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| THE LAND THAT MAKES UP CHICAGO WAS SHAPED BY WHAT? VI | VOLCANOES, OCEANS, AND GLACIERS |
| WHEN THE FIRST EUROPEANS ARRIVED, THE FUTURE SITE OF CHICAGO WAS MOSTLY WHAT THAT FLOODED IN THE SPRING? | LOW-LYING MARSHLAND |
| MELTING GLACIERS CREATED A MUCH LARGER VERSION OF WHAT IS NOW LAKE MICHIGAN THAT COVERED THE NOW CHICAGO AREA. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT BODY OF WATER? .3 | LAKE CHICAGO |
| THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS OF NORTH AMERICA WERE HUNTERS AND GATHERS WHO LEAD NOMADIC LIFESTYLES. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? | A NOMADIC LIFESTYLE MEANS THAT MOVED FREQUENTLY BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT FARMERS SO THEY FOLLOWED THE ANIMALS AND FRESH FOOD DUE TO SEASONS CHANGING. |
| WHAT IS THE NICKNAME FOR THE KOSTER SITE IN DOWNSTATE ILLINOIS, NEAR WHERE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ILLINOIS RIVER MEET THAT IS PLENTIFUL IN NATURAL RESOURCES. 5 | “NILE OF THE NORTH” |
| WHAT INVENTION IN 400 A.D. THAT GREATLY IMPROVED HUNTING STRATEGIES? | BOW AND ARROW |
| IN 1050 A.D. THE AREA OF WHAT CURRENT ILLINOIS CITY WAS THE “FIRST MAJOR POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL CENTER IN ILLINOIS AND HAD A POPULATION OF ABOUT 10,000-20,000 PEOPLE AND BIG BUILDINGS? | CAHOKIA |
| THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF ANCIENT CAHOKIA BUILT MOUNDS AND BIG BUILDINGS ATOP THE DIRT MOUNDS. WHAT IS THE LARGEST PYRAMID AT CAHOKIA CALLED? SEE PICT. ON P. 7 | MONKS MOUND |
| NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO LIVED AT CAHOKIA PLAYED A SPORT WHERE TWO OPPONENTS THREW A SPEAR AT A STONE DISK. THE WINNER WAS THE PERSON’S WHOSE SPEAR LANDED CLOSET TO THE STONE .WHAT IS THIS SPORT CALLED? SB 8 | CHUNKEY |
| ACTIVITY FOR KIDS: THE CHUNKEY ACTIVITY USED WHAT ITEMS INSTEAD OF SPEARS? ACT. 9 | BEAN BAGS |
| THE ILLINOIS, MIAMI, POTAWATOMI, KICKAPOO, FOX, AND MASCOUTEN INDIANSWERE THE 6 DIFFERENT NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES IN WHAT BECAME THE CHICAGO AREA. WHAT LARGER NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE FAMILY WERE THE SIX TRIBES PART OF? | ALGONQUIN. (THEY SHARED LANGUAGE AND CUSTOMS) |
| NATIVE AMERICANS WHO LIVED IN THE CHICAGO AREA DID NOT BUILD TEPEES, BUT DURABLE HOMES TO WITHSTAND THE HARSH WEATHER. WHAT DO WE CALL THESE HOUSING STRUCTURES? ACT. 13 | LONG HOUSE. |
| WHAT DID THE NATIVE AMERICANS PLAY AND WAS THE FIRST SPORT PLAYED IN THE CHICAGO AREA, WHERE MANY PEOPLE WERE CRIPPLED? A SAFER VERSION OF THIS GAME IS PLAYED IN HIGH SCHOOLS TODAY. INS 14 | LACROSSE |
| WHO WAS THE NATIVE AMERICAN WARRIOR WHO “TOOK A STAND” AND SAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF FORT DEARBORN AS A SIGN OF “WHITE MAN’S AGGRESSIVE INTENTONS.” AND WAS KILLED BY THE U. S. IN 1813? 25 | TECUMSEH (TI-COME-SEE) |
| WHO WAS THE WHITE MAN WAS KIDNAPPED BY NATIVE AMERICANS AND LIVED AS THE SON OF A MIAMI CHIEF. AFTER GOING BACK TO LIVE WITH HIS PEOPLE, HE WAS LATER KILLED IN THE FORT DEARBORN MASSACRE BY THE POTAWATOMI? | CAPTAIN WILLIAM WELLS |
| HOW MANY TIMES DID THE BULLS WIN THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP? | 6 (TWO “THREE PEATS”) |
| WHAT IS NOT PUT ON A “CHICAGO STYLE” HOT DOG? ACT 172 | KETSUP |
| WHO WAS ELECTED CHICAGO'S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR IN 1979? | JANE BYRNE |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DOWNTAIN CHICAGO PARK THAT OPENED IN 2004 WHERE THE “BEAN” AND “CROWN FOUNTAIN” ARE LOCATED? | MILLENNIUM PARK |
| WHAT MAN-MADE WATERWAY, OR CANAL, CONNECTED THE GREAT LAKES UP TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN 1825? | ERIE CANAL |
| IN 1848, WHAT MAN MADE WATERWAY, OR CANAL, CONNECTED THE GREAT LAKES TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO? THIS HELPED MAKE CHICAGO A MAJOR CITY SINCE IT IS RIGHT NEAR THE MISSISSPI RIVER AND LAKE MICHIGAN. | ILLINOIS & MICHIGAN CANAL |
| WHO WAS THE SAUK WARRIOR WHO IN 1832 LED 1,000 WARRIORS INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION TO RECLAIM THEIR LANDS, BUT ALL BUT 150 OF THE WARRIORS WERE KILLED? P. 29 | BLACK HAWK |
| WHAT WAS CHICAGO’S POPULATION WHEN IT BECAME A TOWN IN 1833? INS 38 | 150 – 200 PEOPLE |
| WHAT ARE SOME OF CHICAGO’S NICKNAMES? INS 39 | WINDY CITY, SECOND CITY, HOG BUTCHER OF THE WORLD, MUDHOLE OF THE CITY, CITY OF BIG SHOULDERS, THE CITY THAT WORKS (THE LATE MAYOR DALEY GIVE US THIS NAME) |
| WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CAMP IN CHICAGO THAT WAS A PRISONER-OF-WAR. CAMP FOR SOLDIERS CAPTURED FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR? INS 43 | CAMP DOUGLAS |
| WHO WAS THE PROMINENT, OR WEALTHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN (HUSBAND AND WIFE) CHICAGOANS WHO HELPED BLACKS TO FREEDOM IN THE NORTH? INSERTS 44 - 45 | MARY AND JOHN JONES, HE WAS A TAILOR |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO EDWIN HEATHCOCK, A BLACK MAN, WHEN ARRESTED AND DID NOT HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF FREEDOM? 45 INS | HE WAS PURCHASED BY MR. OGDEN, BROTHER OF CHICAGO’S FIRST MAYOR, FOR 25 CENTS, WHO IMMEDIATLEY ANNOUNCED HEATHCOCK’S FREEDOM. |
| WHY DID THE WHITE STOCKINGS BASEBALL TEAM TAKE TWO YEARS OFF FROM PLAYING? INS 51 | THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE DESTROYED THEIR BALL PARK AND EQUIPMENT. |
| WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE OPERA HOUSE THAT HAD JUST BEEN REMODELED BEFORE BURNING IN THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE? ILL 50 | THE CROSBY OPERA HOUSE |
| WHY DOES THE AUTHOR THINK THERE ARE NO KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE AS IT WAS BURNING? 57 INS | PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT WAS “LARGE AND CLUMSY” AND “TOOK TOO LONG TO SET UP”. |
| WHAT 3 INGREDIENTS DOES A FIRE REQUIRE? 56 | FUEL, OXYGEN, AND A SPARK |
| WHAT CAUSED THE VIOLENT UPDRAFTS THAT SWEPT SPARKS 100 FEET INTO THE AIR DURING THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE? INS 56 | HEAT RISES |
| IN AN EFFORT TO DEPRIVE THE FIRE OF FUEL, WHAT DID SOME CITIZENS TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO DO DURING THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE? INS 56 | BLEW UP HOMES AND BUSINESSESS IN THE FIRE’S PATH? |
| WHAT WAS BUILT AS A RESULT OF EFFICIENT AND SAFE ELEVATORS? INS 69 | SKYSCRAPERS |
| WHAT SHOW HAD REENACTMENTS OF BATTLES BETWEEN COWBOYS AND INDIANS DURING THE 1893 WORLD’S FAIR? 75 ILL | BUFFALO BILL CODY’S WILD WEST SHOW |
| WHAT WAS THE CAPACITY OF THE ORIGINAL FERRIS WHEEL AT THE 1893 WORLD’S FAIR? | 2,160 RIDERS |
| WHAT SONG MENTIONS CRACKER JACKS? ACT 77 | “TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME” |
| SOME PEOPLE WERE SO TERRIFIED OF RIDING THE 1893 FERRIS WHEEL THAT THEY _______. ACT 78 | FAINTED |
| WHERE DID THE BOOKS COME FROM THAT MADE THE FIRST CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY POSSIBLE? | DONATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AFTER THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871 |
| WHAT HORRIFYING CHICAGO EXPERIENCE DID THE NOVELIST RUDYARD KIPLING WRITE ABOUT? | A TRIP TO A CHICAGO STOCKYARD WHERE HE SAW ANIMALS WERE BEING SLAUGHTERED |
| LOUIS ARMSTRONG, A MUSICIAN FROM NEW ORLEANS. HAD WHAT NICKNAME? | SATCHMO |
| WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE PILOT FROM CHICAGO WHO LEARNED TO SPEAK FRENCH AND WENT TO FRANCE TO LEARN TO FLY, AND A STREET AT CHICAGO’S O’HARE AIRPORT IS NAMED AFTER HER? INS 109 | BESSIE COLEMAN |
| WHAT IS THE EVENT KNOWN AS WHEN A BLIMP WITH PASSENGERS CAUGHT FIRE AND PLUNGED THROUGH THE GLASS SKYLIGHT OF A BANK BUILDING? | WINGED BLIMP DISASTER |
| WHO WENT FROM BEING A BASEBALL PLAYER, TO BEING A MANAGER, TO BECOMING THE OWNER OF THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX? | CHARLES COMISKEY |
| WHAT WAS THE FIGHTING BETWEEN CHICAGO’S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, HAROLD WASHTINGTON, AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CALLED? | THE COUNCIL WARS |
| WHAT CHICAGO SPORTS TEAM IS SAID TO BE CURSED BY THE “CURSE OF THE BILLY GOAT”? | CUBS BASEBALL |
| WHAT PRESIDENT WAS THE AIM OF A KILLER’S BULLET WHEN CHICAGO’S MAYOR ANTON CERMAK WAS SHOT AND KILLED, INSTEAD? | FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT |
| THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS, WHO STARTED OUT AS SERIOUS BALL PLAYERS, IN CHICAGO IN 1926, WERE FIRST KNOWN BY WHAT NAME? INS 126 | SAVOY BIG FIVE |
| A LARGE NUMBER OF UNION SOLIDERS ARE BURIED IN WHAT CHICAGO CEMETARY? (UNION SOLDIERS FOUGHT FOR THE NORTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR.) ACT 46 | ROSEHILL CEMETARY? |
| BOBBIES, WHAT DOES THE NAME CHICAO MEAN AND WHAT PAGE IS IT ON???? | WILL YOU CHECK THE BOOK AND LET ME KNOW, BOBBIES????????? |
