GLOBAL 1
This early civilization developed along the Nile River and is famous for its pyramids and pharaohs.
What is Ancient Egyptians?
This period in Europe, from the 14th to the 17th century, was known for a revival of art, learning, and culture.
What is the Renaissance?
This 34-year-old man is the youngest Mayor of New York City since 1892 and the city’s first Indian American Muslim Mayor.
Who is Zohran Mamdani?
Covering roughly 17 million square miles, this is Earth’s largest continent.
What is Asia?
This French term describes a hands-off government policy toward business that was popular during the Gilded Age.
What is Laissez-Faire?
This era describes the first group of people to ever settle and develop permanent villages sustained by farming.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
This trade route connected Europe, Africa, and Asia, and allowed goods, ideas, and religion to spread across continents.
What is the Silk Roads?
In early 2026, this major international sporting event, which originated in Northern Italy, features athletes from around the world with competitions in places like Milan
What are the (2026) Winter Olympics?
Mexico’s largest state, at 95,000 square miles, shares a name with this small pet dog.
What is Chihuahua?
In 1620, this group of English settlers signed a famous “compact” before landing their ship at Plymouth Rock.
What are Pilgrims?
This system of writing, which used pictures, figures, and symbols, was developed by the Ancient Egyptians.
What are hieroglyphics?
This Enlightenment thinker wrote “Two Treatises of Government” and argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
In 2025, this U.S. State passed a “bell-to-bell” school cell phone policy that restricts students from using internet-enabled devices during the entire school day in K-12 public schools.
What is New York?
This landform is defined by rising at least 2,000 feet above sea level.
What is a Mountain?
This "eternal city" is not only the capital of Italy but also surrounds the independent city-state of Vatican City.
What is Rome?
This Babylonian ruler is best known for creating one of the earliest written law codes in history.
Who is Hammurabi?
This 16th-17th century system involved the exchange of goods, people, and ideas between Europe, Africa, and the Americas, including the forced movement of enslaved Africans.
What is the Atlantic(or Triangular) Trade?
This Venezuelan leader was kidnapped and flown to New York to face U.S. charges in early January of 2026.
Who is Nicolas Maduro?
Here you’ll find Yellowstone Lake, the largest high-elevation lake in North America, right in the middle of a national park in this state.
What is Wyoming?
Grown together by pre-Columbian Native Americans, the "3 Sisters" of farming were beans, squash, and this staple crop.
What is Corn?
This principle from Hammurabi’s Code is often summarized as “an eye for an eye” and reflects the idea of equal punishment under the law.
What is Lex Talionis?
This Chinese dynasty, ruling from 1368 to 1644, is known for rebuilding the Great Wall and restoring a strong centralized government after the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
These women were special appearances during Benito’s (Bad Bunny) halftime Super Bowl show 2026.
(Name at least 2 for full points)
Who is Lady Gaga? Who is Cardi B? Who is Karol G? Who is Young Miko? Who is Jessica Alba? Who is Alix Earle?
While most major world rivers flow south or east, this 4,135-mile-long lifeline is famous for flowing due north into the Mediterranean.
What is the Nile River?
This passage is an early American exploration route to Asia.
What is the Northwest Passage?