World Geography
Historical Figures
Potpourri
Historical Conflicts
Years
100
What is New York City?
100
Originally an anti-apartheid activist, this person become the first president of South Africa, elected in 1944.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
100
This false theory, popular during the late 19th century to early 20th century, applies biological evolution theory to human society.
What is social Darwinism?
100
The two powers (sides) that fought in World War I.
What are the Allied Powers and the Central Powers?
100
The Berlin Wall fell in this year.
When is 1989?
200
The image represents the silhouette of this country's territory.
What is Argentina?
200
This revolutionary leader envisioned a large, independent state uniting Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.
+100 Bonus: The name of the state he envisioned.
Who is Simon Bolívar?
Bonus: What is Gran Columbia?
200
The first communist state.
What is Soviet Russia (or Russian Soviet Republic)?
Acceptable: What is the Soviet Union (or USSR)?
200
This revolution, largely led by Toussaint Louverture, is regarded as the most successful mass-scale revolution led by enslaved people.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
200
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech, occurred in this year.
When is 1963?
300
7 countries border Hungary. Name 4.
What are Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, or Ukraine?
300
This person is pictured in this 1616 portrait.
Who is Pocahontas (or Rebecca Wolfe)?
300
The territory of the French Indochina colonies historically covered these three modern-day countries.
What are Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia?
300
The dynasty during which the Boxer Rebellion occurred.
What is the Qing Dynasty of China?
300
Adam Smith's book The Wealth of Nations was published in this year.
+100 Bonus: Name another important document published or adopted in this year.
When is 1776?
Bonus: What is the United States Declaration of Independence; Common Sense; etc?
400
The most populous country in Central Asia.
What is Uzbekistan?
400
The last monarch of Hawaiʻi from 1891 to 1893 before a coup d'état with the final goal of annexation to the United States.
Who is Queen Liliʻuokalani?
400
Quipu strings, used to compactly store numerical information mainly through knots, was popularized by the administration of this empire.
What is the Incan Empire?
Acceptable: What is the Kingdom of Cuzco?
400
This empire fell after the Mongol Empire laid siege to its capital, Baghdad, in 1258 (pictured above)
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
400
Mexico declared independence from Spain in this year.
When is 1821?
500
People of the Chewa ethnic group are indigenous to this region of this continent.
+200 Bonus: The primary country.
What is Eastern Africa?
Acceptable: What is Southeastern Africa?
Bonus: What is Malawi?
500
The only woman to ever serve as prime minister of India. She served from 1966 to 1977 then again from 1980 to 1984.
Who is Indira Gandhi?
500
The first country of the Arab Spring of the 2010s.
What is Tunisia?
500
Metacomet, the sachem of the Wampanoag people, was the most important leader in this war from 1675 to 1678.
What is King Philip's War?
500
Ibn Battuta began his Hajj to Mecca from Tangier of the Marinid Sultanate (modern day Morocco) in this year.
+200 Bonus: This person began their famous Hajj just one year prior.
When is 1325?
Bonus: Who is Mansa Musa?