The Americas
Around the World
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20th Century
U.S. Presidents
100
These Native Americans were the original inhabitants of what is now New Jersey.
Who are the Lenni Lenape or Delaware?
100
He traveled from Italy to China in the 1300s, there is also a game named after him that you can play in the pool.
Who is Marco Polo?
100
The city of Beijing is located on this continent.
What is Asia?
100
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two men to walk on it, in 1969.
What is the Moon?
100
He was the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
200
This gigantic Empire had its capital city at what is now Mexico City, when the Spanish first met them in the 1520s.
What is the Aztec Empire?
200
She was a famous Queen of Egypt who picked the wrong side in a war with the Romans.
Who is Cleopatra?
200
This island/country is so big that it is considered its own continent.
What is Australia?
200
Songs such as "Thriller" and "Billie Jean" helped give this musician the nickname "The King of Pop"
Who is Michael Jackson?
200
He was the President during the American Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
The first shots of the American Revolution started in this English colony.
What is Massachusetts?
300
This large European country had a Revolution that included the King and Queen both having their heads chopped off.
What is France?
300
This continent has no permanent residents, only scientists live there for a few months at a time.
What is Antarctica?
300
World War II finally ended when the USA dropped two of these on Japan in August 1945.
What are Atomic Bombs?
300
He was the last president to be assassinated; shot in Dallas in 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
400
This sport was invented many hundreds of years before Europeans came to the Americas. It is considered America's original sport.
What is lacrosse?
400
Where is the Taj Mahal located?
Where is India?
400
A ship traveling from New York to California used to have to go all the way around South America before this was built.
What is the Panama Canal?
400
She was the first woman to fly a plane solo, non-stop, from the USA to Europe.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
400
The Teddy Bear was named after this President.
Who is Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt?
500
He was the first European to take a ship to the Americas.
Who is Leif Erikson?
500
Potatoes and Tomatoes come from this continent, meaning French fries and Marinara sauce did not exist before the 1500s.
What is South America?
500
This island country had the biggest empire in world history, as it controlled areas on almost all continents, in all time zones.
What is Britain / England / UK ?
500
Baseball and Cheer were male sports, until this war required millions of American men to join the military.
What is World War II?
500
The third president of the USA, he also was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?