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Show Who Knows? 1. Which state is known as the "Golden State?" 2. From whom did the U.S. obtain the Virgin Islands? 3. What territory did the first 13 states cover? 4. Name the 7th president of the United States. 5. What is an oasis? 6. Which waY was also known as the War of Independence? Independ-ence? 7. Name the flower and stone for the month of September. Sep-tember. 8. Where and when was the first daily newspaper published? pub-lished? 9. Mow many equinoxes occur each year? 10. What are the two other sea sons called? Answers to Who Knows 1. California. 2. Denmark. 3. From Canada to Florida and from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Andrew Jackson. 5. A fertile spot in a desert. 6. The Revolutionary War. 7. Aster or Morning Glory is the flower; chrysolite is the ancient and Sapphire is the modern stone. 8. Philadelphia, September 2 1 , 1784. 9. Two, Vernal Equinox (spring) and Autumnal Equinox (fall or autumn). 10. Summer Solstice and Winter Win-ter Solstice. |