US History Pre-Civil War
This Colony, known as the “Lost Colony”, was the first English attempt at a permanent settlement in the Americas.
Roanoke
The election of this president was the final act that provoked the initial states to secede at the start of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The ____ Age, also known as the Paleolithic age, was punctuated by humans developing rudimentary tools made from rocks.
Stone Age
The _______ War was a large scale war lasting a century fought in Europe that included figures such as Henry V and Joan of Arch.
100 Years War
This Olympian god was said to be the King of the other gods atop the mountain they lived upon.
Zeus
The ____ War, focused in North America, ended with British dominance in the areas east of the Mississippi.
French & Indian War
This man was responsible for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
Much of early settled civilization can draw its roots from this area which hugged the Tigris/Euphrates river in what is modern day Middle-East.
Mesopotamia
This figure is credited with the creation of modern day physics and lived in 17th -18th century Europe.
Isaac Newton
The Norse god _____ was known as the All-father and reared many children whom also ruled as gods over the nine realms.
Odin
This document, predating the Constitution, was the original basis of governance for the Revolutionary North American colonies.
Articles of Confederation
This Amendment to the Constitution gave citizenship to freedmen, canceled Confederate war debts and guaranteed the payment of Union War debts.
14th Amendment
The _____ were the longest surviving ancient civilization, creating the written language of Hieratic.
Egyptians
Martin Luther was made famous/infamous for writing the ______ which inadvertently spurred the protestant reformation.
The 99 Thesis
This belief system is based on a karmic cycle of rebirth, stating that the true path to Nirvana and paradise is complete enlightenment and was taught by Siddhartha Gautama.
Buddhism
Nicknamed “Old Hickory”, this US President was known for his heroic deeds in the battle of New Orleans.
Andrew Jackson
The communication between Germany and Mexico that was an imminent cause of the US entry into World War I.
Zimmerman Telegraph
The Minotaur was a mythical creature based upon the king of the island merchant society of the _____ living on the island of Crete.
Minoans
The ____ War during mid 18th century which included conflict in the North American colonies, went on for a number of years and ended with the treaties of Hapsburg and Paris.
Seven Years War
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This Irish folktale figure stole and blackmailed the devil enough that he was banned from heaven and forced to walk the earth with only a burning coal stuffed in a turnip to light his way.
Stingy Jack
The _____ Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise and spur tensions between Southern slave states and Northern free states.
Kansas Nebraska Act
This supreme court decision voted to uphold racial segregation and create legal precedent
Plessy v. Ferguson
The bubonic plague that devasted early Europe and much of the Eastern Hemisphere originated in _____.
Mongolia
This Enlightenment thinker living in 17th century Britain believed in the concept of unanimous consent and relinquishing personal freedom for personal safety in society.
Thomas Hobbes
Originating in India, _______ is one of the oldest monotheistic religions in history that is still practiced today and follows the teaching of battling evil and disorder with goodness and structure.
Zoroastrianism