincolnsignedtheUnionPacificcharterin1862.
SouRcES:http://www.visitames.com/About_Ames/facts_and_info.aspxhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transcontinentalhttp://up150.com/timelinehttp://up150.com/timeline/union-pacific-charter2. Acountyseatistheseatofgovernmentand
administrationforacounty.Itusuallycontainsthe
countycourthouse,thesheriff’soffice,andthecountyjail.Kansashas105counties.
SouRcES:http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/CountySeats.aspxhttp://www.infoplease.com/us-states/kansas.html3. Heliotropismmeansthataplant’sflowerorblossom
“follows”thesun’spathacrossthesky,sothesunflower’sheadfaceseastinthemorningandwestintheafternoon.BoththeKansasstateflagandtheKansasstatequarterhaveimagesofthesunfloweronthem.Theremaybeadditionalcorrectanswers.
SouRcES:http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Kansas/flower_sunflower.htmlhttp://epod.usra.edu/blog/2010/08/sunflowers-follow-the-sun.html
4. Theredbedsaresedimentaryrockstrataofsandstoneandshalethatcontainironoxide,thesamecolorasrust.TheRedRivereventuallyemptiesitswatersintotheMississippiRiver.
SouRcES:http://practicalbio.blogspot.com/2011/07/soil-color-why-is-my-soil-red-or-tan-or.htmlhttp://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rnr015. TheadjoiningBig12statesareKansas,Oklahoma,
andTexas.FarthestnorthisIowa,andfarthesteastisWestVirginia.
Timeline order:
Texas:December29,1845 Iowa:December28,1846
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WEEK 9 ANSWERS (continued): octobER 21 – octobER 27 Kansas:January29,1861 WestVirginia:June20,1863 Oklahoma:November16,1907
SouRcES:http://www.collegefantasycoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Big-12.jpghttp://www.50states.com/statehood.htm#.UerI2G1n36U
ovERtimE ANSWER: FromtheKansaslineonthenorthtotheTexasline
onthesouth,theOklahomaPanhandleis341/2mileswide.BytheCompromiseof1850,slaverywasprohibitednorthofthe36°30′parallel.Itwasthelinethat
basicallydividedthenorthernfreestatesandterritoryfromthesouthernslavestatesandterritorywestoftheMississippiRiver.Texaschosetogiveuplandnorthofthe36°30′parallelinordertoremaina“slavestate.”Fromthe1850stothe1880s,nopersoncouldlegallyownorusethelandintheOklahomaPanhandle;also,therewasnolocalgovernmentintheOklahomaPanhandle,soitbecameaplacewhereoutlawscouldhideoutandavoidlawenforcement.Thisgaverisetothename“NoMan’sLand.”
SouRcES:http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/N/NO001.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_Panhandle
http://www.historynet.com/oklahoma-panhandle-badmen-in-no-mans-land.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/missouri-compromise
http://www.ushistory.org/us/30d.asp
http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/2900/2906/2906.htm
http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ok_geography.htm
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: OSUandOGEEnergyCorporationhave“harnessed
thewind”bybuildingtheCowboyWindFarmnearBlackwell,Oklahoma.
SouRcES:http://newsok.com/oklahoma-state-university-counting-on-wind-to-power-campus/article/3628633
https://news.okstate.edu/press-releases/2031-governor-fallin-oklahoma-state-ogae-celebrate-cowboy-wind-farm-wind-energy-for-stillwater-campus
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WEEK 10 ANSWERS: octobER 28 – NovEmbER 31. TheTexas-KansasgamewillbeplayedinAustin,the
capitalofTexas.ItwasnamedafterStephenF.Austin,oneofthefoundersoftheRepublicofTexas.
SouRcES: http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/austin.htmhttp://www.lsjunction.com/people/austin.htm2. FortRileywasestablishedin1852toprotectsettlers
travelingontheSantaFeTrail.
SouRcES: http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/fort-riley/17809http://www.riley.army.mil/UnitPage.aspx?unit=DPTMS.Museum3. TexasTechislocatedinLubbockintheTexasPanhandle.
ThefarmersaredependentontheOgallalaAquiferforwatertoirrigatetheircrops.
SouRcES: http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/05/22/ogallala-aquifer-in-texas-panhandle-suffers-big-drop/
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-20109776.htmlhttp://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/4. ThehighestpointinWestVirginiaisSpruceKnob,which
rises4,863feetabovesealevel.TexashasthehighestpointamongBig12states.ItisGuadalupePeak,whichrises8,749feetabovesealevel.
SouRcES: http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/wv_geography.htmhttp://www.netstate.com/states/geography/tx_geography.htmhttp://geology.com/state-high-points.shtml5. BothStillwaterandNormanwereofficiallyestablishedon
April22,1889,whenthe“UnassignedLands”incentralOklahomawereopenedinthefirst“landrun”inU.S.history.ThisareaeventuallywasdividedintoallorpartsofCanadian,Cleveland,Kingfisher,Logan,Oklahoma,andPayneCounties.
SouRcES: http://www.okgenweb.org/~land/http://crescentok.com/staff/jaskew/TAH/OK/landruns.htm
ovERtimE ANSWER: Ifthetrainisontime,youwillleaveOklahomaCityat8:25
a.m.,andarriveinFortWorthat12:39p.m.Thetripshouldtake4hoursand14minutes.
SouRcE: http://www.heartlandflyer.com/train-information/schedules/
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: FranciscoVásquezdeCoronadotraveledin1540-1542
throughouttheAmericanSouthwest(includingTexasandOklahoma)lookingfortheSevenCitiesofCíbolawheretherewasrumoredtobemuchgoldandsilver.
SouRcES: http://www.history.com/topics/francisco-vazquez-de-coronadohttp://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/c/co062.html
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WEEK 11 ANSWERS: NovEmbER 4 – NovEmbER 101. WacoisthebirthplaceofDrPepper,andishometothe
WacoMammothSite,a100-plusacrestretchofwoodedparklandalongtheBosqueRiver.ThesiteprovidesaglimpseintothelivesofColumbianmammothbonesdiscoveredinWacoin1978.
SouRcES: http://www.waco-texas.com/cms-waco-mammoth/page.aspx?id=174http://drpeppermuseum.com/About-Us/History-Of-Dr--Pepper.aspx2. TheKonzaPrairie,locatedintheKansasFlintHillsabout
tenmilesfromManhattan,is8,616acresofnativetallgrassprairiethatpreservessomethegrasslandsthatoncecoveredmuchofthecenterofthecontinent.Thispreserveandbiologicalstationisusedforecologicalresearchandasanenvironmentaleducationfacilityforstudentsandthepublic.
SouRcES: http://www.konza.ksu.edu/keep/Plantdiversity.htm
http://keep.konza.ksu.edu/ecology/3. TexasisborderedbyNewMexicoonthewest,Oklahoma
onthenorth,Arkansasonthenorthandeast,andLouisianaontheeast.TothesoutheastistheGulfofMexico.AlongitssouthwesternborderistheRioGrande,the1,951-mile-longriverthatalsoservesasaninternationalboundarybetweentheUnitedStatesandMexico.
SouRcE: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/txlatlog.htm4. TheNationalWrestlingHallofFameislocatedinStillwater,
Oklahoma.ItisopenMondaythroughFridayfrom9a.m.until4p.m.
SouRcE: http://nwhof.org/stillwater/http://nwhof.org/locations/5. FromitssourcetheKansasorKawRiverflows173milesto
whereitemptiesintotheMissouriRiver.TopekaisthestatecapitalofKansas.
SouRcES: http://kansasriver.org/http://www.50states.com/kansas.htm-.UfsG91N4Nfk
ovERtimE ANSWER: In2007therewere51amusementparksinTexas,
teninOklahoma,threeinIowa,twoinKansas,and oneinWestVirginia.
SouRcES: http://www.census.gov/econ/industry/geo/g71311.htmhttp://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: Amongthefivetopbeefproducingstates,Texas
ranksfirstandOklahomaisfourth.
SouRcE: http://www.beefusa.org/beefindustrystatistics.aspx
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WEEK 12 ANSWERS: NovEmbER 11 – NovEmbER 171.PresidentDwightD.EisenhoweradmiredGerman’swell-engineeredhighwaysthatheconvincedCongresstoauthorizeasimilarsystemintheU.S.,andhesignedthebillintolawonJune29,1956.Evennumberedinterstatesrungenerallyeastandwest,whileoddnumberedonesrungenerallynorthandsouth.
SouRcES:http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/faq.htm-question2http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/homepage.cfm
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/history.htm
2.IndianMeridian,whichrunssouthfromtheKansaslinetotheRedRiver,intersectswiththeIndianBaseLine,whichrunseastandwestat34°30′N,ataplacenearDaviscalledInitialPoint.AllofwhatbecameOklahoma,exceptthePanhandle,wassurveyedin1870byE.N.Darlingand
TheodoreH.BarrettbeginningatInitialPoint.
SouRcES: http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_plss.htmlhttp://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/I/IN012.html
3.KansaswasadmittedtotheUniononJanuary29,1861.WestVirginiabecameastateonJune20,1863.
SouRcE: http://www.50states.com/statehood.htm-.Uf2ko1PFYz0http://www.270towin.com/states/West_Virginia;http://www.270towin.com/states/Kansas
4.PortionsofBig12statesOklahoma,Kansas,andTexaslieabovetheOgallalaAquifer;TexasTechUniversityinLubbockistheonlyBig12collegethatsitsaboveit.Anaquiferisanundergroundbedorlayerofporousandpermeablerockthatstoresandtransmitswater.Farmersdrillwellsdowntotheaquifer,andpumpoutthewaterwhichtheyusetoirrigatetheircrops.
SouRcES: http://ne.water.usgs.gov/ogw/hpwlms/http://ne.water.usgs.gov/ogw/hpwlms/images/locationmap.jpghttp://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgwaquifer.html
5.OftheBig12states,Gov.RomneywonthemostvotesinKansas,Oklahoma,Texas,andWestVirginia.PresidentObamacarriedIowaonly.
SouRcE: http://www.270towin.com/2012_Election/index.html
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WEEK 12 ANSWERS (continued): NovEmbER 11 – NovEmbER 17ovERtimE ANSWERS: Amongthetopfivecoalproducingstatesin2011,Wyomingwas#1,WestVirginia#2,andTexas#5.About93%ofcoalusedintheU.S.goestogenerateelectricity.ThecontroversialmethodofproducingcoalinWestVirginiaiscalledmountaintopminingormountaintopremoval.Itiscontroversialbecauseoftheclear-cuttingofforeststoexposethemountaintop,becauseoftheblastingthatisnecessary,becauseofhowtherock,dirt,andothermaterialsleftafterminingaredisposedofinnearbyvalleys,andbecauseoftheimpactthiskindofmininghasontheenvironmentofthearea.Toseeanexampleofmountaintopmining,usetheaerialimageryonGoogleEarthandsearchforSylvester,WV.
SouRcES: http://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=coal_wherehttp://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=coal_usehttp://www.epa.gov/region3/mtntop/#impactshttp://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/12/mountaintop.removal.mining/index.htmlhttp://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2198
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: StudentsatOUcancompeteinmen’sandwomen’s
gymnasticsandwomen’srowingandvolleyball,whileOSUwomencanparticipateinequestriancompetition.
SouRcE:http://www.soonersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=
31000&SPID=127248&SPSID=750341&DB_OEM_ID=31000http://www.soonersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&SPID=127243&SPSID=750311&DB_OEM_ID=31000http://www.soonersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&SPID=127244&SPSID=750321&DB_OEM_ID=31000http://www.soonersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&SPID=127256&SPSID=750375&DB_OEM_ID=31000http://www.okstate.com/sports/w-equest/okst-w-equest-body.html
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WEEK 13 ANSWERS: NovEmbER 18 – NovEmbER 241. Kansas2.WestVirginia3.Oklahoma4.Iowa5.Texas
SouRcES: http://state-facts.findthedata.org/
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.htmlhttp://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/msscc
ovERtimE ANSWER: TourismisimportanttotheeconomyofOklahoma.WherewouldyouliketotravelinOklahomaandwhy?Chooseastateparkthatyouhavenevervisitedand,usinganOklahomastatehighwaymapandahighlighter,tracetherouteyouwouldtravelfromyourhometowntoyourchosenstatepark.
SouRcE: http://www.travelok.com/listings/sid.1/tag.state_parks
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: Norman,Oklahoma
SouRcE: http://www.ci.norman.ok.us/content/about-city
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WEEK 14 ANSWERS: NovEmbER 25 – DEcEmbER 11. Note #1:dependingonstudentknowledgeandgraspofarithmeticandalgebraicskills,theteachermayneedtoroundnumberstoaccommodatereasonablecalculation.
Note #2:thesamebasicinformationcanbegatheredusingahighwayatlasorTexasroadmap,buttheresultsmaynotbeasprecise.
AccordingtoGoogleEarth,thisdistancefromBaylortoTCUis87.3miles;toarriveinanhourand25minutes(85minutes),thedriverwouldhavetotravelataconstantspeedof61.6milesperhour.Toarriveatthisfigure,divide87.3by85andthenmultiple
thequotientby60.AnswerswillvaryastowhatroutetotakewithoutdrivingonI-35.Probablytheserouteswouldbeslowerbecauseofroadshavingfewerlanesandstopsigns/lightsinsomeofthecommunitiesenroute.However,iftrafficisheavyonI-35ongameday,itcouldbefastertotravelthebackroads.Studentsshouldalsotakeothervariables(e.g.,weatherandhighwayconstruction)intoconsiderationwhenmakingtheirpredictions.
SouRcES: Google Earth https://maps.google.com/ http://goo.gl/maps/zkGKg HighwayatlasorTexasroadmap.
2.Note:Studentswillneedtobeacquaintedwiththesymbolsand/orcolorsusedondifferentkindsofmapstobeabletointerprettheaerialimagerytheywillseeonGoogleEarth.Theteachermaywanttoshowexamplesoflanduseandtopographicmapsaswellaspoliticalmaps,sostudentswillknowhowmapscanbeusedtorepresentmanydifferentpiecesofinformation.
ThelandscapearoundAmesshouldappeartostudentstobefairlyflatwithmuchofthelandbeingusedforagricultureoutsideofthecity.Aroundtheriversandstreamsstudentsshouldbeabletodiscernriparian[havingtodowithriversorsometimesbodiesofwater]vegetation.IntheMorgantownarea,studentsshouldbeabletosee
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WEEK 14 ANSWERS (continued): NovEmbER 25 – DEcEmbER 1 themountainousterrainandtheruralnatureofthelandscape.
The2010populationofAmeswas58,965.Morgantown’spopulationin2010was29,660.Ameshad29,305morepeoplethanMorgantownin2010.
SouRcES: Google Earth https://maps.google.com/ http://factfinder2.census.gov/3. Dependingonwherethestudentsplacethe“hand”ontheManhattanplacemark,theelevationwillbeintherangeof1035to1055feetabovesealevel.LikewisewithLawrence,theelevationwillbeintherangeof835to865feetabovesealevel.Forthepurposeofthisexercise,use1035feetforManhattanand865
feetforLawrence.IfthedropinelevationbetweenManhattanandLawrenceis170feetoverthedistanceofapproximate85miles(Googlesays84.6miles),theaveragedeclineinelevationpermileistwo(2)feet.Divide170by85todeterminethisnumber.Studentswhoaremoreadvancedcancalculatethesloperatio,whichis.00038(using84.6miles).
SouRcES: Google Earth https://maps.google.com/ HighwayatlasorKansasroadmap
ovERtimE ANSWER: Whiletraditionholdsthatthe“first”ThanksgivingwascelebratedbytheSeparatistsorPuritansatthePlimouthPlantationColonyinwhatisnowMassachusettsin1621,answerswillvarydependingonhowstudentsdecidetoidentify“first.”
SouRcES: http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/read/thanksgiving-historyhttp://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/nov05/thanksgiving.htmlhttp://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/first-thanksgiving/
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: Afootballresemblesanelongatedsphere,alsoknowningeometryasaprolatespheroid.Earlygamesoffootballusedinflatedpigorotheranimalbladders,givingrisetothetermof“pigskin”forafootball.Fromagenerallyroundorsphericalshape,theballevolvedtothecurrentshapebecauseitwaseasiertothrowtheballinaspiralforlongerdistancesinaforwardpass.
SouRcE:http://youtu.be/QcilcRilMsghttp://wonderopolis.org/wonder/are-footballs-really-made-of-pigskin/
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WEEK 15 ANSWERS: DEcEmbER 2 – DEcEmbER 81.TheTowerisonthecampusoftheUniversityofTexasinAustin.
SouRcES: http://www.utexas.edu/tower/http://goo.gl/maps/SUg5nhttp://itouchmap.com/latlong.htmlhttp://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/latitude_and_longitude_finder.htm
Nystrom Classroom Atlas2.BoomerLake&ParkarejustwestofU.S.177inStillwater.
SouRcES http://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.685http://goo.gl/maps/Ivlwdhttp://stillwater.org/
Nystrom Classroom Atlas3.Althoughitdependsonwhereariver“begins”whenthereareseveralbranchesofthatriver,mostauthoritiesagreethattheBrazosRiveristhelongestriverinTexas,flowingthroughWaco,thehomeofBaylorUniversity.
SouRcES: http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/states/texas/texas-river-map.html
http://www.baylor.edu/map/?_buref=1172-91940
Nystrom Classroom Atlas4.LakeThunderbirdStateParkislocatedeastofNorman,andoftenhostsroostingbaldeaglesontheirmigrationcorridoracrossthecontinent.
SouRcES: http://www.travelok.com/article_page/top-10-places-for-eagle-watching-in-oklahoma
http://goo.gl/maps/Y6uRj
Nystrom Classroom Atlas5.Stillwaterclaimsthetitleofthe“OriginalHomeofRedDirtMusic”andisthehomeofthemaincampusofOklahomaStateUniversity.
SouRcES: http://www.visitstillwater.org/http://www.visitstillwater.org/visitors/red-dirt-music/http://tasteofcountry.com/garth-brooks-graduates-oklahoma-state-university-masters/
ovERtimE ANSWER: DavidL.BorenbecamethethirteenthpresidentoftheUniversityofOklahomain1994.BurnsHargiswasnamedtheeighteenthpresidentofOklahomaStateUniversityin2007.Otheranswerswillvary.
NeitherpresidenthasaPh.D.
BothpresidentsearnedlawdegreesfromtheUniversityofOklahoma,andbothhavebeenactiveinpolitics.
MostofPresidentHargis’scareerexperiencehasbeeninthepracticeoflawandinthebankingindustry;heranforgovernorin1990.
PresidentBorenwasaU.S.SenatorfromOklahomabeforebeingchosenasOUpresident,andbeforethatheservedasgovernorofOklahomaandasastatelegislator.
Bothpresidentsaremarried,havechildrenandgrandchildren.
BorenisaDemocrat;HargisisaRepublican.
SouRcES: http://president.okstate.edu/https://www.ou.edu/content/web/about_ou/presidentswelcome/borenbio.html
WEEKly tRiviA ANSWER: TheUniversityofOklahomahaswontheBedlamChampionshipineachofthelastthreeacademicyears:
2010-11:OU16,OSU11 2011-12:OU15,OSU14 2012-13:OU14,OSU11
SouRcES: http://www.soonersports.com/ot/bedlam.htmlhttp://www.okstate.com/ot/bedlam-series.html
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