Early America
The British took New Netherland & New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664 & renamed them both this
What is New York?
Swipe from a store
(8)
What is shoplift?
In the 1590s Galileo invented an early one of these using a long glass tube with a sphere of liquid at the bottom
What is a thermometer?
Ljubljana,
Bratislava,
Barcelona
What is Barcelona?
The 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty allowed Israel access to this man-made waterway
What is the Suez Canal?
Carpenters in this colony's city of Savannah went on strike in 1746 for better working conditions
What is Georgia?
Beverly Sills or Maria Callas
(7)
What is soprano?
A holder of more than 250 patents, this former fur trader & inventor was "The Father of Frozen Foods"
Who is Birdseye?
Istanbul,
Ottawa,
Amman
What is Istanbul?
This U.S. president negotiated the
Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
The second of these legislatures drew up the Articles of Confederation
What is the Continental Congress?
Tenured teacher's paid leave
(10)
What is sabbatical?
The first completely synthetic plastic was this one, invented in 1907 by Leo Baekeland
What is bakelite?
Sofia,
Sarajevo,
Saigon
What is Saigon?
The Munich Agreement of 1938 was signed by Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier & this British Prime Minister
Who was Neville Chamberlain?
For "traducing the ministers", Anne Hutchinson was among the first to be "banned in" this capital
What is Boston?
Jack-tar
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What is a sailor?
In 1858 this man invented an eponymous glass jar with a screw-on lid
What is Mason?
Bucharest,
Bonn,
Bern
What is Bonn?
This French king recognized William of Orange as William II, King of England, under the terms of 1697's Treaty of Ryswick
Who was Louis XIV?
This alliterative name was given to the 1644 union of 4 Rhode Island towns
What is Providence Plantations?
Buddha's personal given name
(10)
What is Siddharta?
James Hargreaves' invention of this spinning machine spurred industrialization of the textile industry
What is the jenny?
Belize City,
Guatemala City,
Panama City
What is Belize City?
The Montreux Convention of 1936 returned control of these 2 straits to Turkey
What are the Bosphorus and Dardenelles?