Modern World History
This 1962 crisis brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war over Soviet missiles placed in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
An ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, crafts, and the patron of Athens, was born from Zeus's head, and symbolized by owls and olive trees.
Who is Athena?
She was the goddess of wisdom, war, and the crafts. She was the favorite daughter of Zeus
Who is Athena?
These are the three Abrahamic Religions
What are :Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
The First Amendment includes these five rights.
What are the Freedoms of: Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition ?
This 1989 event, symbolized by the fall of a massive concrete barrier, marked the end of the Cold War division of Europe.
These are the four earliest major civilizations, known as river valley civilizations, that emerged around fertile rivers and created systems for irrigation, farming, and transport.
What are the civilizations of:
1. Mesopotamia (Tigris & Euphrates)
2. Ancient Egypt (Nile)
3. Indus Valley (Indus River)
4. Ancient China/ Huang He (Yellow River).
A series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that lasted from 499–449 BC: and resulted in the spread western civilization.
What are the Persian Wars?
This Holy Roman Emperor is also known as the Father of Europe.
Who is Charlesmagne ?
The Revolutionary War started with the "shot heard round" at this famous battle.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This Chinese leader, who died in 1976, launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966 and is credited with founding the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This 5th-century BCE Greek writer, often called the “Father of History,” wrote Histories, which chronicled the Greco-Persian Wars and included detailed accounts of Egypt and Babylon.
Who is Herodotus?
A broken pieces of pottery used to vote a person ostracize from Athens.
What are Ostraka?
Muslims consider this place, the holiest place on earth.
What is Mecca and the Kaaba, a stone building in the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia?
This election saw a newly formed Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln win the presidency and the Civil War followed soon after.
What is the Election of 1860?
This Scottish inventor dramatically improved Thomas Newcomen's earlier atmospheric engine in the 1760s–1770s, making it far more efficient and powering the Industrial Revolution.
Who is James Watts?
This famous battle in 480 BCE saw a small force of Greeks, led by King Leonidas, hold off a massive Persian army for three days at a narrow mountain pass.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
This ancient greek historian is known as the "Father of History" or "The Father of Lies" depending ones' view point.
Who is Herodotus?
The Apostle Paul played a crucial role in the spread of Christianity, but he was known by another name before his "road to Damascus" conversion. What was his name before he became Paul?
Who was Saul of Tarsus?
The year that the Constitutional Convention finalized and adopted the United States Constitution.
What is 1787?
This South African leader spent 27 years in prison, then became the country’s first Black president in 1994 after the end of apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This is the year that the 9th century BCE ends.
What is 801 BCE?
The Spartan King who created the unwritten law code of Sparta and then left Sparta!
Who is Lycurgus?
This Pope started the Crusades with one of the most influential speeches of all time, yelling "Deus Vult!"
Who is Pope Urban II?
A christian denomination that took the first collective stand against both slavery and the slave trade.
Who are the Quakers?