World History 1
The material that Ancient Egyptians wrote on.
The person who painted the Mona Lisa.
What is Leonardo da Vinci
The first railroad to connect east and west coasts; built in 1860s.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad.
The number of senators in the United States Senate.
What is 100.
The person who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
What is Thomas Jefferson.
The city that was the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople.
The primary goal of the Treaty of Versailles (1919).
What is to punish Germany and prevent future wars.
The transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world after 1492.
What is the Columbian Exchange.
The body that has the power to declare war according to the Constitution.
What is congress.
The civil rights leader famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.
The document that King John signed in 1215 that limited the power of the King in England.
What is the Magna Carta.
The events that caused the United States to enter World War I.
What are the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram.
Where Lee surrendered to Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.
What is Appomattox Court House.
The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18.
The first Secretary of the Treasury and helped establish the US financial system.
What is Alexander Hamilton.
In Chinese history, the divine approval for royal authority.
What is The Mandate of Heaven.
The Enlightenment thinker that argued for the separation of powers in government.
What is Montesquieu.
Series of laws passed in 1774 by Parliament to punish Boston for the tea party.
What is the Intolerable or Coercive Acts.
Name the only amendment that has been repealed.
What is the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
The leader of the Women’s Suffrage Movement and helped secure the 19th Amendment.
What is Susan B. Anthony.
The pair of rivers that were important to the development of early Chinese civilization.
What are the Yellow (Huang-He) and Yangtze Rivers.
The country that successfully resisted European colonization in the 19th century.
What is Ethiopia.
A popular uprising in Virginia in 1676 against the wealthy colonial government, named after its leader.
What is Bacon’s Rebellion.
The number of times that the US Constitution has been formally amended.
What is 27 times.
The American general who accepted Japan’s surrender in World War II.
What is Douglas MacArthur.