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Bits of History Questions & Answers for 2002
    
There were 4 multiple answer questions and 2
single answer questions. Eighteen answers in all. Here they are. How many did you get?
Questions one through three.
Location |
Question |
Answer |
Tennessee
sheet
single answer |
What are the names of the two major rivers west of the
Rocky Mountains? |
Columbia and Colorado. |
Tennessee
sheet
multiple answer |
Through what countries and states do they pass? |
The Columbia starts in Canada and passes through
Washington to the Pacific Ocean. The Colorado starts in Colorado and passes through Utah,
Arizona, Nevada, California and Mexico and exits at the Gulf of California. |
Ohio
sheet
multiple answer |
In what states are the following?
1. Geographical center of the contiguous 48 states.
2. Geographical center of the entire 50 states.
3. Population center of the United States. |
Geographical center of the lower 48 is west of
Lebanon, Kansas. The geographical cent of the entire 50 states is west of Castle Rock,
South Dakota and the center of population is near Steelville, Missouri. |
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Bits of History Questions & Answers for 2002
Questions four through six.
Location |
Question |
Answer |
Louisiana
sheet
multiple answer |
The Hatfield's and McCoy's is the famous true story of
a near 30 year feud in the last half of the 1800's between two mountain families. What
started the feud in which two states did it take place? |
The Civil war started the feud when Devil Anse
Hatfield, who fought for the Union and lived near present day Matewan, West Virginia,
formed a band of guerrillas, crossed the Tug River and raided the lands of Randolph
"Ranel" McCoy, who fought for the Confederacy and lived in Kentucky. The feud
began in 1861 and lasted until 1891. |
Indiana
sheet
single answer |
What famous event is run at the Brickyard in
Indianapolis, Indiana? |
Indy 500 auto race. |
Mississippi
sheet
single answer |
The Welland Canal is in Canada, is 27 miles long and
has locks which lift ships 326.5 feet. Why is the canal significant to the United States? |
The canal connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie west of
Niagara Falls. It is important to the United States, as well as Canada, because it allows
major shipping to travel from Duluth, Minnesota all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. |
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