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KY UNIT # 15
Kentucky Ancestors / The Kentucky Derby
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Answer: People believed to have been the first Kentuckians. | Question: Who were the Paleo-Indians? |
| Answer: Indians who built the elaborate mounds in Kentucky. | Question: Who were the Mississippians? |
| Answer: Probably the first Americans to enter Kentucky. | Question: Who were the French? |
| Answer: He claimed the Mississippi Valley, which includes Kentucky, for France | Question: Who was the Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle? |
| Answer: The Pennsylvania adventurer credited with founding Kentucky | Question: Who was John Finley? |
| Answer: The horse that won the first Kentucky Derby. | Question: Who is Aristides? |
| Answer: Racecourse near Louisville that is home to the Kentucky Derby. | Question: What is Churchill Downs? |
| Answer: The jockey who rode Aristides to victory. | Question: Who was Oliver Lewis? |
| Answer: The distance of the Kentucky Derby until the race was shortened to one and one-fourth miles in 1896. | Question: What is one and one-half miles? |
| Answer: The banker who built Churchill Downs. | Question: Who is Lewis Clark? |