Geography
This trade network connected China to the Mediterranean, trading silk, spices, and ideas.
What is the Silk Road?
This ancient civilization built the pyramids and developed hieroglyphics along the Nile River.
What is ancient Egypt?
The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
The two main political parties in the United States today.
What are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party?
The first president of the United States
Who was George Washington?
The founder of Islam, who received revelations from God in Mecca during the 7th century.
Who was Muhammad?
This Greek city-state was known for its powerful army and discipline,
What is Sparta?
The war between the American colonies and Great Britain that lasted from 1775 to 1783 and resulted in American independence.
What is the American Revolutionary War (or American Revolution)?
An economic system where private people, not the government, own businesses and compete for profit.
What is capitalism?
The president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation and was assassinated in 1865.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This Mongol ruler led the unification of Mongol tribes and created one of the largest empires in history.
Who was Genghis Khan?
This major war, fought from 1914 to 1918, involved the Allied Powers and the Central Powers and was called "the war to end all wars.
What is World War 1
This 1863 proclamation by Abraham Lincoln declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
A simplified drawing that comments on political issues or leaders, often found in newspapers.
What is a political cartoon?
The president who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, forcing Native Americans to walk the Trail of Tears to present-day Oklahoma
Who was Andrew Jackson
In 1947, this country was divided into two nations: India and Pakistan, mostly based on religious differences.
What is the Partition of India?
A deadly disease that spread across Europe and Asia in the 1300s, killing millions of people
What is the Black Death (or bubonic plague)?
This U.S. Supreme Court case in 1954 ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
An economic system where the government owns major industries and provides services like health care and education for all citizens.
What is socialism?
The youngest person ever elected president, who served in the 1960s
Who was John F. Kennedy?
A modern-day reason people move from poor or unstable countries to wealthier ones, often for jobs or safety.
What is economic migration or forced migration
This 1941 surprise military attack by Japan on a U.S. naval base caused America to officially enter World War II
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This series of programs and projects under President Franklin D. Roosevelt helped Americans recover from the Great Depression by creating jobs and building infrastructure.
What is the New Deal?
The process by which businesses and cultures spread around the world, creating more connections between countries.
What is globalization?
The president who resigned in 1974 because of the Watergate scandal.
Who was Richard Nixon?