EUROPEAN HISTORY
INITIALLY A BARBED WIRE BARRIER, IT BEGAN GOING UP AUGUST 13, 1961
WHAT IS THE BERLIN WALL
SCOTLAND ACQUIRED THESE ISLANDS KNOWN FOR THEIR PONY IN 1472 WHEN A NORSE KING DID NOT PAY HIS DAUGHTER'S DOWRY TO JAMES III
WHAT ARE THE SHETLANDS
THE LAST EMPEROR OF ROME, WHO WAS OVERTHROWN IN 476, SHARED HIS NAME WITH THIS LEGENDARY FOUNDER OF THE CITY
WHO IS ROMULUS
KING JOHN ACCEPTED THIS DOCUMENT ON JUNE 19, 1215
WHAT IS THE MAGNA CARTA
THE MIDDLE AGES ARE TRADITIONALLY DEFINED AS THE PERIOD BEGINNING WITH THE 5TH CENTURY COLLAPSE OF THIS EMPIRE
WHAT IS THE ROMAN EMPIRE
ACCORDING TO TRADITION, IN 490 B.C., PHEIDIPPIDES RAN 25 MILES TO ANNOUNCE A GREEK VICTORY IN THIS BATTLE
WHAT IS (THE BATTLE OF) MARATHON
WELLINGTON DEFEATED THE FRENCH IN 1813 AT VICTORIA, SPAIN IN THE PENINSULAR WAR, THE PENINSULA BEING THIS ONE
WHAT IS THE IBERIAN
CARVED ON STONE OR METAL, THE ACTA DIURNA WAS AN EARLY NEWSPAPER POSTED THIS OFTEN IN A PUBLIC AREA
WHAT IS DAILY
VLAD III (THAT'S THE IMPALER) BUILT THE FORTRESS OF THIS ROMANIAN CITY TO TRY TO HOLD BACK THE TURKS
WHAT IS BUCHAREST
THE MIDDLE AGES CAME TO AN END IN THE 15TH CENTURY WITH THE DAWN OF THIS ERA OF REVIVAL & DISCOVERY
WHAT IS THE RENAISSANCE
THE BATTLE OF BALAKLAVA & THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN TOOK PLACE DURING THIS WAR
WHAT IS THE CRIMEAN WAR
THE FSA & NYA WERE PART OF THE "ALPHABET SOUP" OF THE 1930'S U.S. GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
WHAT IS THE NEW DEAL
ROMAN ROADS WERE BUILT WITH CONCRETE MADE FROM POZZOLANA, ASH FROM THESE; ROADS BY POMPEII MUST'VE BEEN GOOD
WHAT ARE VOLCANOES
A GREAT BUILDER, THIS PHARAOH OF EGYPT'S 19TH DYNASTY SEALED PEACE BY MARRYING A HITTITE PRINCESS
WHO IS RAMSES (II OR THE GREAT)
THE HIGH PERIOD OF THIS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF RIB VAULTS & POINTED ARCHES BEGAN AROUND 1200
WHAT IS GOTHIC
THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION OF 1688 ENDED THE RULE OF KING JAMES II & BROUGHT THIS PAIR TO THE ENGLISH THRONE
WHO ARE WILLIAM & MARY
IN 1185 MINAMOTO YORITOMO DEFEATED THE TAIRA CLAN IN JAPAN & LATER WAS GIVEN THIS TITLE MEANING "GREAT GENERAL"
WHAT IS SHOGUN
VAESAR DECLARED "THE DIE IS CAST" & CROSSED THIS RIVER, PROVOKING THE ROMAN CIVIL WAR
WHAT IS THE RUBICON
AFTER THE BRITISH SLAVE TRADE ENDED, THIS MAMMAL PRODUCT BECAME THE MOST IMPORTANT EXPORT FROM WEST CENTRAL AFRICA
WHAT IS IVORY
THE FIRST OF THESE MILITARY EXPEDITIONS TO THE HOLY LAND WAS LAUNCHED IN 1095
WHAT ARE THE CRUSADES
THE CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY WAS FOLLOWED BY THE CAPETIAN DYNASTY IN THIS COUNTRY
WHAT IS FRANCE
IN 1795 MOST OF LITHUANIA CAME UNDER RUSSIA'S RULE AFTER THE THIRD PARTITION OF THIS COUNTRY
WHAT IS POLAND
LATIN FOR "FATHER OF THE FAMILY", HE WAS THE OLDEST LIVING MALE OF THE FAMILY & HAD TOTAL CONTROL OF HIS HOSUEHOLD
WHAT IS PATERFAMILIAS
THIS EUROPEAN BANKING "FAMILY" DYNASTY WAS FOUNDED BY A MAN NAMED MAYER AMSCHEL
WHAT IS THE ROTHSCHILD FAMILY
THIS SAINTLY ITALIAN, THE LEADING THEOLOGIAN OF THE MIDDLE AGES, DID ALL OF HIS THEOLOGIAN IN THE 1200'S
WHO IS THOMAS AQUINAS