Hysterical History
This is the study of the past based on digging up artifacts
Archaeology
This city in Japan was hit by an atomic bomb in World War II.
Hiroshima / Nagasaki
This huge wave hit Phuket, Thailand in 2004.
A tsunami
This religion uses the Quran as its holy book.
Islam
This word means to stop fighting and officially give up in a war.
Surrender
He was the first president of the United States.
George Washington
A war where two big countries use smaller countries to fight for them
Proxy War
This was the largest attack on American soil, and led to the "War on Terror"
9/11
This was the religion of Jesus of Nazareth.
Jewish
A government ruled by one person or a small group with complete power.
Dictatorship
This ancient civilization built the pyramids of Giza
Ancient Egyptians
This war began when Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
World War 2
This city in Italy was destroyed by a volcano, and buried everyone under ash.
Pompeii
This term means being sent to eternal punishment in hell.
Damnation
To bring something or someone back from the dead.
Resurrection
The year that World War II ended
1945
This dangerous invention ended World War II but started the Cold War.
The atomic bomb
This disease killed millions of people in Europe in the 1300s.
The Black Death (The Plague)
This is the name of a Jewish church, or place of worship.
Synagogue
When something makes no logical sense and cannot be explained.
Irrational
This author said, "History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme"
Mark Twain
This is what the Titanic was famously called this BEFORE it sank.
Unsinkable
A nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded in 1986, causing widespread radiation.
Chernobyl
This Indian religion has many gods instead of just one
Hinduism
Something very basic, simple, and from the earliest time in history.
Primitive