The Solar System
What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?
Milky Way
What was the name of the document issued by Abraham Lincoln that declared all slaves in Confederate territory free?
Emancipation Proclamation
What is the symbol for water?
H2O
What are the 3 layers of the earth called?
Crust, Mantle, Core
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
What were the two sides of the war called?
Union and the Confederates
What is the area between the 4th and 5th planets with all of those rocks?
Asteroid Belt
Who was the Greek god of the sea?
Poseidon
What is the symbol for gold?
Au
Who narrates the show, Planet Earth?
David Attenborough
Who invented the first practical telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who was the President of the United States during the American Civil War?
Abe Lincoln
Which planet is known for having a prominent ring system?
Saturn
Who was the South African leader who fought against apartheid and became the country's first black president?
Nelson Mandela
Which element has the atomic number 6?
Carbon
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago?
Pangaea
Who wrote The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
Between which years was the American Civil War fought?
1861-1865
Give me the solar system correctly in order (9)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
What was the name of the treaty that ended World War I?
Treaty of Versailles
What is the element with the label K?
Potassium
What is the longest river on Earth?
Nile River
What is the name of King Arthur's famous sword?
Excalibur
What was the name of the Confederate general who was accidentally shot by his own men?
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
What is the second smallest planet?
Mars
What was the name of the ancient trade route that connected China to the Mediterranean?
The Silk Road
What is the key element in what is known as the "king of chemicals"?
Sulfur
How many seas are in the world? 4 buffer
78
Who invented the airplane?
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright)
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
13th