Once This Powerful
This revolution in England shaped the world more than any before, rapidly advancing the world in the late 1800s onwards
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Of the three countries found completely inside another, this serves as the heart of Roman Catholicism as well as the home of the Pope
What is Vatican City?
This canal in Central America was built with the help of the U.S., allowing for more convenient boat travel instead of going around continents
What is the Panama Canal?
This American man famously was the first person to have landed on the moon, winning the U.S. the space race in 1969
Who is Neil Armstrong?
Freddie Mercury was famously the lead singer of this hit '80s band before his unfortunate passing from AIDS
What is Queen?
This empire, originating in Europe, shaped language, architecture, and government more than any civilization before, with its capital found in Italy today
What is the Roman Empire?
Technically, this Danish territory in North America gives Denmark a land border with Canada despite normally being split across the sea
What is Greenland?
The Hispaniola Island in the Caribbean has these two countries -- Haiti, a former French colony, on the west, and this former Spanish colony on the east
What is the Dominican Republic?
This British man created the laws of gravity after his thorough studies of physics which are still used today
Who is Isaac Newton?
In Springfield lives this family, with Homer, Marge, and their three children since 1989
Who are The Simpsons?
This country sandwiched between Russia and China formerly had a vast empire spanning across Asia and Europe as led by Genghis Khan and others
What is the Mongol Empire?
Siberia, the vast, cold region in northern Asia, resides entirely within this country today, making it the largest country in the world
What is Russia?
Liberia, unlike every other African nation, was never colonized; instead, it was turned into the first African republic with help of this country's freedmen
What is the U.S.A.?
This Florentine man wrote 'The Prince' to critique the current king of Florence's rule, renowned today as what constitutes a powerful leader
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
Pop was revolutionized by this singer's sound, the most popular of which being 'Purple Rain'
Who is Prince?
The Ottoman Empire after its collapse was restored by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk into this country, which Ataturk received that name for
What is Turkiye?
Commonly in Slavic languages, the Cyrillic alphabet is used to fit their grammar and pronunciation, though Polish, Czech, and Slovak all utilize this alphabet instead, resulting in strange-looking words
What is Latin script?
Thanks to its mountains, this Asian country sandwiched between China and India managed to avoid colonization from European powers, also known for its flag being the only non-rectangular
What is Nepal?
What is the Odyssey?
George Lucas redefined modern sci-fi with this series, first coming out with the 1977 movie
What is Star Wars?
In the Hundred Years' War, this 16-year-old French peasant managed to lead France to victory before being convicted of heresy and burned at the stake
Who is Jeanne d'Arc?
Following the Chinese Civil War, the KMT, having lost the war, fled to this small island, which pressure remains today as China wants to take it over, only prevented by the U.S.
What is Taiwan?
This Asian island nation became an American territory following the Spanish American war and is now the only former U.S. territory to acquire independence
What is the Philippines?
Roman mythology completely ripped its Gods, Goddesses, and stories from this southeastern European country's mythology, only different by the names
What is Greece?
Boney M. made this hit 1978 song named after this infamous Russian peasant who claimed he had magical powers
Who is Grigori Rasputin?