Geography
This continent is the largest by land area
What is Asia
This explorer is credited with reaching the Americas in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus
This country was invaded to start World War II
What is Poland
This ship sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg
What is the Titanic?
This was Canada’s first Prime Minister
Who is Sir John A. Macdonald
This desert is the largest hot desert on Earth
What is the Sahara Desert
This woman was the first to win a Nobel Prize
Who is Marie Curie
This British prime minister led the UK during most of World War II
Who is Winston Churchill
This 1773 protest occurred in the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
This province joined Confederation in 1949
What is Newfoundland and Labrador
This country contains the most time zones
France
This Italian artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and USSR close to nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
This ancient event buried Pompeii under volcanic ash
What is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
This fur-trading company dominated early Canadian commerce
What is the Hudson’s Bay Company
This capital city is the highest in elevation in the world
What is La Paz, Bolivia
This philosopher was sentenced to death for corrupting the youth of Athens
Who is Socrates
This treaty formally ended the Korean War fighting
What is the Korean Armistice Agreement
This 1950s conflict ended in a stalemate at the 38th parallel
What is the Korean War
This Canadian figure led the Métis resistance at Red River
Who is Louis Riel
The african country with the highest number of bordering countries
what is the democratic republic of congo?
This abolitionist led the raid on Harpers Ferry
Who is John Brown
This U.S. Supreme Allied Commander led D-Day
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
This 1919 treaty formally ended World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles
This commission investigated the residential school system
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)