North America
What major purchase in 1803 effectively doubled the size of the United States?
The Louisiana Purchase
Major trade rout connected China to the Mediterranean, spreading goods, ideas, and culture?
The Silk Road
What event is commonly believed to have sparked World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
What major river is considered the longest in the world and flows through northeastern Africa?
The Nile River
What is the largest rainforest in the world, located prommarily in Brazil?
The Amazon Rainforest
What North American Country was the first to give women the right to vote nationally?
Canada (1918)
What is the highest mountain in Asia?
Mount Everest
Who fought in the Hundred Years’ War?
Britain and France
Name two African Countries that Speek French?
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Republic of, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, and Togo.
Which revolutionary leader freed much of South Ameica from Spanish rule?
Simon Bolivar
What rout was used by escaped enslaved people to reach free states and Canada before the Civil War?
The Underground Railroad
Who was the leader of the movement in India to resist the British rule?
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Which European civilization is known as the birthplace of democracy?
Ancient Greece
WHo is the Richest men in history who ruled the mali empire?
Mansa Musa
What are the two landlock countries in South America?
Bolivia and Paraguay
What young women's organization did Juliette Gordon Low establish in 1912
Girl Scouts of the USA.
A powerful empire that controlled large parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe?
The Ottoman Empire
What is Rugby?
A sport combining American football and soccer
Makes up 31% of Africa
The Sahara desert
the driest non-polar desert on Earth
The Atacama desert
Which was the name of the alliance of indegenous nations in the northeastern part of the continent that influenced early American democracy?
The Iroquoise Confederacy
What does Taj Mahal symbolizes?
Eternal Love
Greek Philisopher that thought Alexander the great science?
Aristotle
The only Spanish speaking country in Africa...
Equatorial
Which country has two capitals?
Bolivia