WWI
WWII
Cold War
Contemporary History
100
His assassination is believed to have been a major factor in sparking WWI
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria?
100

The largest military battle in history, the turning point in the European theater of WW2

What is The battle of Stalingrad?

100

This war in a divided Asian country got hot in the '50s and cooled off with an armistice in 1953

What is the Korean War?

100

In this year the United Nations voted to partition Palestine, paving the way for the creation of Israel. The same year that Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play Major League Baseball since the 1880s and Raytheon produces the first commercial microwave oven.

What is 1947

200

Revolution that took place in Russia during the war by "The Majority" of Russian workers

What is the Bolshevik revolution?

200

Which Japanese city was bomb with a nuclear bomb first?

What is Hiroshima?

200
The last leader of the Soviet Union
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
200

This country officially left the European Union on January 31, 2020, an event known as "Brexit."

What is the United Kingdom?

300

What is one the four "isms" that influenced the war?

What is Social Darwinism, Militarism, Nationalism, Imperialism?

300

This operation, also known as Operation Overlord, marked the Allied invasion of Normandy. June 6, 1944

What is D-Day?

300
Construction began in 1961 Completely destroyed by 1991.
What is Berlin wall?
300

The South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 

Who is Nelson Mandela

400

At the end of the war, President Woodrow Wilson proposed his 14 Points. What was the 14th point?

What is the League of Nations?

400

Who attended the Yalta Conference?

Who are Winstin Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Josef Stalin?

400

Mikhail Gorbachev introduced "Glasnost" into the U.S.S.R., what does Glastnost mean?

What is Openness?

400

Known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Beijing, China during 1989

Tiananmen Square protests and massacre?

500
The date and time that WWI ended
What is the Eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month?
500

When Hitler marched into the Rhineland, what treaty was he breaking?

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

500

The date the Soviet hammer and sickle flag was lowered for the last time over the Kremlin. 

What is December 25 1991? 

500
Killed on May 1st, 2011, this man led Al-Quaeda and is presumed to be responsible for the attacks on 9/11
Who is Osama bin Laden?
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