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Naturalist who developed the theory of evolution and natural selection.

Who was Charles Darwin?

100
An isolated island group off the coast of South America where Darwin encounted a host of unique animals.

What are teh Galapagos Islands?

100

Theory that disease, mold, etc. are spread through microscopic organisms.

What is germ theory?

100

Indigenous people of this island country are referred to as Aboriginals.

What is Australia?

100

The inventor of punch cards, considered to be the first computer program.

Who is Ada Lovelace?

200

This ruler of the British Empire served from 1837-1901.

Who was Queen Victoria?

200

The site of the single bloodiest battle in the U.S. history and the military turning point of hte Civil War.

What is Gettysburg?

200

Indian system of hereditary classes.

What is caste?

200

Scientist who discovered the basic principles of genetics by studying pea plants.

Who is Gregor Mendel?

200

Scientist who discovered pasteurization, proved germ theory and invented multiple vaccines.

Who is Louis Pasteur?

300

Leader of a corps of nurses in the Crimean War. She advocated for hospital reforms and helped pioneer new methods to visually represent statistical data to make it easier to understand.

Who is Florence Nightingale?

300

South Carolina fort that was the site of the first battle of the Civil War.

What is Fort Sumter?

300

This 1871 treaty between France and Germany that brought an ened to the Franco-Prussian War and acknowledged the creation of the German Empire.

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

300
Battle where the British East India Company defreated Benfal in 1757 and won the right to tax Bengal.

What is the Battle of Plassey?

300

This organization was founded by Henri Dunany to provide medical care during war.

What is the Red Cross?

400

A 19th century philosopher who created the political philosophy of communism.

Who was Karl Marx?

400

This nation organized the Geneva Concention and remains traditionally neutral in war.

What is Switzerland?

400

The first modern war which shifted European alliances.

What is the Crimean War?

400

A univeristy in England, founded in 1209, where the first official rules of soccer originated.

What is Cambridge University?

400
German educator who invented the parallel bars, horizontal bar, balance beam, rings and pommel horse in gymnastics.

Who was Frederic Ludwig Jahn?

500
This Italian nationalist attempted to assassinate Napolean III.

Who is Felice Orsini?

500

British colony located off the coast of Canada that did not join the original unification plans. 

What is Prince Edward Island?

500

This U.S. Supreme Court decision that stated that Black people - enslaved or free - did not qualify for U.S. Citizenship. 

What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?

500

1879 battle between the Zulu and the British, where over 70% of British forces were killed.

What is the Battle of Isandlwana?

500

Black fashion designer whose fashion designs took Washington DC by storm and helped the Lincoln family success in the presidency.

Who was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Keckley?

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