Asian Pt. 1
Since 1949, this family has been led by the Kim family dynasty. It's current dictator is Kim Jong Un.
What is North Korea?
This first female prime minister of India lived from 1917-1984.
Who is Indira Gandhi?
This man who lived from 1162-1227 was the founder and first leader of the Mongol Empire.
Who was Genghis Khan?
This man (1895-1974) was the president of Argentina from 1946 until his overthrow in 1955. He became president again in 1973 until his death the following year. His wife Eva inspired a 1996 musical.
Who is Juan Peron?
This popular children's author was born Theodore Geisel and wrote books like "Green Eggs and Ham" and "Cat in the Hat".
Who is Dr. Seuss?
This complex consists of 980 buildings and courtyards. It was the former palace of the Chinese emperors and was located inside the walls of Beijing.
What is the Forbidden City?
This current president of the Philippines is the son of the country's former dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.
Who is Bongbong Marcos?
This man who lived from 1869-1948 led the fight for independence of India.
Who is Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi?
This was the site of a successful slave revolt against French colonial rule. It shares an island with the Dominican Republic and has experienced drastic earthquakes. Several refugees have come to America, specifically Springfield, Ohio.
What is Haiti?
This program was responsible for landing the first Americans on the moon in 1969.
What is Apollo?
This Cambodian monument and temple complex appears on the country's flag and is the world's largest religious structure.
What is Angkor Wat?
This ancient trade network between China and the West was defined by the trading of silk.
What is the Silk Road?
Even though Gandhi led India's independence movement, its first prime minister was this man who lived from 1889-1964.
Who is Jawaharlal Nehru?
This Mexican surrealist painter (1907-1954) often painted self-portraits.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
King Henry VIII and his daughter, Queen Elizabeth I belonged to this royal line in Britain.
What is the House of Tudor?
This dynasty ruled China in ancient times (202 BC - 9 AD and 25-220 AD) and its name is used to refer to the majority ethnic group of China.
What is the Han Dynasty?
This city served as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and is currently Iraq's capital.
What is Baghdad?
This 14th century emperor of the Mali Empire was known for his extreme wealth.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This empire governed modern-day Mexico from the city of Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City. It was conquered by the Spanish in the early 16th century under Hernan Cortes.
What is the Aztec Empire?
This man is credited with discovering gravity and is famous for his laws of motion and his Principa Matematicas.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
Who is Hammurabi?
This Southeast Asian city-state off of the Malay Peninsula was led for decades by Lee Kuan Yew.
What is Singapore?
This was the last Chinese imperial dynasty spanning from 1644-1912.
What is the Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty?
This former Portuguese colony in South America that has been led by two different emperors named Pedro. It's the only South American nation that does not have Spanish as its official language.
What is Brazil?
This museum located in Paris, France houses the Mona Lisa and several other significant art pieces.
What is the Louvre?