Empires
The Mongol Empire had a significant impact on trade and cultural exchange. This was the name of the trade route that connected the East and West during this time.
What is The Silk Road?
This European explorer and writer spent several years at the court of Kublai Khan, providing valuable insights into Mongol culture in his travelogue.
Who is Marco Polo
The ancient city of Troy, famously besieged in the Trojan War, was located in this modern-day country.
What is Turkey
This famous African American leader and speaker advocated for civil rights, gender equality, and was a key figure in the early 20th-century struggle for African American rights?
Who is W.E.Du Bois
The Communist Manifesto, a founding document for Communist ideology, was written in 1848 by these people.
Who is Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
This treaty in 1783 officially recognized the independence of the United States from British rule, marking a significant loss for the British Empire.
What is Treaty of Paris
This US president commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This canal completed in 1869 that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, facilitating maritime trade between Europe and Asia.
What is Suez Canal
This African American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, challenging Adolf Hitler's notion of Aryan supremacy.
Who is Jesse Owens
The Long March was a famous military retreat that brought immense prestige and influence to this influential Communist leader
Who is Mao Zedong
This was the name of the famous library and center of learning in Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate, often considered a symbol of the Islamic Golden Age.
What is House of Wisdom
This explorer led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, completing the journey in 1522 but died during the voyage.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
The ancient city of Carthage, a major power in the Mediterranean, was located on the coast of this modern-day country.
What is Tunisia
This African American musician, known as the "Queen of Jazz," had a career spanning over six decades and won 13 Grammy Awards.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
In 1955, the Warsaw Pact was established as a military alliance of communist countries in response to the formation of a similar alliance by non-communist countries. Name four countries that were a part of the Pact
What is Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania
The Maurya Empire, which existed in ancient India, was founded by this ruler known for his conversion to Buddhism.
Who is Ashoka
This British explorer and archaeologist is known for his expeditions in the early 20th century, discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt in 1922.
Who is Howard Carter
The Moluccas, also known as the Spice Islands, were highly sought after during the Age of Exploration; and were located in this modern country?
What is Indonesia?
This African American baseball player broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson
This government took power in Russia after the February Revolution in 1917 and was overthrown by the Communists.
What is The Provisional Government
The Inca Empire, located in South America, had its capital in this city, now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
What is Cusco
This female explorer, disguised as a man, sailed with the British Royal Navy in the 18th century and became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Jeanne Baret
The Trans-Siberian Railway, one of the longest railway lines in the world, connects Moscow with this Russian port city on the Pacific Ocean.
What is Vladivostok
This African American woman served as president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years, commiting her live to activism.
Who is Dr. Dorothy Height
Trotsky, a central figure of the Russian Revolution, was later exiled by Stalin and then assassianted in this country.
What is Mexico