U.S. History
This purchase from France doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase.
This ancient civilization built the pyramids of Giza.
What is Ancient Egypt
This country is the most populous in Africa.
What is Nigeria.
This Leonardo DiCaprio movie made the 1912 sinking of a ship into a romantic disaster
What is Titanic
This Cold War–era technological competition led to advances in space exploration, satellite technology, and education funding.
What is the Space Race?
This 1930s program, implemented by FDR, aimed to provide economic relief during the Great Depression.
What is The New Deal.
This President was the First President of the United States.
Who is George Washington.
This U.S State is closest to Africa.
What is Maine
This 2023 blockbuster was about the father of the atomic bomb
What is Oppenheimer.
This early-20th-century production method revolutionized American industry by reducing costs and increasing output.
What is the assembly line?
This railroad connected the East and West coasts of the US.
What is The Transcontinental Railroad.
The Black Death swept through Europe in the 1300s, it was this kind of disease.
What is the bubonic plague?
This island switches ownership twice a year, belonging to Spain from February 1 to July 31 and to France from August 1 to January 31.
What is Pheasant Island (also known as Île des Faisans)
What silent-film-era comedian was investigated in the 1920s for suspected communist sympathies?
Who is Charlie Chaplin
This mid-20th-century innovation reshaped global demographics by reducing famine and supporting rapid population growth.
What is the Green Revolution?
This 1823 doctrine warned European nations against colonizing the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine.
This empire was ruled by Julius Caesar before it became an empire under Augustus.
What is the Roman Republic?
These 2 nations agreed to redraw their borders in 2023 near the Matterhorn on account of melting glaciers
What is Switzerland and Italy
Kim Kardashian wore this 1960s icon’s dress to the met gala that was originally worn to sing Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy causing a massive controversy over historical preservation
Who is Marilyn Monroe
Despite reducing the labor needed to clean cotton, this invention led to an increased demand for enslaved labor across the American South.
What is the cotton gin?
This Cold War policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism in Europe through economic aid.
What is The Marshall Plan.
The Great Wall was built to protect this country from invasions.
What is China
This is the name of the longest river in Europe.
What is the Volga River
The film “Schindlers List” includes what man who saved over 1,000 Jewish people during the Holocaust?
Who is Oskar Schindler.
This 19th-century invention allowed instant communication across the United States and played a key role in westward expansion.
What is the telegraph?