Transcript PowerPoint - Arkansas State University

Past and Present
Transportation
Bordering States
and
Communication
Arkansas
Symbols
Famous
Arkansans
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Arkansas Symbols - 100
What is the state gem of Arkansas?
What is a diamond?
Arkansas Symbols - 200
What is the state mammal of Arkansas?
What is a white-tailed deer?
Arkansas Symbols - 300
What is the state mineral of Arkansas?
What is quartz crystal?
Arkansas Symbols - 400
What is the state flower of Arkansas?
What is an apple blossom?
Arkansas Symbols - 500
What is the state bird of Arkansas?
What is a mockingbird?
Famous Arkansans - 100
• 42nd President
• Born in Hope, Arkansas
• Elected for two terms (1992 and 1996)
Who is Bill Clinton?
Famous Arkansans - 200
• Born to sharecroppers
• Famous musician
– Sang “I Walk the Line”
• Inducted into the Country Music Hall of
Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Who is Johnny Cash?
Famous Arkansans - 300
• Famous poet, actress, and singer
• From Stamps, Arkansas
• Second poet in the country to read a
poem at a president’s inauguration
Who is Maya Angelou?
Famous Arkansans - 400
• Mentor to the Little Rock Nine in 1957
• African-American activist
• Published a newspaper with her husband,
called “Arkansas State Press”
Who is Daisy Bates?
Famous Arkansans - 500
• Developed the Cherokee syllabary that
made it possible to read and write in
Cherokee
• Lived in Pope County and near Fort
Smith
• Also known as George Guess
Who is Sequoyah?
Bordering States - 100
• Known as the “Show Me State”
• Where ice tea was invented
• Home of the St. Louis Arch
What is Missouri?
Bordering States - 200
• Known as the “Lone Star State”
• Only state to enter the United States
by a treaty
• State mammal is the armadillo
What is Texas?
Bordering States - 300
• Home of the largest earthquake in
American history
• Home of the Grand Ole Opry
• Home of Elvis Presley
What is Tennessee?
Bordering States - 400
• Only state that does not have counties
• Home of the world famous Mardi Gras
• Named after King Louis XIV
What is Louisiana?
Bordering States - 500
• Home of the National Cowboy Hall of
Fame
• Home to the Cherokee tribal capitol
• Location of Sequoyah’s cabin
What is Oklahoma?
Past and Present Transportation
and Communication - 100
• Type of transportation that requires
roads
• Has four wheels
• Transports people and packages
What are automobiles?
Past and Present Transportation
and Communication - 200
• Type of transportation that requires a
track to move
• First arrived in Arkansas in the 1850s
• Able to transport people and packages
What are trains?
Past Present Transportation and
Communication - 300
• Type of transportation used in
waterways
• Can be powered by steam or by man
power
• Transports people and packages
What are boats?
Past and Present Transportation
and Communication - 400
• Type of communication less common
today
• Sends letters and packages across
country or across the world
• Used stagecoaches, trains, and horses in
the past
What is mail?
Past and Present Transportation
and Communication - 500
• Type of communication brought to
Arkansas in 1922
• Introduced to Arkansans by Harvey
Couch Sr.
• Used to share music, news, and
advertisements
What is a radio?