World Wars
This event in 1914 triggered the beginning of WWI.
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This eventual president drafted the 1776 Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Considered the most influential Chinese philosopher.
Who is Confucius?
"Robespierre" is a notable name within this revolution.
What is the French Revolution?
A self-taught American Civil War nurse, Clara Barton founded this organization that still exists today.
What is the American Red Cross?
Besides Adolf Hitler, the most prominent fascist dictator in the Tripartite Pact.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This president approved the atomic bombings of Japan 1945.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
A merchant who went across the Silk Road to Kublai Khan on a notorious journey.
Who is Marco Polo?
Ending the American Revolution, Lord Cornwallis surrendered here in Virginia at this town.
What is Yorktown?
Scottish doctor who accidentally discovered penicillin in 1928.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
Russia's 1917 withdrawal from WWI was due to this internal event.
What is the Russian Revolution of 1917?
While Woodrew Wilson established the National Park Service, this president was known as the "conservation" president.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
From 1889 to 1901, this anti-colonial uprising against foreign powers occurred.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
City where Patrick Henry gave his "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech.
Where is Richmond, Virginia?
Destroyed by the Mongols in 1258, this place served as an intellectual center in Baghdad for many mathematicians and doctors.
What is the House of Wisdom?
Hitler's last major Western Front offensive aimed to split the Allies, but it failed against the Allied forces.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
The heaviest U.S. president ever who also served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is William Howard Taft?
The first emperor in Chinese history.
Who is Shi Huang Di / Qing Shi Huang?
This agreement ended the Glorious Revolution in England in 1688.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This innovator drew from historical and ancient Asian medicine to help treat his pancreatic cancer, but ultimately passed away in 2011.
Who is Steve Jobs?
Created by Winston Churchill, this 1915 campaign failed to seize the Dardanelles Strait, a strategic narrow waterway near the Ottoman Empire.
What is the Gallipoli Campaign?
The only president to have served as Director of Central Intelligence (CIA).
Who is George H.W. Bush?
The Forbidden City was established during this Chinese dynasty in the 1400s.
What is the Ming dynasty?
In 1579, seven northern provinces of the Netherlands signed the Union of Utrecht to revolt against this empire.
What is the Spanish Empire?
The most recent and significant treatment discovered for malaria was found by this Chinese scientist.
Who is Tu Youyou?