Ancient Civilizations
This river was the lifeblood of ancient Egyptian civilization, providing water, food, and transport.
What is the Nile?
She was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt.
Who is Cleopatra?
He "sailed the ocean blue" in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
These three countries made up the Axis Powers during World War II.
Who were Germany, Italy, and Japan?
This wall, which divided a major German city, was torn down in 1989.
What was the Berlin Wall?
This ancient civilization built the Great Pyramids of Giza
What is Egypt?
He created the largest contiguous land empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This period of "rebirth" in European history lasted from the 14th to 17th centuries.
What is the Renaissance?
These two Japanese cities were the targets of atomic bombs in 1945.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This 1989 student-led protest in Beijing ended in a deadly military crackdown.
What was the Tiananmen Square protest?
This city-state is considered the birthplace of democracy.
What is Athens?
This French king was known as the "Sun King" and built Versailles.
Who is Louis XIV?
This priest sparked the Reformation by posting 95 complaints about the Catholic Church.
Who was Martin Luther?
This June 6, 1944, event is famously known by this letter-based name.
What is D-Day?
This system of institutionalized racial segregation existed in South Africa until 1994.
What was Apartheid?
This Carthaginian general famously crossed the Alps with war elephants.
Who is Hannibal?
This queen reigned during England's "Golden Age" and defeated the Spanish Armada.
Who is Elizabeth I?
These self-contained farming communities were the heart of the Medieval economy.
What is a manor (Manorialism)?
This international organization was formed in 1945 to prevent future global wars.
What is the United Nations?
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war over missiles in the Caribbean.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Minoan civilization flourished on this Mediterranean island.
What is Crete?
This 13th-century ruler of Mali is often considered the wealthiest person in history.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This term refers to the "floating gardens" created by the Aztecs to increase farmland.
What are chinampas?
Before he was a politician, this future leader reported on the 1898 Battle of Omdurman.
Who was Winston Churchill?
This 1947 act of Parliament disbanded a former kingdom that is now part of Germany and Poland.
What was the dissolution of Prussia?