US History
This early American politician served as the first Secretary of the Treasury and was an influential member of the Federalist party.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This boy-pharaoh has, despite his relative lack of importance in life, become one of the most commonly known pharaohs of Ancient Egypt because his tomb was left relatively intact.
Who is Tutankhamun/King Tut?
The two rivers around which early Chinese civilization formed are known as these names.
What are the Yangtze and Yellow/Huanhe Rivers?
This empire, known as the "Sick Man of Europe," ruled much of the Near and Middle East until its defeat in World War 1.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This member of the African National Congress helped spearhead the anti-Apartheid movement, and was the first black president of South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This is the year that the first enslaved Africans were imported to British America.
What/when is 1619?
These are the traditional names of the two parts of Ancient Egypt.
What is Upper and Lower (Egypt)?
This period of turmoil from 476 BCE to 221 BCE would end with the victory of the state of Qin.
What is the Warring States Period?
This ethnic group occupies a swathe of land within the borders of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran, and has typically gone without a nation-state of its own.
Who are the Kurds?
This state in eastern Africa claimed dynastic descent from King Solomon and was one of the few African countries to resist the Scramble for Africa successfully.
What is Ethiopia (or Abyssinia)?
This site saw the massacre of hundreds of Sioux people by the US 7th Cavalry, and was subsequently reclaimed by indigenous activists in the 1970s.
What/where is Wounded Knee?
This dynasty, Greek in origin, is considered the last phaeronic dynasty of Egypt.
Who were the Ptolemies?
This dynasty, the last ethnically Han imperial dynasty, is known for the expeditions of Zheng He.
Who are the Ming?
This Egyptian military officer was instrumental in the overthrow of the Egyptian monarchy, and became one of the driving forces of Pan-Arabism until his death in 1970.
Who was Gamal Abd-al Nasser?
This ruler of the Mali Empire was famous for his immense wealth and crashed the Egyptian economy through his generous donations of gold while on hajj.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This militia captain, one of many pre-Revolutionary "regulators," operated in Vermont and was prominent in the early Revolution, capturing Fort Ticonderoga.
Who was Ethan Allen?
This pharaoh, traditionally associated with the story of Exodus, is considered one of the most successful rulers in Egyptian history.
Who is Ramses II?
This Chinese leader was in charge of the Nationalist side in the Chinese Civil War, and ruled Taiwan as a brutal dictator until his death in 1975.
Who is Chiang Kai-shek?
This conflict from 1980 to 1988 resulted in both combatants' exhaustion and is commonly compared to World War One.
What is the Iran-Iraq War?
This dictator of Uganda, who referred to himself as "The Last King of Scotland" killed anywhere between 100,000-500,000 before he was deposed after the disastrous Ugandan-Tanzanian War.
Who is Idi Amin?
This US Attorney General organized a series of raids which bear his name against suspected communists, socialists, and anarchists from 1919-1920, primarily targeting Italian and Eastern European immigrants.
Who was Alexander Mitchell Palmer? (who was Palmer is also acceptable)
According to tradition, this is the first ruler of a unified Egypt.
Who is Narmer/Menes?
Mongol rule over China bore this dynastic name.
Who/what are the Yuan dynasty?
This public statement by the British government declared support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland, setting the stage for the modern conflicts between Israel and Palestine.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
This kingdom directly south of the ancient Egyptian realm was a source of mercenaries for Ancient Egypt and would, for 90 years, rule Egypt as its Pharaohs.
What is Nubia (or Kush)?