American History
What war, which started and ended in 1898, featured the rough riders?
Spanish American War
What major event started the Reformation?
Luther nailing the 95 Thesis to Wittenberg church
This Roman General famously crossed the Rubicon, saying, "the Die is cast." He was later killed, stabbed by senators
Julius Ceasar
This spiritual leader helped stop British Rule in India
Gandhi
A bear was adopted by what countries military during WWII?
Polish Military
President Jackson ignored the supreme courts ruling about the Cherokee nation, signing a law concerning them. Name the law or subsequent tragedy.
What "barbarian," nicknamed the "scourge of God" terrorized the Roman empire in the early 400's?
Attila the Hun
This empire fought against Rome in the Punic wars, famously led by Hannibal in the 2nd Punic War
Carthaginian empire
Which African Country is the only one which hasn't been colonized?
Ethiopia
This country declared war on Emus in 1932
Australia
Which Union General, after taking Atlanta, started his famous "march to the sea" campaign, leaving destruction in his wake?
General Sherman
The British fleet won a monumental naval battle at the Battle of Gravelines in 1558. Who was their opponent?
Spain/Spanish Armada
This Babylonian leader created a famous code, which would be set in stone in the middle of towns.
Hammurabi
What area of China was occupied by Japan in the run-up to World War II?
Manchuria
the Greek Mathematician Pythagoras had a phobia of this food
beans
Name all four presidents on Mount Rushmore
Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, and Teddy Roosevelt
Napoleon was famously defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, by the combined forces of a British and Prussian general. Name either of the generals.
Von Blucher or the Duke of Wellington
This Greek historian, often called the "Father of History," wrote about the Greco-Persian Wars
Herodotus
This system of racist laws and systems set up in South Africa was only abolished in 1990
Apartheid
Teddy Roosevelt, when he was about to give a speech, was shot. His response was:
"Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot—but it takes more than that to kill a bull moose."
He gave the speech anyways
The star spangled banner was written by Francis Scott Key, while watching the British bombardment of a fort during the war of 1812. Name the fort
Fort McHenry
This conference, held in between 1884-1885 in a major capital city, saw major European colonial powers compromise in how to split Africa, leading to the Rape of Africa
Berlin Conference, or General Act of Berlin
After the Greco-Persian Wars, Athens set up its own empire, called the ______ league. Led by Pericles, this league would fight with Sparta and the Peloponnesian League in the Peloponnesian war.
Delian League
This general from South America nicknamed "El Libertador" helped many South American nations gain independence from Spain, one of which is named after him.
Simon Bolivar
Canada and Denmark had an amicable " Whisky war" over Hans Island been 1973 and 2022. Name what each nation did during the war.
Planted their flag and their alcohol (and removed the other's flag and booze)