Law & Government
This principle prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is separation of powers?
This scientist is credited with discovering penicillin in 1928.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
This jazz trumpeter released the influential 1959 album Kind of Blue.
Who is Miles Davis?
This ancient Greek philosopher taught Plato.
Who is Socrates?
This Athenian statesman is credited with expanding democracy in the 5th century BCE.
Who is Pericles?
This landmark 1803 Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This 15th-century inventor is credited with developing the movable-type printing press in Europe.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This opera by Mozart features the Queen of the Night aria.
What is The Magic Flute?
This philosopher wrote Critique of Pure Reason.
Who is Immanuel Kant?
This 18th-century BCE Babylonian ruler is known for one of the earliest written law codes.
Who is Hammurabi?
This international court, located in The Hague, prosecutes individuals for genocide and crimes against humanity.
What is the International Criminal Court?
This invention by Eli Whitney revolutionized cotton processing in 1793.
What is the cotton gin?
This blues musician is often called the “Father of the Delta Blues.”
Who is Robert Johnson?
This ethical theory argues that the morally right action maximizes overall happiness.
What is utilitarianism?
This Carthaginian general famously crossed the Alps with war elephants during the Second Punic War.
Who is Hannibal?
This political philosopher wrote Leviathan, advocating for a strong sovereign authority.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This theory, published in 1859, explained natural selection.
What is the theory of evolution by natural selection?
This British rock band released The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973.
Who is Pink Floyd?
This 19th-century philosopher proclaimed the “death of God” in Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
Who is Friedrich Nietzsche?
This ancient Mesoamerican civilization developed a complex calendar system and built the city of Tikal.
What is the Maya civilization?
This amendment protects against self-incrimination.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This scientist proposed the three laws of planetary motion.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
his composer wrote the Ninth Symphony, featuring the “Ode to Joy.”
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This allegory by Plato describes prisoners mistaking shadows for reality.
What is the Allegory of the Cave?
This empire, ruled by Pachacuti and later conquered by Francisco Pizarro, built Machu Picchu.
What is the Inca Empire?