Military World History
What war took place from 1939-1945 in Europe?
WWII
Who is credited with initially sailing across the Atlantic and discovering the Americas in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Name the 7 continents.
Asia, Africa, North America, South America,
Europe, Australia, Antarctica
What was the first permanent English settlement in the colonies?
Jamestown
What is our nation's capital?
Washington D.C.
What were the names of the two opposing sides in WWII? (100 points per correct answer)
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Name the famous Roman dictator who was assassinated by a large group of senators in 44 BC?
Julius Caesar
What line of latitude separates the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere?
What line of longitude separates the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere?
(100 points for each correct answer)
Equator
Prime Meridian
What happened on December 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan.
What countries border the United States to the north and south? (100 points for each correct answer)
Canada and Mexico
What event led to the start of WWI?
What was the name of the popular land trade route used for over 1,000 years between Europe and Asia?
The Silk Road
What is the deepest part of any ocean in the world?
The Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench)
Which U.S. President was in office for the longest period of time?
Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1945)
What is the largest U.S. state by area?
Alaska
What was the name of the program tasked with researching and creating the atomic bomb during WWII?
What was the lead researcher's name?
Manhattan Project
J. Robert Oppenheimer
What is the oldest known civilization in our world's history?
Mesopotamia (between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers)
Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world is located in which Asian country AND is a part of what overall mountain range?
Nepal
Himalayas
On what street in D.C. is the White House located?
Pennsylvania Avenue
What is the tallest mountain in the United States?
Mt. McKinley in Alaska
Which U.S. ship was sunk in Havana Harbor in 1898 to begin the Spanish-American War?
U.S.S. Maine
Who was the longest serving monarch in world history?
King Louis XIV (72 years, took the throne at the age of 4 in 1643)
There are 20 countries in the world with Spanish established as its official language. Name 10 of them. (50 points per correct answer)
Spain, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea
What was the name of the first national government implemented by the U.S. (1781) after winning its independence from Great Britain (1776)?
The Articles of Confederation
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