American Revolution
The first president of the United States
Who was George Washington?
This was the Old Testament structure built by early humans that was abandoned after God scattered them by creating different language.
What is the Tower of Babel?
This U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing any slaves in Confederate states.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The U.S. joined World War 2 after the Japanese bombed this naval base.
What is Pearl Harbor?
These two Japanese cities were bombed by nuclear weapons by the United States, ending the Pacific Theater of World War 2.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The name of the man who left the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Hancock?
This country built and donated the Statue of Liberty to the United States.
What is France?
This British Royal was known as the “People’s Princess.”
Who was Princess Diana?
The Axis Powers were made up of Germany, Italy, and this other East Asian country.
What is Japan?
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci during this enlightened time period.
What was the Renaissance?
The name of the river that Washington crossed to attack Trenton on Christmas night in 1776.
What is the Delaware River?
This Wonder of the World was built as a mausoleum for an emperor’s beloved wife in India.
What is the Taj Mahal?
This is the name of ANY of Henry VIII’s six wives.
Who was Catherine of Aragon/Anne Boleyn/Jane Seymour/Anne of Cleves/Katherine Howard/Catherine Parr?
This Eastern European royal was murdered in Sarajevo in 1914, causing World War 1 to break out.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This ancient Greek city is known as the “birthplace of democracy.”
What is Athens?
The name of the American general who turned out to be a traitor.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
This wall is commonly referred to as the Wailing Wall and is a significant holy site in Judaism, located in Jerusalem.
What is the Western Wall/Temple Wall?
This is the name of the first emperor of China, who began work on the Great Wall of China and was buried with a terracotta army.
Who was Qin Shi Huang?
This is the name of the aerial bombing campaign the Nazis carried out against the United Kingdom during World War 2.
What was the Blitz?
This was the name that Istanbul had before being conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
Was was Constantinople?
These two U.S. presidents died on the same day: July 4th, 1826.
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
This is the name of ANY of the ANCIENT Wonders of the World.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon/Temple of Artemis at Ephesus/Mausoleum at Halicarnassus/Lighthouse of Alexandria/Pyramids of Giza/Statue of Zeus at Olympia/Colossus of Rhodes?
The Colosseum of Rome was built under this Roman imperial dynasty.
What was the Flavian Dynasty?
This multinational organization was created in the aftermath of World War 1.
What was the League of Nations?
The name of the wealthiest man to ever have lived, who caused inflation wherever he stopped on his way to Mecca.
Who was Mansa Musa?