Asian
What was the name of the famous trade route that connected China with the Mediterranean world?
Silk Road
Which city was divided into East and West during the Cold War?
Berlin
What is the name of the Korean alphabet created during the Joseon Dynasty?
Hangeul
What was the ancient name of the region now known as Iraq, home to early Mesopotamian civilizations?
Mesopotamia
This document, signed in 1776, declared the thirteen colonies independent from Britain.
Declaration of Independence
Which Mongol leader founded the largest contiguous land empire in history during the 13th century?
Genghis Khan
Who was the emperor of France during the Napoleonic Wars?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Which Korean kingdom unified most of the Korean Peninsula in the 7th century?
Silla
Which ancient civilization developed the first known system of writing, cuneiform?
Sumerians / Sumer
This 1863 proclamation declared all slaves in Confederate territory free.
Emancipation Proclamation
What event in 1857 marked a major uprising against British rule in India, often considered the first major movement for independence?
Sepoy Mutiny / Indian Rebellion of 1857
What 1517 event began the Protestant Reformation?
Which war began in 1950 and resulted in the division of Korea into North and South?
Korean War
Which ancient city, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was the home of the famous Hanging Gardens?
Babylon
This 1890 massacre of Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee marked the end of Native American armed resistance.
Wounded Knee Massacre
During which dynasty was the civil service examination system in China fully institutionalized and expanded to include neo-Confucian teachings?
Song Dynasty
What 1648 treaties ended the Thirty Years’ War and marked the beginning of the modern state system?
Treaty of Westphalia
Which 1894–1895 reform movement in Korea aimed to modernize the country during the late Joseon period?
Which ancient empire was known for its network of roads called the Royal Road, connecting its vast territories?
Persian Empire
This compromise allowed California to enter the Union as a free state while leaving the status of slavery undecided in the rest of the territories.
Compromise of 1850
Which 1895 treaty ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked the rise of Japan as an imperial power in East Asia?
Treaty of Shimonoseki
What 19th-century diplomatic strategy did Otto von Bismarck use to unify Germany under Prussian leadership?
Realpolitik
Which rural modernization movement launched in 1970 aimed to modernize and uplift South Korea's villages?
Saemaul Undong (새마을 운동)
This Bronze Age civilization, located on an island in the Aegean Sea, is known for its undeciphered script called Linear A.
This 1803 Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison