United States
Europe
Africa
Asia
The Americas
100
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776 (August 2nd to be exact!)
100
Who sent Christopher Columbus to explore the New World?
Accepted answers: Spain, King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
100
Name the capitol of Egypt.
Cairo
100
Chinese history is broken into (BLANK), which signal the ruling families for each period of history.
Dynasties
100
What is the name of the indigenous tribe that Columbus first encountered in the Americas?
The Taino
200
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
200
The Roman Catholic Church has its headquarters in this city.
Rome
200
True or false: a significant portion of Middle Ages Africa adhered to the tenants of Islam.
True!
200
The name for the path between Europe and China, along which goods were traded.
The Silk Road
200
This was the name for the exchange of people, goods & diseases between the Old world & New World.
Columbian Exchange or Triangle Trade
300
What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during The Great Depression?
The New Deal
300
This was the name for an era of European history in which privateers and adventurers like Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan and others set sail in search of "New" lands.
Age of Exploration
300
Where was the library of Alexandria located?
Ancient Egypt
300
Siddhartha Gautama is more commonly known by this name.
Buddha
300
The Atlantic Slave Trade started after this group, initially used by colonial powers as a slave labor force, began rapidly dying off from European diseases.
Indigenous/Native Americans
400
Which era marked a switch from agricultural practices to industrial practices?
Industrial Revolution
400
The maps show the ______________ Empire before WWI and then part of the empire under the mandate system after WWI.
Ottoman
400
Which of these African empires converted to Islam and were major traders with other Muslims along Trans-Saharan trade routes.
Songhai Empire
400
Name one of the two dynasties responsible for building the Great Wall of China.
Qin & Ming Dynasties
400
What was the capital city of the Inca Empire?
Cusco
500
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt
500
What is considered the largest empire in history?
Mogol Empire
500
African culture in the middle ages relied heavily upon oral tradition to pass down their culture and heritage. What is the name for an African storyteller?
Griot (pronounced gree-oh)
500
What is considered the largest empire in history?
Mongol Empire
500
Name at least two ancient American societies.
Accepted answers: the Maya, Inca, Olmec and Aztec societies