American History
This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This wall that divided Germany in two fell in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This ocean is the Earth's largest.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This woman is the only person to have been awarded Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.
Who is Marie Curie?
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This scandal forced President Nixon to resign in 1974.
What is Watergate?
This is the location where the treaty that ended WWI was signed.
What is Palace of Versailles?
This river is the Earth's longest.
What is the Nile?
This first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has a metallic nickname.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
These things can be unicameral, bicameral, or multicameral, and are a key component of democratic systems.
What are Legislatures?
This battle ended the American Revolutionary War in 1781, fought right here in Virginia.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This large "island" was a major British penal colony for 80 years, and over 150,000 convicts were sent here.
What is Australia?
This waterway is a major global shipping route, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
This Pakistani activist and youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner is an advocate for girls' education and released another autobiographical book in 2025.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
The U.S. operates under this system, which allows states and the national government to share power.
What is Federalism?
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld racial segregation under the doctrine of "separate but equal".
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This Japanese era began in 1868 and ushered in a period of rapid modernization and restored imperial rule.
This South American country contains the majority of the Amazon Rainforest.
What is Brazil?
Following the death of her husband in 1974, this South American leader went from Vice President to President, becoming the first woman to hold the title of "President".
Who is Isabel Peron?
This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review in 1803.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This U.S. President was the subject of the Teapot Dome Scandal during his presidency.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
This King of Albania fled when Mussolini's forces invaded in 1939. He was their youngest Prime Minister before he became President and then King.
Who is King Zog?
This country is the largest landlocked country by area.
What is Kazakhstan?
This woman was India's first and only female prime minister, serving from 1966-1977. She shares a name with another significant Indian leader. (First and Last name necessary for answer)
Who is Indira Gandhi?
Should something happen to the first four waiting in line, this position is the fifth in line to presidential power.
Who is the Secretary of Treasury?