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What country sponsored Christopher Columbus’ trip to the new world?

What country sponsored Christopher Columbus’ trip to the new world?. Spain. What community in southern Frederick country was known by these names? Newtown, Trap, Traptown, Newtown Trap. Jefferson.

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What country sponsored Christopher Columbus’ trip to the new world?

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  1. What country sponsored Christopher Columbus’ trip to the new world?

  2. Spain

  3. What community in southern Frederick country was known by these names? Newtown, Trap, Traptown, Newtown Trap

  4. Jefferson

  5. Two famous American pioneers were killed in the defense of the Alamo. Name at least one of them.

  6. Davy CrockettJim Bowie

  7. Native Americans of the Southwest built apartment-like buildings called what?

  8. pueblos

  9. One December 24, 1814, the United States and Great Britain signed a peace agreement bringing an end to the war of 1812. What is that agreement called?

  10. Treaty of Ghent

  11. Over 250 years ago, Frederick county was part of what other county?

  12. Prince Georges

  13. By the mid-1800’s Maryland’s eastern and southern economy largely depended on what crop?

  14. tobacco

  15. What bridge helps Maryland’s eastern shore farmers and seafood producers get their products to Baltimore and Washington quickly?

  16. Chesapeake Bay Bridge

  17. How many bells are in the Joseph D. Baker memorial carillon?

  18. 49

  19. What was the group of native Americans that the Catoctin Furnace and Mountains were named for?

  20. Kittoctins

  21. What were people who migrated to the south after the Civil War called?

  22. carpetbaggers

  23. Which city in the middle colony became the largest in the colonies?

  24. Philadelphia

  25. Name the author of the Declaration of Independence.

  26. Thomas Jefferson

  27. In honor of our german heritage Frederick has adopted two sister cities in Germany. Name these cities.

  28. Schifferstadt, Morezim

  29. What does the native American word monocacy mean?

  30. winding or snake-like

  31. What is the Spanish word for a large fleet of ships such as that used by King Philip to attack England?

  32. armada

  33. What state is represented by the 50th star on our flag?

  34. Hawaii

  35. What woman who traveling with her mule drawn wagons through MD and VA while serving as a nurse in the Civil War founded the Red Cross?

  36. Clara Barton

  37. What river forms the southern border between Frederick County and Virginia?

  38. Potomac

  39. The woman’s college of Frederick was founded 1893. What is that college known as today?

  40. Hood College

  41. What president issued the Emancipation proclamation?

  42. Abraham Lincoln

  43. What Maryland’s State Sport?

  44. jousting

  45. Who was the Confederate General who held the City of Frederick ransom $200,000 during the Civil war?

  46. Jubal Early

  47. Name one type of shelter the Woodland Indians would build for their homes?

  48. Wigwam, long house

  49. What was one method of preserving meat before refrigeration was invented?

  50. Salting, smoking

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