19th and 20th Century US History
What African American woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955?
Rosa Parks. In doing so she was intentionally arrested and sparked a boycott of Montgomery, Alabama buses from 1955-1956.
Which ancient city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
Pompeii
What country is famous for its Great Wall, which was built over a period of more than two thousand years?
China. The building of the Great Wall began in the 7th century BCE and continued until the 17th century CE!
Who was the first African American U.S. president?
Barack Obama
Which man from the 16th and 17th centuries wrote the plays Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
William Shakespeare
Which famous 20th-century Mexican artist became world-renowned for her colorful self-portraits and paintings inspired by Mexican folk art?
A) Georgia O’Keeffe
B) Frida Kahlo
C) Grandma Moses
D) Mary Cassatt
Frida Kahlo
What was the main language spoken in ancient Rome?
Latin
What famous white marble palace was built in India by an emperor as a love letter/tomb for his wife?
A) The Taj Mahal
B) Machu Picchu
C) The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Taj Mahal
Beginning in the 1600s and ending in the 1800s, traders captured and sold over eleven million African people into slavery in the Americas. What does slavery mean?
Slavery is a condition in which one human being is owned by another. Under slavery, an enslaved person is considered by law as property and forced to do work under threat of violence and death.
What kind of portable, cone-shaped tent did many Native American Great Plains tribes use for homes?
A) Igloo
B) Teepee
C) Log cabin
Teepee
Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1884?
A) Italy
B) Peru
C) France
France
What was the name of the famous ancient Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
A) Homer
B) Delaware
C) Tiberius
Homer
What were the skilled, sword-wielding warriors of ancient Japan called?
Samurai
Which abolitionist helped lead enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
A) Dan Brown
B) Abigail Adams
C) Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
fire during battles?
A) Blackbeard
B) Bluebeard
C) Redbeard
D) Yellowbeard
Blackbeard (Edward Teach)
Who was the first person to ever walk on the Moon in 1969?
A) Buzz Aldrin
B) John Glenn
C) Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
What material did the ancient Egyptians make a precursor (prototype) of paper from?
Papyrus
What country was formerly known as Persia?
A) Russia
B) Iran
C) Australia
Iran
Which Civil Rights icon has a birthday on January 15th, even though we celebrate him on the third Monday in January?
A) Malcolm X
B) Martin Luther King, Jr.
C) Ronald Reagan
Martin Luther King, Jr.
True or False: The fast-paced sport of lacrosse started out as a traditional Native American stickball game.
True
What did Alexander Graham Bell invent in 1876 that lets us talk to people far away?
The telephone
Which of the following was NOT invented in ancient China?
A) Gunpowder
B) Bifocals
C) Paper
Bifocals
Which Asian country is credited with creating the world's first moveable metal type printing press, years before Johannes Gutenberg made his in Europe?
A) Nepal
B) Switzerland
C) Korea
Korea (they used it to print books like the Buddhist document, the Jikji).
Which African American became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history when she performed at President Biden’s 2021 inauguration?
A) Amanda Gorman
B) Harriet Tubman
C) Sacagawea
Amanda Gorman
Which famous French girl became a military leader at just seventeen years old?
A) Joan of Arc
B) Anne Boleyn
C) Audrey Tautou
Joan of Arc