Industrial Revolution
What invention by James Watt improved the efficiency of factories?
Steam engine
What is the term for the exchange of materials, diseases, and foods between the Old World and the New World after Columbus' arrival?
The Columbian Exchange
Which European explorer is credited with leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
What was the treaty that directly ended WW1?
Treaty of Versailles
What is the name of the viral meme series featuring singing toilet-headed creatures?
Skibidi Toilet
Which transportation innovation helped move goods and people faster during the Industrial Revolution?
Railroads
What was the name of the first English settlement in the Americas, founded in 1585?
Roanoke Colony
Which Chinese dynasty ruled from 1368 to 1644 before being replaced by the Qing dynasty?
Ming Dynasty
Who is the father of the atomic bomb?
Oppenheimer
Who was the previous advisor of History Club before Mr. Wells?
Mr. Pratt
What new system allowed workers to complete only one part of production instead of making a whole product?
Specialization of labor
In what year did the first Africans arrive in the English colony of Virginia?
1619
Which Japanese shogunate, established in 1603, implemented policies of isolation and restricted foreign influence for over two centuries?
Tokugawa Shogunate
What was the name of the global pandemic that spread during the final months of World War I, killing millions?
The Spanish Flu (1918 Influenza Pandemic)
How long was TikTok banned for?
12 hours
What was the political program by Mao Zedong that intended to rapidly industrialize China?
Great Leap Forward
What was the name of the ship on which Columbus made his first voyage to the New World in 1492?
The Santa Maria
Which Chinese admiral led early Ming Dynasty naval expeditions but was later halted as China turned inward?
Zheng He
What was the largest amphibious invasion in history, launched by the Allies in 1944?
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
What famous document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English monarchy?
The Magna Carta
What law allowed British landowners to fence off common land, pushing rural workers into cities?
Enclosure Acts
What word was carved into a tree at the Roanoke Colony?
Croatoan
Which Safavid ruler, known for his military reforms and architectural achievements, ruled Persia from 1588 to 1629?
Shah Abbas I
What 1937 atrocity involved mass killings by Japanese forces in China?
Nanjing Massacre
What was Vietnam’s last dynasty? Who was the last emperor?
Nguyen Dynasty; Bao Dai