What did Darius build?
The Royal Road
Which type of government did the northern/ New England colonies have?
Town
What is important about the Himalayas?
Largest and highest mountain range on earth.
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
When did the 1st Continental Congress meet?
1774
When were the first Olympic Games held?
776 BC
When did the Stamp Act Congress meet?
June 1765
What is India's main religion?
Hinduism
What is Africa's largest desert?
Sahara
Which two battles signalled the start of the War for Independence?
Concord and Lexington
Who established the New Babylonian Empire?
Nabopolassar
Which group of people founded Bethelhem, PA?
Moravians
Which countries are divided at the 38th parallel
North & South Korea
What is Africa's largest lake?
Victoria
Who was appointed superintendent of finance in 1781, obtaining a much-needed loan from France?
R. Morris
Whose dream concerning prophetic empires did Daniel interpret?
Nebuchadnezzar
What were post-roads?
Roads that connected major cities
What is Japan's largest island called?
Honshu
What is Kilamanjaro?
Africa's highest mountain
Who agreed to surrender West Point to the British in exchange for $?
Benedict Arnold
What did the Phoenicians spread as they went on trading ventures?
the Alphabet
How many houses make up a bicameral legislation?
2
Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia make up which island?
Borneo
Who was able to decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone?
Champollion
What town did Washington capture from the Hessians on December 25, 1776?
Trenton