US History
This was the year Americans declared Independence from Britain
What is 1776?
Starting in Great Britain and quickly spreading to the rest of Europe and the world, this "Revolution" was not one of war, but machinery
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This time period from the 14th to 17th century comes after the Middle Ages and spread of the Bubonic Plague, when artistry, architecture, writing, and theater were revolutionized
What is the Renaissance?
This American War is known for its battles at First Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg, and for ending slavery in America
What is the American Civil War?
This French monarch was beheaded during the French Revolution, and best known through the (potentially made-up) phrase, "Let them eat cake"
Who is Marie Antoinette?
This was the first English Colony in the "New World"
What is Jamestown?
This English King was most famously known for having six wives, and also his very large appetite
What is King Henry VIII?
This famous city was said to be built by brothers Romulus and Remus, and is most known for its Fall and the fact that it "wasn't built in a day"
What is Rome?
This war in France, known for its violence and beheadings, was inspired by the American Revolution just a few years prior
What is the French Revolution?
This invention revolutionized cotton production and turned it into an extremely profitable crop in America's early years, though it heavily increased the use of slave labor
What is the cotton gin?
The three branches of US government
What are judicial, executive, and legislative?
This treaty ended World War I...and influenced the beginning of another
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This system was extremely popular in India's Buddhist religion, which classified people into classes based on who they were born to, and includes groups like the Brahmins and Shudras
What is the Caste System?
This war from 1955 to 1975 sparked major controversy and protests in America, as some Americans felt it was wrong to interfere with another country's matters, and called for peace
What is the Vietnam War?
This young inventor/scientist was best known for pioneering the alternating current (AC power), fighting against Thomas Edison, and falling in love with a pigeon
Who is Nikola Tesla?
This famous phrase was used by many Texans after the Battle of the Alamo in the Texas Revolution
What is "Remember the Alamo"?
This country sponsored Columbus' first voyages to the "New World," or the Americas
What is Spain?
Known for their elaborate temples, religious human sacrifices, and advancements in trade and agriculture, this empire, located in central Mexico, was finally defeated by Spanish conquistadors in 1521
Who are the Aztecs?
Best known from Homer's tellings in The Iliad and The Odyssey, this (potentially fictional) war lasted 10 years, and supposedly ended using the trickery of a wooden horse disguised as a gift
What is the Trojan War?
This was the first animal sent into space
What is a dog?
This document was issued by Abraham Lincoln and declared all slaves as free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This Central European conflict was one of the most destructive wars in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648 between Catholics and Protestants
What is the Thirty Years' War?
As one of the earliest urban civilizations, this region located itself along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and inside the Fertile Crescent, though today it is mostly occupied by modern-day Iraq
What is Mesopotamia?
This war, fueled by Yellow Journalism when journalists exaggerated the sinking of the USS Maine off the coast of Cuba, ultimately ended Spanish rule in the Americas
What is the Spanish-American War?
While searching for an elixir of life, Chinese alchemists stumbled onto this invention in the 9th century, which revolutionized weaponry
What is gunpowder?