World History
This country was famously ruled by Shoguns for centuries before the Meiji Restoration
This convention, held in 1848, featured Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and other women’s rights leaders discussing gender equality
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This is the name of the river that Julius Caesar crossed, prompting an invasion into Rome
What is the Rubicon?
This is the building on campus that houses student-run museum exhibits
What is the Old Library?
This is the first country to put a man in space
This Babylonian king is credited for the earliest law code
Who is Hammurabi?
These four presidents are immortalized on Mount Rushmore
Who are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln?
The US suffered a civilian blow when a German U-boat blew up this seafaring vessel
What is Lusitania?
This is the name of the battle that was fought nearby Turks Head between the British and Colonial troops (hint: it's also a creek/dorm name)
What is the Battle of Brandywine?
The Principia Mathematica was a 1687 work by this world-famous thinker
Who is Isaac Newton?
This pandemic affected a third of the world’s population near the end of World War I
What is the Spanish Flu?
This Native American language is renowned for being used by code talkers from a namesake tribe during World War II
What is Navajo?
This is the nickname for the hazardous chemical that the US used against Vietnam
This was the original name for West Chester, after its famous inn for travelers
What is Turks Head?
This empire was ruled by leaders like Cyrus and Darius
What is the Persian Empire?
At its peak, this empire was the largest contiguous land empire in history
This US president delivered a series of radio addresses known as “fireside chats”
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
This was the US general that led UN forces in the Korean War--he is also known for his work in WWII
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
West Chester is famous for producing this type of antibiotic during WWII at a rate higher than anywhere else in the country
What is penicillin?
This ancient figure is considered the father of philosophy
Who is Socrates?
This ancient civilization is credited with developing the concept of zero, after the Mayan symbols of the number
This is the country that the United States bought Alaska from
What is Russia?
This was the codename for the D-Day invasion in 1944
What is Operation Overlord?
The land that West Chester was built on was acquired through land grants by this famous religious figure
Who is William Penn?