Ancient History
The Akadians, long ago, conquered this place and took control.
What is Sumer?
At least 3 of the 5 things promised to the people in the Preamble of the Constitution
What is:
Establish Justice
Insure domestic Tranquility
Provide for the common defense
Promote the general Welfare
Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity
This alliance included Britain, France, and Russia.
What is the Triple Entente?
This eastern city was sacked in the 4th Crusade of 1204, but managed to survive as a Christian city until Turkish Muslims took it in 1453.
What is Constantinople?
Vladimir Putin worked for this organisation before becoming President
What is the KGB?
In the early 180s BCE, who created a plan that involved launching clay jars filled with venomous snakes onto enemy ships?
Who is Hannibal?
When is Constitution Day (MM/DD/YYYY)?
September 19, 1787
This battle in 1916 was one of the bloodiest in WWI, with over 700,000 casualties.
What is the Somme?
Members of this fringe protestant group were hated by both Catholics and Protestants. They survived, however, in such groups as the Quakers, Mennonites, and Baptists
What are Anabaptists?
An escalade was an attack on a castle using this
What are ladders?
Paper money, called “flying cash”, was invented in which country?
Where is China?
This holiday was banned in Boston between 1659 and 1681.
What is Christmas?
This 1942 battle marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
What is Midway?
He died from a cold he caught while stuffing snow into a chicken. He was a political figure who didn't do many experiments but is associated with the scientific method
Who is Francis Bacon?
The Scythians, an ancient nomadic people, inhabited this place around the 7th century BCE, known for their skilled horsemanship and elaborate burial mounds
What is Ukraine?
This person led the Third Servile War, a revolt of more than 100,000 enslaved people against the Roman Empire using guerrilla warfare.
Who is Spartacus?
This many people were killed during the Salem witch trials.
What is 25?
Japan invaded this empire in 1931, beginning its expansion in Asia.
What is Manchuria?
This aimed to restore order and balance of power in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
A fleet of 11 ships arrived in this place in January 1788, marking the beginning of British colonization.
Where is Botany Bay, Australia?
Because they thought it was an antidote to drunkenness, the Ancient Greeks and Romans used this gemstone to make drinking goblets that were meant to keep a drinker sober.
What is the amethyst?
This president famously got stuck in a bathtub. His vice president was whom?
Who is James Schoolcraft Sherman
This North African battle in 1942 halted Axis advances.
What is The Second Battle of El Alamein?
The Three Phases of the 30 Years' War
What is:
Bohemian Phase
Danish Phase
Swedish Phase/Franco-Swedish Phase
King Ezana adopted Christianity as the official religion of this empire in the 4th century.
What is The Aksumite Empire? (Modern Ethiopia)