JEOPARDYJEOPARDYFIRST EXPLORERS PEOPLE HELPERS LEADERS

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Credits

Answer• Started the

FIRST library and fire department.

Question• Who is Benjamin Franklin?

Answer• FIRST African American major

league baseball player.

Question• Who is Jackie Robinson?

Answer• FIRST United

States President in a Republican form of government.

• Born in Virginia

Question• Who is George Washington?

Answer• FIRST African

American United States Supreme Court Justice.

Question• Who is Thurgood Marshall?

Answer• FIRST European to land in

Florida.• He was looking for the

fountain of youth.

Question• Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?

Answer• Sponsored by France to

colonize the New World. • Explored the Saint Lawrence

River Valley.

Question• Who is Jacques Cartier?

Answer• Sponsored by

Spain to discover riches and land to conquer.

• EXPLORER who gave Spain claim to Florida.

Question• 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.

Question• 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

Question• 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.

Question• 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.

Question• Who is Rosa Parks?

Answer• She overcame disabilities.• Helped others who were blind

and deaf.

Question• Who is Helen Keller?

Answer• Helped women

to get the right to vote.

Question• Who is Susan B. Anthony?

Answer• African

American who studied plants.

• Found hundreds of uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans.

Question• Who is George Washington Carver?

Answer• African

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

Question• Who is Jackie Robinson?

Answer• African

American minister who HELPED change laws

Question• Who is Martin Luther King?

Answer• This President

of the United states HELPED free slaves.

• He was born in a log cabin.

Question• Who is Abraham

Lincoln?

Answer• This Indian girl

was a HELPER and friend to the settlers of Jamestown.

Question• Who is

Pocahontas?

Answer• This person

HELPED others who were blind and deaf.

Question• Who is Helen Keller?

Answer• This LEADER

was the third President of the United States

• Author of Declaration of Independence

• Born in Virginia

Question• Who is Thomas

Jefferson?

DAILY DOUBLE• How much do you wish to

wager?

Answer• LED women in

the struggle for equal rights

Question• Who is Susan B. Anthony?

Answer• Brave LEADER

of soldiers• “Father of our

Country”

Question• Who is George Washington?

Answer• This African

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

Question• Who is Martin Luther King?

Answer• This LEADER

taught himself how to read

• Became our 16th President

• Was known as “Honest Abe”

Question• 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