In the Beginning
This woman ruled Egypt just before the Pax Romana.
Who was Cleopatra?
The Romans record this man as their first king.
Who is Romulus?
This statesman, orator, and author rallied the British people during World War II and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory.
Who is British Prime Minister Winston Churchill?
Beginning in 1754, the French and Indian War was fought between these two sides.
Who are the French and the British?
Texans supported this general's rise to the Mexican presidency only three years before he killed of hundreds of Texans in battle.
Who was Santa Anna?
The word "history" comes from the writings of this native of Halicarnassus, who is known as the "Father of History."
Who was Herodotus?
This year marked the start of the Roman Republic.
When was 509 BC?
In the fourteenth century, this malady traveled from Asia to Genoa by way of merchant sailors who then came into contact with other merchants in the Italian peninsula.
What is the Black Death?
This document was the first constitution of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
He looked for seven cities of gold, but all he found were some tipis and grass huts.
Who was Coronado?
This man was the great lawgiver of Sparta.
Who was Lycurgus?
This rich and powerful family controlled Florence politically and economically for much of the Renaissance.
Who were the Medici?
This duke was the cause of the shift from "Old English" to "Middle English" in the eleventh century.
Who was King William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy?
This was the year the pilgrims landed at Plymouth.
When is 1620?
The year the Republic of Texas was born.
When was 1836?
This Athenian moved the treasury from Delos to Athens.
Who was Pericles?
These were the “Big Five” independent city-states in Renaissance Italy.
What are Milan, Naples, Florence, the Papal States, and Venice?
This poet and author is known as the "Father of Humanism."
Who was Petrarch?
This was the name of the failed secret invasion of communist Cuba launched by the CIA in 1961.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
He signed his last letter, "God and Texas - Victory or Death."
Who was William Travis?
These are TWO of the first recorded cities of the Ancient World.
What are Ur, Uruk, and/or Erdu?
This is the number of Roman Emperors up to and including Marcus Aurelius.
What is 16?
This scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court became the Abbot of Tours in 796 and is the person we can thank for the structure of liberal arts education.
Who was Alcuin?
This was the Japanese codeword repeated by Japanese pilots to signal the successful surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is "Tora! Tora! Tora!" ?
The origin of the word Texas comes from this Native American tribe's word for "friend."
Who are the Caddo Indians?