Asian History
This Chinese Dynasty was considered the first golden age of China, especially talking about the ancient times, as it was around from 200 BC to 200 AD, and after the collapse of this kingdom started the Three Kingdoms period
What is the Han Dynasty?
This war was named "The War to End All Wars" and sees the Allies with countries such as the US, France, and the UK, fight the Central Powers with countries such Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary
What is World War I?
This document was created by Thomas Jefferson as he wrote it on this most famous date in history in 1776
What is The Declaration of Independence?
This country is the second largest on Earth, despite having a similar population to places such as The State of California and the city of Greater Tokyo
What is Canada?
This African island nation is one of the biggest islands in the entire world, as it is the 4th largest, and also more famous for it's namesake movie
What is Madagascar?
This Islamic-ruled Empire of India created the Golden age of Northern India, and these emperors such as Shah Jahan I created many monuments including the Red Fort of Delhi and the Taj Mahal
What is The Mughal Empire?
This island is considered "The Emerald Isle" and is one of the British Isles. This island is named after a country that makes up a majority of the island and contains cities like Dublin, Cork, and Belfast
What is the Isle of Ireland?
This war broke out in the battle of Sumter. This war would end in 1865 and famous generals such as Sherman and Grant fought against ones like Lee and Stonewall Jackson
What is The Civil War?
This country borders every country in South America except 2, and makes up a majority of the Amazon Rainforest, with also having a majority of the Amazon River
What is Brazil?
This man lived a portion of his life under the Apartheid system, he was imprisoned because he fought against this, but ultimately his peaceful protests brought an end to the Apartheid system of South Africa, ultimately becoming the first president of South Africa in 1994
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This person was a prophet for the Islamic religion and lived around the 7th century AD, and was responsible for making Islam one of the world's most dominant faiths
Who is Muhammad?
DAILY DOUBLE!!! city in Europe was the capital of the Russian Empire and one of it's three names is named after a Russian Emperor, while another name for this city is named after a Soviet leader
What is Saint Petersburg?
Also accept "Leningrad" and "Petrograd"
This person was the first ever vice president of the US, with Washington being the first ever president. He also died on July 4th, 1826, the 50th birthday of the US, and the same day that Thomas Jefferson died, his last words being "Thomas Jefferson survives." when in fact he had died just hours earlier.
Who is John Adams?
This Andean civilisation was from approximately the 1200s to the 1500s, and unfortunately fell due to Spanish colonisation, with Atahuallpa being the last one, as many famous cities such as Machu Picchu and it's capital being Cusco
What is the Incans?
What is the Incan Empire?
This empire in the Sahara Desert is famous for it's salt and gold trading, and one of the emperors named Mansa Musa is considered to be the richest person of all time, as when he went on his Hajj he famously brought the inflation up of Cairo so much that gold was worthless for decades.
What is Mali Empire?
This former kingdom was in what is now called Cambodia and is responsible for creating Hindu temples (Now Buddhist temples) like the most famous one being the Angkor Wat
What is Khmer?
(accept come 'ere as a response)
This island is called "The Land of Fire and Ice" and has the northernmost capital of the world, Reykjavík
What is Iceland?
This President is the only person to serve for more than 2 terms, serving for 3 full terms but dying on his 4th. He lead America through the Great Depression and the start of World War II, despite gaining Polio, which because of this he started The March of Dimes, which ended up having his face on the Dime
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
Accept FDR, Prompt on Roosevelt.
This island nation in The Caribbean is small, however many have immigrated to the US, and also many famous people lived in this country such as musician Bob Marley and track star Usain Bolt
What is Jamaica?
This country is the source of the Blue Nile, and also the only country to not go under the European colonisation of Africa, being under Italian occupation during World War II. This country is also the biggest country by population that is landlocked.
What is Ethiopia?
Accept "What is Abyssinia?
This country is the first country to adopt Christianity as their state religion. They are found in the Caucasus Mountains and border countries like Iran and Turkey, and have one of the biggest diasporas in the world after the events that took place in this country during World War 1
What is Armenia?
This British Overseas Territory borders Spain, and is considered to be very small with many tourists
What is Gibraltar?
This American territory is the largest in terms of population having 3.2 million residents, who primarily speak Spanish
What is Puerto Rico?
DAILY DOUBLE!!! This small island off the coast of South America belongs to Chile. This island is home to many oversized heads on the island that were originally made by humans before the people living on this island went extinct
What is Easter Island?
Accept "What is Rapa Nui?"
The ancient Egyptian civilisation in this country is responsible for making the most pyramids in a single country, and while this country doesn't have a lot of arable land, the Nile River provides a lot of rich soil, as the connection of the White Nile and the Blue Nile takes place in this country's capital, Khartoum
What is Sudan?