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77 Cards in this Set
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What is the name of the southern Indiana city that served as the state of Indiana's first capitol?
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Corydon
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What year did the Indiana Territory become the state of Indiana?
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1916
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Indiana became which number state in the United States of America?
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19th
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How many counties are there in Indiana?
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92
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Indiana's state seal depicts a buffalo jumping over a log, a settler chopping down a tree, and the sun rising over a hillside. What does this picture symbolize?
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Pioneers moving west.
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What is the name of the sad song written and composed by Paul Dresser? It was chosen as the state song in 1913 and we heard it in class.
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On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away
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Johnny Appleseed was the nickname given to a man that was famous for handing out seeds and seedlings to settlers. What was his real name?
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Johnny Chapman
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Where in Indiana did "Johnny Appleseed" spend the final years of his life?
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Fort Wayne
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President Abraham Lincoln lived in southern Indiana near Gentryville from the age ____ to _____?
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7-21
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Lewis "Lew" Wallace was born in Indiana, was a governor of New Mexico & a US Ambassador to Turkey, but what did he consider to be his greatest achievement?
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Writing the novel, Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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What is the largest religious denominational group in Indiana?
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Roman Catholics
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How many dioceses are there in Indiana?
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Five
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St. Meinrad is ___________ located in southern Indiana.
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seminary
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________ is an eastside neighborhood settled by Catholics in the 1920s and is dedicated to St. Therese of Liseux
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Little Flower
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Name the two largest Catholic hospitals in Indiana, both are found in Indianapolis.
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St. Francis & St. Vincent
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Name the beautiful Catholic retreat center found in Bloomington.
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Mother of the Redeemer Farm
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The _______________was founded by Carl Fisher, Frank Wheeler, James Allison, and Arthur Newby.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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The mansion on Cold Springs Road was built by Carl Fisher, called "Blossom Heath", and is now a part of which Catholic college campus?
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Marian University
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What is the name of the musical tribute to Indiana traditionally sung at the opening of the Indianapolis 500?
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Back Home Again in Indiana
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Prehistoric Indiana
Paleontolgoists believe that Indiana was home of such dinosaurs as the plant-eating, duck-billed ___________ and the meat-eating _____________ |
hadrosaur & tyrannosaurus
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Geologists have said that in the Pleistocene period, much of the land that is now in Indiana was covered by what substance?
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Ice
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The first people to live in Indiana arrived in North America over a land bridge that connected this continent to _____ at one time?
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Asia
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The first people of Indiana were nomadic hunters, killed large game such as the mastodon as well as smaller game like deer. What do we call these Indians?
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Paleo-Indians
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The second group of people who lived in Indiana were also nomads but visited specific areas at certain times of the year. What do we call these Indians?
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Archaic Indians
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What was the main source of food for the Archaic Indians?
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shellfish from the Wabash & Ohio Rivers.
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What is the main difference between the Paleo & Archaic Indians?
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The Archaic Indians both roasted AND boiled their food to cook it.
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What two large and now extinct animals once lived in Indiana at one time?
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Mastodon & saber-toothed tiger
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The last group of prehistoric Native Americans overlapped the Archaic Indians & were known as the ________
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Woodlands
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The Woodlands People were composed of how many different groups or tribes?
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Three
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Bonus: Name the three tribes of the Woodlands People
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The Adena, Mississipian & the Hopewell Indians.
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The Woodlands People discovered agriculture, made pottery, and invented what hunting device?
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The bow & arrow.
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The Woodlands People were all Native Americans who built earthen mounds for what purpose?
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Burial Chambers
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Who were the first European explorers to come to Indiana?
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The French
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Approximately when did the French arrive in what is modern-day Indiana?
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The late 1600s
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Which priest was one of the first Europeans to explore the Great Lakes and present-day Indiana?
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Father Jacques Marquette
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Father Marquette traveled as a missionary with a French-Canadian explorer, fur-trader, and map maker? What was his name?
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Louis Joliet
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Bonus: The French were not interested in colonizing Indiana at first. They wanted to do which three things?
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Hunt, trap animals for fur, and trade with the Indians?
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Which European country DID want to colonize Indiana?
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England/Great Britain
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What is the name of the very large fort that the French built in Indiana that helped protect them from the British for a very long time?
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Fort Ouiatenon (wee-ah-teh-NON)
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When the French decided to build more forts and colonize, who did they send to do so?
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Settlers
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What was the new French settler's main occupation?
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Farmers
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French Catholics formed settlements in Indiana as early as which year?
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1679
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What were the priests called who traveled around to the different Catholic settlements to minister to the people and convert the Indians to Christianity?
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Circuit riders
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What year was the first mass celebrated on the banks of the Ohio River?
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1702
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St. Frances Xavier Church was the first parish church and a log cabin. It was built in what city in 1785?
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Vincennes
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Indiana was officially called "The Indiana Territory" during which years?
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1800-1816
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William Henry Harrison was the first governor of the Indiana Territory and later became which president of the United States?
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The Ninth
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The state capitol was moved to Indianapolis in which year?
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1825
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What are the colors on our state flag?
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A deep navy blue & gold
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Bonus:The Indiana State Flag depicts a torch with thirteen stars arranged in an outer circle, five in an inner circle, and one larger star on the top.
What does the one large star represent? |
Indiana
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What year did the Indiana State Flag officially become the flag?
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1917
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Indiana provided approximately how many volunteers to the Union cause?
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196,000
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Approximately how many Hoosiers died in service to the United States during the Civil War?
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25,000
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There was a famous group of soldiers in the Civil War, many of them from Indiana. What was the name of the bridage?
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The Iron Brigade
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What was the capitol during they years Indiana was called "The Indiana Territory"?
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Vincennes
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Name the famous married couple who were heroes of the Underground Railroad?
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Levi & Catherine Coffin
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Approximately how many slaves did the Coffins help by sheltering them in their home?
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Over 2,000
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Bonus: How many of the slaves who passed through the Coffin's house were captured?
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None
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One escaped slave named Eliza, who stayed in the Coffin's home during her journey north had her story told in which famous novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Bonus:On October 15, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI canonized which saint to make her the first saint of the state of Indiana?
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Mother Theodore Guerrin
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Travel was once conducted by canal in Indiana. Catholic immigrants who moved to Indiana to work on the canals came primarily from which two countries?
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Ireland and Germany
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When Holy Cross Parish in Indianapolis grew too small, the diocese bought land to build a second church that still stands today as an Indianapolis landmark. What is the name of this church?
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St. John the Evangelist
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Who is referred to as the Hoosier Poet?
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James Whitcomb Riley
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James Whitcomb Riley wrote primarily about his _______ in Indiana?
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childhood
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Bonus: In Riley's poem, "A Fire At Night", what specifically is the child excited about?
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A horse-drawn fire
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Bonus 2: In Riley's poem, "A Fire At Night" what word does he mean when he writes "winder"?
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Window
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Which American artist created the sculpture, "LOVE"?
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Robert Indiana
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Who was the famous black artist that helped change the way that blacks were seen in art, as well as how they were perceived in real life following the Civil War?
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William Edouard Scott
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Bonus:Name this famous painting by William Edouard Scott
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Frederick Douglas Appealing to President Lincoln
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In 1918, the city of Indianapolis purchased a painting by William Edouard Scott for the John Herron Art Institute (now the Indianapolis Art Museum). Name this painting
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A Rainy Night in Etaples
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Bonus:What is the name of the famous female Hoosier astronaut?
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Janice Voss.
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Bonus:Who painted this?
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William Eduoard Scott
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What is the name of this painting by William Eduoard Scott?
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Frederick Douglass Appealing to President Lincoln
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