US History
When did the United States declare independence?
1776
Nelson Mandela was an anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as the president of this Nation from 1994-1999.
What is South Africa?
Name at least two of modern nation states that made up Yugoslavia.
What are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (including the regions of Kosovo and Vojvodina) and Slovenia?
This man forced Japan out of isolation in 1854.
Who is Mathew Perry?
Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztecs in what is now this modern day country.
The Civil Rights Act was passed in this year
What is 1964?
On his pilgrimage to Mecca, this man stopped in Egypt and gave away so much gold that the overall value of gold decreased in Egypt for the next 12 years.
Who is Mansa Musa?
1968
These two countries that border India split in 1971.
What are Pakistan and Bangladesh?
This country was the last nation to outlaw slavery in the Americas in 1888.
What is Brazil?
This war, started in 1898, is also known as a "Splendid Little War."
This country declared independence in 2011 and is now the newest nation in Africa.
What is South Sudan?
Who is Catherine the Great?
This Chinese mariner voyaged across South East Asia in the Indian ocean and commanded treasure voyages.
Who is Cheng He?
Che Guevara played an instrumental role in the revolution of this nation.
What is Cuba?
The United States declared war on this nation in 1846.
What is Mexico?
The CIA supported the overthrow of Patrice Lumumba in 1961 in this African Country.
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The first chancellor of West Germany was this man.
Who is Konrad Adenauer?
Edo Japan was also known by this name
This country became the first to declare independence in Latin America in 1791 and finally gained it in 1804.
What is Haiti?
This politician was the political mastermind behind the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Great Compromise of 1850
Who is Henry Clay?
This African country began as a settlement of the American Colonization Society (ACS), who believed black people would face better chances for freedom and prosperity in Africa than in the United States.
What is Liberia?
This Ottoman Sultan Conquered Constantinople in 1453
Who is Mhmed the Second/Mhmed the Conqueror?
From 1857-59, Indians fought against British rule in what is now know as this war.
The national languages of Peru are Spanish, Aymara and this Indigenous language.
What is Quechua?