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The Confederacy of Indigenous tribes in the Tidewater region that encountered the British colonists at Jamestown
Who were the Powhatan?
An archaeological site located in modern Türkiye featuring the ruins of a famous city besieged by Spartan and Achaean warriors in the 13th century BCE and immortalized in Homer’s The Iliad?
What is Troy (The archaeological site of Troy)
Once the second-largest state in Europe, this empire lasted less than 50 years after its official establishment in a Dual-Monarchy compromise.
What is the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
The first artificial satellite to be launched into the atmosphere by the USSR on Oct. 4th, 1957
What is Sputnik?
In 1933, this failed Austrian painter was voted into power as the Chancellor of Germany.
Who is Hitler?
The first land battle of the American Civil War, in July 1861
What is the First Battle of Bull Run/ Battle of First Manassas?
This coastal region of France was the site of the D-Day invasions of 1944.
What are the Normandy beaches?
Founded by a tribal leader of a petty kingdom, at its peak, this empire ruled over three continents and was known for its conquest of Constantinople
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Forced Labor camps in the Soviet Union that Stalin utilized during his reign of terror
What are Gulags
From 1936-1938, this Soviet Dictator oppressed public expression and terrorized citizens into silence as part of a campaign later known as the Great Terror.
Who is Stalin?
The landmark Supreme Court case securing the constitutional right to interracial marriage (that inspired Virginia’s state motto!)
What is Loving v. Virginia?
Funereal complex in modern-day China honoring an ancient ruler, surrounded by thousands of terracotta warriors and sculpted horses, chariots, and weapons.
What is the Mausoleum of the Qin Emperor (Qin Shi Huang)?
The founder of this South Asian empire traced his lineage to both Timur and Genghis Khan, and established Persian as the official court language.
What is the Mughal Empire?
The U.S. program that provided $13.3 billion worth of supplies to Western Europe during the Cold War to combat the spreading communist ideals after the devastating conditions of WWII
What is the Marshal Plan?
This Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist turned Cuba into a one-party communist state under his administration from 1965 until 2011.
Who is Fidel Castro?
Richmond, VA was the first American city to introduce this new method of transportation in the 1880s
What is the electric streetcar?
Ghanaian seaside fort which was used by enslavers as a prison for enslaved Africans in the Transatlantic trade
What is Elmina Castle?
The ruler of this short-lived empire overthrew the powerful Achaemenid dynasty in Persia and founded more than 20 cities, including the city of Alexandria.
What is the Macedonian Empire?
The Soviet leader who is most associated with the end of the Cold War because of his policies of Glasnost and Perestroika
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This Italian was the first fascist dictator in 20th Century Europe
Who was Mussolini?
This Virginia country music heritage trail stretches through 300 miles of Southwest Virginia, celebrating Appalachian folk and traditional bluegrass
What is Crooked Road?
The largest site of pre-Columbian indigenous American settlement north of Mexico, occupied during the Mississippian period (800-1400 CE), and located north of St. Louis, Missouri
What are the Cahokia Mounds?
This North American Empire was comprised of a confederacy of three city-states, but power was concentrated in the capital city which was conquered by the Spanish in 1519
What is the Aztec Empire?
The East German intelligence service that monitored citizens through extensive mail surveillance and listening devices to create internal repression.
What is the Stasi?
Iraqi dictator who ruled as part of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003
Who is Saddam Hussein?