Ancient Civilizations
This river was the center of Ancient Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile?
The war between the North and South regions of the United States from 1861–1865.
What is the Civil War?
This British Prime Minister led the United Kingdom through most of World War II.
Who is Winston Churchill?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known by this name.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This ship sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg.
What is the Titanic?
Athens defeated this massive empire in the Battle of Marathon.
What is the Persian Empire?
This document officially ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This Mongol ruler created the largest contiguous land empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This purchase in 1803 nearly doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This wall divided East and West Berlin until 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This Carthaginian general crossed the Alps with elephants during the Second Punic War.
Who is Hannibal?
The French prison stormed in 1789 that became a symbol of revolution.
What is the Bastille?
This South African leader spent 27 years in prison before becoming president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This scandal forced President Richard Nixon to resign.
What is Watergate?
The Renaissance began in this modern-day country.
What is Italy?
This empire built roads stretching over 25,000 miles across South America.
What is the Inca Empire?
This war was fought mainly between the United States and the Soviet Union through influence and proxy conflicts.
What is the Cold War?
This Roman dictator crossed the Rubicon River in 49 BC.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This battle is considered the turning point of the American Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This explorer completed the first circumnavigation of the globe, though he died before it ended.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The code of laws created by this Babylonian king is one of the oldest written legal systems.
Who is Hammurabi?
The assassination of this Austrian archduke helped spark World War I.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
This emperor crowned himself ruler of France in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This President of the United States was the first to serve two non-consecutive terms in office, serving as our 22nd, and 24th.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
The Black Death was caused by this disease.
What is the bubonic plague?