World Wars & Modern Conflict
What was the first nation to have a written account of its history?
Israel
According to the Roman Catholic Church, which apostle did Christ make the head of the church?
Peter
Who was the leader of al-Qaeda?
Osama bin Laden
In what year did the Soviet Union cease to exist as a nation?
1991
What economic system is based on private ownership and control of business and industry?
Capitalism
What war gave the American colonists unity and experience that helped prepare them for the War for Independence?
The French and Indian War
What newly invented weapon was used on Japan to end World War II?
The atomic bomb
What Greek event has the first recorded date in history?
The Olympics
Which Roman emperor was the first to persecute Christians?
Nero
Who discovered the universal law of gravitation?
Isaac Newton
What term means openness?
Glasnost
What is the way of life of a group of people called?
Culture
The economic decline during the Middle Ages began with the collapse of what empire?
The Roman Empire
What date marked the first massive foreign attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor?
September 11, 2001
In what year did the largest amphibious assault in history occur?
1944
What is considered the greatest accomplishment of the Sumerians?
Writing
Who translated the entire Bible into English for the first time?
John Wycliffe
Which artist was known for illustrations in the Saturday Evening Post?
Norman Rockwell
What term refers to the lessening of tension and hostility?
Détente
What nation became the leading industrial nation and financial center of the world during the 1920s?
The United States
Whose rule marked the birth of the French nation?
Hugh Capet
What is the largest and most intricate global project undertaken to date?
International Space Station
In what year did the United States enter World War II?
1941
What system was a way of life based upon the ownership and use of land?
Feudalism
What is the holy book of Islam?
The Koran
Who deciphered the Rosetta Stone?
Jean-François Champollion
What doctrine declared that Communism should be contained and prevented from spreading into the Americas?
The Truman Doctrine
In contrast to the U.S. War for Independence, what was the French Revolution fought for?
Social equality
What was the shortest war in U.S. history?
The Persian Gulf War
What act gave U.S. war material to England during World War II?
Lend-Lease Act
Which Persian ruler built the Royal Road?
Darius
What movement of religious liberalism beginning in Germany denied the basic doctrines of Christianity?
Modernism
Who started Sunday school in England?
Robert Raikes
What protocol required nations to decrease greenhouse emission levels?
Kyoto Protocol
What system was based on work done in small private shops?
Domestic system
What treaty divided Charlemagne’s empire?
Treaty of Verdun
Which country’s rise to nationhood is considered the climax in the gradual breakup of Yugoslavia?
Kosovo
What treaty was signed at the end of World War I?
Treaty of Versailles
What is the oldest and largest Islamist organization in Egypt today?
Muslim Brotherhood
Who was the first black president of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
What agreement was the first face-to-face agreement between Israelis and Palestinians?
Oslo Accords
Who ruled during the French July Monarchy?
Louis Philippe
Which Iranian president is known for his controversial leadership in the early 2000s?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad