Ancient
What river valley civilization built pyramids along the Nile River?
What is Egypt?
What European country sponsored Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage?
What is Spain?
Who led the biggest contigous empire in history?
What is Genghis Khan?
What military leader crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804?
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
What industry was revolutionized by Henry Ford’s assembly line?
What is the automobile industry?
What early Mesopotamian civilization is credited with developing one of the first writing systems, cuneiform?
What is Sumerians?
Which Chinese dynasty ended by revolution in 1911?
What is Qing Dynasty?
What religious movement began in 1517?
What 1917 revolution brought the Bolsheviks to power in Russia?
What is the October revolution?
What amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
What is the 13th Amendment?
Who was the Akkadian ruler that created one of the world’s first empires?
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
Who was the first to reach the Americas?
Who is Leif Erikson?
What 1453 event marked the fall of the Byzantine Empire
What is the Fall of Constantinople?
What 1919 treaty formally ended World War I?
What concept promoted westward expansion as a divine right?
What is Manifest Destiny?
What Greek city-state was ruled by two kings and emphasized military discipline above all else?
What is Sparta?
What 1884–1885 meeting formalized European colonization of Africa?
What is the Berlin Conference?
What French peasant woman claimed divine guidance and helped rally French forces before being executed?
Who is Joan of Arc?
What 1939 agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union temporarily prevented conflict between them?
What is the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact?
What is James Monroe?
What are the great wars called between Carnage and Rome?
What are the Punic Wars?
What treaty divided the non-European world between Spain and Portugal?
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
What Japanese military government ruled by shoguns began in 1192?
What is the Kamakura Shogunate?
What 1815 diplomatic meeting attempted to restore balance and conservatism in Europe after Napoleon’s defeat?
What is the Congress of Vienna?
What 1974 scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon?
What is Watergate?