1
What modern day country was the Incan Empire located in?
Peru
What disease killed 90 percent of the Aztecs?
Smallpox
Who was the first man to circumnavigate the globe?
Magellan
What is blue and not that heavy?
Light blue
Who was the film Citizen Kane based on?
William Randolph Hearst
What did Cortez name Mexico after conquering it?
New Spain
What happened to the first colony founded by the English in North America?
Dissappeared
What two nations fought in the Hundred Years War?
England and France
What do you call a woman whose right leg is shorter than her left?
Ilene
What is Coach Wag’s favorite color?
Royal Purple
Who led the conquest of the Incan Empire?
Pizarro
What was English explorer Sir Martin Frobisher looking for in 1576?
Northwest Passage
What feature makes the caravel stand out from other sailing ships?
Triangular sails
What violinist received the nickname “ The Devil’s Violinist”?
Nicolo Paganini
What is penicillin? Be specific
Antibiotic
What crop brought slavery to the New World?
Sugarcane
what two Spanish rulers funded Columbus’s voyage?
Ferdinand and Isabella
What year did Columbus sail from Spain to the New World?
1492
What is Godzilla’s original name?
Gojira
Where does the word Arkansas come from?
French word translated from Algonquian for the Quapaw
Who is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
Who received permission from Elizabeth I to create new colonies?
Sir Walter Raleigh
what plant led to Jamestown survival?
Tobacco
Who sang the song The World We Knew?
Frank Sinatra
What artist was publicly funded during The Great Depression?
Pollock