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Connecticut Study Guide
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04/19/2005

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What is the length of CT River?
Definition
About 400 miles.
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What is CT’s highest point?
Definition
Mt. Frissell.
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Why does the capitol dome sparkle in the sun?
Definition
It is covered in gold.
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What is the capitol made of?
Definition
Granite and marble.
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Where is Yale University located?
Definition
New Haven.
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What region is CT located in the USA?
Definition
In the Northeastern part of the country.
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Who were the first settlers?
Definition
Dutch Traders.
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Name the first Nuclear-powered submarine.
Definition
The U.S.S. Nautilus.
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Who gave CT its name?
Definition
The Pequot Indians.
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What are some CT Nicknames?
Definition
The Provision State, the Land of Steady Habits, the Constitution State, and the Nutmeg State.
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What are the 3b branches of CT Government?
Definition
Legislative, Executive, Judicial.
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Name 3 CT Three River Towns.
Definition
Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor.
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Where were many submarines built?
Definition
In Groton (1st nuclear-powered submarine).
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About how many Indians were killed in the Pequot War?
Definition
About 700.
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What was the Robin first called?
Definition
Robin by the Early.
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How many counties are in CT?
Definition
8.
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When was CT established as a state?
Definition
January 9, 1788 (5th state).
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What does Connecticut mean?
Definition
Beside the long tidal river.
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What color background is CT’s state flag?
Definition
Blue.
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How many square miles is CT?
Definition
about 5,018.
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What is the longest river in CT?
Definition
CT River.
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In what factory are Almond Joys made?
Definition
Peter Paul.
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CT borders what states?
Definition
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, and Long Island Sound.
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What did Yankee Peddlers do?
Definition
They sold CT products “door to door”.
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CT is the _______ smallest state. (fill in the blank)
Definition
3rd smallest state.
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What is Hartford’s Nickname?
Definition
Insurance City.
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What is the CT State Shellfish?
Definition
The Eastern Oyster.
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What is the CT State Gem?
Definition
The Garnet.
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What is the CT State Bird?
Definition
The American Robin.
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What is the CT State Ship?
Definition
The U.S.S. Nautilus.
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What is the CT State Tree?
Definition
The White Oak.
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What is the CT State Song?
Definition
Yankee Doodle.
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What is the CT State Insect?
Definition
The Praying Mantis.
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What is the CT State Folk Dance?
Definition
The Square Dance.
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Who is the CT State Composer?
Definition
Charles Ives.
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What is the CT State Animal?
Definition
The Sperm Whale.
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What is the CT State Flower?
Definition
The Mountain Laurel.
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What is the CT State Fossil?
Definition
Eubrontes Giganteus.
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What did Eli Whitney invent?
Definition
The cotton gin.
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What did Edward Hass in New Haven invent?
Definition
The lollipop.
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What did Linus Yale invent?
Definition
The first modern locks.
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What did David Bushnell do?
Definition
He built first submarine.
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What did William Gray invent?
Definition
The baseball chest protector.
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What did Eli Terry & Seth Thomas invent?
Definition
Modern clocks.
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What did Samuel Colt invent?
Definition
The repeating pistols.
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What did Samuel Higley invent?
Definition
Copper coins.
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What did Elias Howe invent?
Definition
The sewing machine.
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What did Yale Students invent?
Definition
The Frisbee.
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Who was the most famous CT storyteller?
Definition
Mark Twain.
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Who was a CT State Heroine?
Definition
Prudence Crandall.
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Who was a CT State Hero (for being a spy for G. Washington in Revolutionary War)
Definition
Nathan Hale.
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Who was a famous ice skater from CT?
Definition
Dorothy Hamill.
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Who founded Hartford CT?
Definition
Thomas Hooker.
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Who was the first governor of CT?
Definition
John Haynes.
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Who wrote The Fundamental Orders?
Definition
Thomas Hooker, John Haynes, Roger Ludlow.
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Who was the first Dutch man to sail up CT River?
Definition
Adriaen Block.
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Who was the first woman to become governor on her own merits?
Definition
Ella Grasso.
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