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Past and Present Arkansas Famous Transportation Bordering States Symbols Arkansans and Communication 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 Arkansas Symbols - 100 What is the

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Arkansas Symbols Famous Arkansans Bordering States Past and Present Transportation and Communication 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

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Arkansas Symbols - 100

What is the state gem of Arkansas?

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What is a diamond?

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Arkansas Symbols - 200

What is the state mammal of Arkansas?

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What is a white-tailed deer?

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Arkansas Symbols - 300

What is the state mineral of Arkansas?

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What is quartz crystal?

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Arkansas Symbols - 400

What is the state flower of Arkansas?

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What is an apple blossom?

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Arkansas Symbols - 500

What is the state bird of Arkansas?

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What is a mockingbird?

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Famous Arkansans - 100

42nd President
Born in Hope, Arkansas
Elected for two terms (1992 and 1996)

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Who is Bill Clinton?

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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

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Who is Johnny Cash?

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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

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Who is Maya Angelou?

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Famous Arkansans - 400

Mentor to the Little Rock Nine in 1957
African-American activist
Published a newspaper with her husband,

called “Arkansas State Press”

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Who is Daisy Bates?

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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

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Who is Sequoyah?

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Bordering States - 100

Known as the “Show Me State”
Where ice tea was invented
Home of the St. Louis Arch

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What is Missouri?

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Bordering States - 200

Known as the “Lone Star State”
Only state to enter the United States

by a treaty

State mammal is the armadillo

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What is Texas?

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Bordering States - 300

Home of the largest earthquake in

American history

Home of the Grand Ole Opry
Home of Elvis Presley

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What is Tennessee?

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Bordering States - 400

Only state that does not have counties
Home of the world famous Mardi Gras
Named after King Louis XIV

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What is Louisiana?

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Bordering States - 500

Home of the National Cowboy Hall of

Fame

Home to the Cherokee tribal capitol
Location of Sequoyah’s cabin

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What is Oklahoma?

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Past and Present Transportation and Communication - 100

Type of transportation that requires

roads

Has four wheels
Transports people and packages

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What are automobiles?

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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

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What are trains?

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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

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What are boats?

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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

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What is mail?

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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

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