Ancient History
These individuals were credited with being the ultimate tipping point for the Bronze Age collapse.
Who are the Sea People?
This was the first state to ratify the US Constitution.
What is Delaware?
In 1814, this emperor was exiled to his miniature empire in the Mediterranean.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This country is the only to have supposedly switched sides in both World Wars.
What is Italy?
Having been named after the Roman god of the underworld, it’s unfortunately fitting for it to have been downgraded from its former status.
What is Pluto?
Among the Assyrians, Ancient Egyptians, and Hittites in the ancient world, this fourth group flourished on the island of Crete.
Who are the Minoans?
This state is remembered by its famous trail west.
What is Oregon?
He was the last Emperor of his dynasty and nation when he was banished from his own country in 1920.
Who was Kaiser Wilhelm II?
After having allied this nation, Napoleon turned around and attacked them suspecting treachery in 1812 with disastrous consequences.
What is Russia?
This is the official name for our sun.
What is sol?
What is Hadrian’s Wall?
This state is home to the battle that gained Andrew Jackson fame in the War of 1812.
What is Louisiana?
This general of the Soviet forces was banished by what he saw as a lowly secretary that assumed power through deceitful tactics.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
After helping win the war, the Soviet Union decided to keep its conquered territories as puppet states and in doing so betrayed its word given to this other informal international group.
What are the Allies?
This is the closest star to our solar system other than our sun.
What is Proxima or Alpha Centauri?
This island in the Mediterranean was renowned for its copper mines that supplied the majority of the ancient world around it.
What is Cyprus?
Although South Carolina was the first to secede from the Union, this state was the last to secede exactly six months later.
What is North Carolina?
This woman was exiled to North Brother Island in 1907 due to her uncanny ability to transmit a then deadly disease.
Who is Typhoid Mary or Mary Mallon?
After concluding war with this nation, Prussia turned around and attacked its former ally Austria.
What is Denmark?
This moon of Jupiter is named for a Greek princess turned cow.
What is Io?
This ancient wonder of the world was built by King Nebuchadnezzar II for his Median wife.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
The purchase of Alaska was known as this then Secretary of State’s Folly since the land was considered worthless.
Who is William Seward?
James II of England was deposed and exiled to France in what was regarded as the last successful invasion of England.
What is the Glorious Revolution or the invasion of William of Orange?
After granting this nation independence, Catherine the Great invaded it and annexed it only 9 years later.
What is the Crimean Khanate?
This is the only planet in our system without an atmosphere. Not that it would be your biggest issue though.
What is Mercury?