Famous Officials
First female elected executive of a north American country, this leader is alive and well making history.
Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?
This North American city is the financial and economic capital of the world, and has a fruit-related nickname.
What is New York City?
Regardless of its size of 2,977 members, the largest congress in the world meets for only two weeks a year.
What is the National People's Congress?
This group of two parties are and have been in a harsh culture war since the early modern 21st century, and who's names are also often used as umbrella terms for social issues and splinter parties.
What are American Democrats and Republicans?
A north African country was released from British rule in the year 1960, ironically sparking its next 60 years of political instability.
What was Nigerian Independence (1960)?
This famous executive served as a member of their country's police force before their position in leadership, and was known for "speaking softly and carrying a big stick."
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
Constructed during the 7th century B.C, this fortification spans 5,499 miles and is a household name.
What is the Great Wall of China?
Typically the main body of government in a Unitary system, this structure functions as a legislative body and is represented by their elected executive.
What is a parliament?
Highly speculative and historically unperformed, this economic ideology has been used historically as a front for authoritative regimes and dictatorial proceedings.
What are communist parties?
This movement in the mid 20th century in Mexico is usually accredited for major modern social and democratic progress in Mexico.
What was the Mexican Movement of 1968?
Most popularly known for being instructed to tear down a wall, this person was leader of the Soviet Union from the years of 1985 to 1991.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
This place of worship is best known for its geometric shape and distinct significance to a major religion.
What is the Kaaba?
Working alongside or conglomerated into the Head of State, this office seat manages the public, domestic, and often foreign policy of a country; although their position is often used as a facade of separation of powers.
What is a Head of Government?
Native to Central and Eastern Asia, this Turkish ethnic group's human rights have been repeatedly targeted by regional authoritative governments and societies.
What are the Uyghurs?
During this war, Saddam Hussein attempted to take advantage of the instability of a certain country after a recent revolution.
What was the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)?
Dubbed "the Iron Lady," this executive is infamously hated internationally. During her tenure, she supported the death penalty, destabilized her economy, and worsened societal inequality.
Who was Margret Thatcher?
This "fortress within a city" houses multiple cathedrals and palaces, as well major elected officials in this country. It's a UNESCO world heritage site, and there's a poster of it in this room.
What is the Moscow Kremlin?
This Middle-Eastern legislative body is elected in halves by two high ranking seats in its government, although indirectly elected by only its highest. It is responsible for overseeing elections and approving candidates, as well as vetoing laws.
What is the Guardian Council?
Both historically and modernly present in all states in one way or another, this broader swath of culture is typically viewed as both socially inappropriate and highly necessary for civil society. It is almost always helmed by the young.
What is counterculture?
In the early 20th century, the last reigning emperor of Russia was slaughtered alongside his family in their home during the Red Terror era of suppression.
What was the Murder of the Romanov family (1918)?
Taiwanese agricultural scientist turned president of the PRC, this person was at the helm of Chinese leadership during the Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989).
Who was Lee Teng-hui?
This ghost town is one of the most dangerous areas on the planet. In recent years, it has become a territory of much anxiety as an incumbent military force seizes control of it.
What is Chernobyl?
This seat functions as the vice-president of a major legislative body, and functions as a mirror to its sister body's leader. This seat's term is as long as their accompanying seat lasts in the legislative body they oversee, but may be terminated at will by that body.
What is the President Pro Tempore?
After a revolution, this party's senators and state governors were the de-facto leaders of their country until they lost supermajority in the early 1990's. Despite nominally representing revolution and progress, this party has a rich history of political malpractice, corporatism, and electoral fraud.
What is the Institutional Revolutionary Party of Mexico?
In 1856 during the heat of the "Bleeding Kansas" crisis, a South Carolinian slaver beat an abolitionist senator half to death with a distinct object.
What was the Caning of Charles Sumner?