Roots of Democracy
Geography
Age of Exploration
WWII
Historical Figures
100
Which Greek city established the first democracy
Athens
100
The Romans were centered on what peninsula?
The Italian Peninsula
100
The southern colonies relied on what kind of labor to work on the plantations?
Slave labor
100
Who won World War II
United States / The allies
100
This famous Italian astronomer is credited with popularizing the idea that the sun was the center of the Solar System
Galileo
200
Which type of government did the Romans have before the rule of Augustus?
Republic
200
The city of Carthage (Rome's biggest enemy) was centered on the northern coast of what continent?
Africa
200
What was the biggest cause of death among natives when the Europeans arrived?
disease
200
Name three countries that made up The Allies?
United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia
200
Who was the leader of Germany during World War II
Hitler
300
Which document was created to limit the rights of England's King John?
Hint: it also created Parliament
The Magna Carta
300
Which continent is the largest?
Asia
300
The Jamestown colony survided due to the sale of what cash crop?
Tobacco
300
Which country led the Axis powers who the United States fought against?
Germany
300
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
400
The English colonists came to America for what particular freedom?
Freedom of religion
400
The silk road crosses/touches how many continents?
Three
400
What type of farming did the New England colonies use which was farming for the sole purpose of feeding themselves?
Subsistence farming
400
What was the name of the day that the Allies invaded Normandy in northern France
D-Day
400
Who was the leader of the Union army during the American Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
500
What is the term for a group of people who have the power to make laws?
Legislature
500
Which continent has the largest desert?
Hint: It is not Africa
Antarctica
500
Through Triangle Trade, what types of goods or materials were traded through each of the three legs of the trade system?
raw materials, manufactured goods, slaves/gold
500
World War II ended when this nation captured Berlin, the capital of Germany?
Russia / Soviet Union
500
Who was the leader in the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar?
Hint: he was a friend of Caesar
Brutus