The first settlement established by Christopher Columbus?
What is on Hispaniola (or Dominican Republic)?
100
This was the name of France's colonies in North America.
What is New France?
100
She did not say "Let them eat cake!" even though most people think she did.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
100
The Renaissance or the Reformation?
What is the Renaissance?
100
These were two major inventions that facilitated overseas exploration.
What are the caravelle, astrolabe, compass, telescope, etc?
200
The founding of the first Black Republic?
What is Haiti?
200
He wrote the Three Laws of Motion.
Who is Isaac Newton?
200
The biblical creation story says she was created out of a rib.
Who is Eve?
200
The beheading of Louis XVI or the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
What is the beheading of Louis XVI?
200
Of these three items, this was the one that travelled west across the Atlantic Ocean during the Columbian Exchange: syphilis, alcohol, quinine.
What is alcohol?
300
The death of Ferdinand Magellan
What is the Philippines?
300
The invention of the printing press meant that these could be produced en masse and circulated as a means of informing the literate population about local and foreign events.
What are newspapers?
300
She wrote the Vindication of the Rights of Women.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
300
The invention of the telescope or the invention of the flying shuttle?
What is the invention of the telescope?
300
Of these three items, this was the one that travelled east across the Atlantic Ocean during the Columbian Exchange: smallpox, potatoes, horses?
What are potatoes?
400
Nailing of the 95 Theses?
What is Wittenberg Castle?
400
This is the current-day location of the settlement called "Vinland" by the Vikings.
What is Newfoundland?
400
She received a letter from Chinese Commissioner Lin Zexu on the topic of opium.
Who is Queen Victoria?
400
The start of the Russian Revolution of the Treaty of Versailles.
What is the start of the Russian Revolution?
400
Mata Hari, who worked as an exotic dancer, was tried, convicted and executed by firing squad for this offence.
What is espionage during the First World War?
500
The successful defence of this African country against would-be Italian imperialists?
What is Ethiopia?
500
Martin Luther was reading through this portion of the Christian Bible when he experienced a massive conversion.
What is the New Testament?
500
She was so desired by one man that he changed the religion of an entire nation.
Who is Anne Boleyn?
500
The declaration of war in 1914 by Great Britain or by Austria?
What is Austria (against the Serbs)?
500
This class learned a whole lot about the world, about history, and about themselves over the past four months.