Geography
The largest desert in the world
This infamous prison was stormed on July 14th, 1789
What is the Bastille in Paris?
A word used to describe a long speech by a senator to halt the passage of a bill
What is a filibuster?
The person who came up with the idea that the human psyche is structured into three parts: the id, the ego, and the superego
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This poet said, "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."
Who is Maya Angelou?
A country in South America that is both largest by area and by population
The construction of this wall began in 1961
This ideology is characterized by: privatization of industries, deregulation of markets, and reduction of state influence in the economy
What is neoliberalism?
Type of memory that involves the conscious storage and recollection of data
Explicit memory
She was an American social reformer and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
The deepest water in the world _________, located in _______ (place AND ocean)
What is the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean?
The American president under which Hiroshima was bombed
The electoral system (used in the US, UK, etc) in which a candidate(s) who receives more votes than any other individual candidate is elected
What is a plurality system? (or single member district plurality)
The state of holding two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values
What is cognitive dissonance?
The first African American woman to receive a Nobel Prize for literature
Who is Toni Morrison?
The three bodies of water that surround Africa
What are the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea?
The island that Napoleon Bonaparte’s was first exiled to in 1814
What is Elba?
The largest political party in Russia that holds 326 out of 450 of seats in the Duma
The stage of sleep at which sleep spindles appear
What is stage 2 sleep?
The first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp
Who is Booker T. Washington?
The continent that is home to Lake Tanganyika and Olduvai Gorge
What is Africa?
The two houses that were involved in the War of Roses
Roy Jenkins, Romano Prodi, and Jean-Claude Juncker have all served this high profile post in the executive branch of the European Union.
What is the President of the European Commission?
The part of the brain stem that regulates your heartbeat
What is the medulla/medulla obloganta?
The first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President
Who is Shirley Chisholm?