Revolutionary War
Who led the Continental Army and later became the First U.S. President?
George Washington
Name Two (2) countries that fought in World War I (Any Side)
United States, Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, German, Russia, Serbia, Italy, Ottoman Empire
[Any two of these]
This woman was the last Egyptian pharaoh who knew Julius Caesar.
Cleopatra IV
Name two (2) Countries that fought on either side of World War II?
United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, USSR, Japan, China, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Poland, etc.
Who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C. in 1964?
How many original colonies were there?
Thirteen
Germany used this submersible ship to surprise attack ships in the Atlantic ocean.
Submarines
Who is the Greek God of Thunder?
Zeus
The Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan was known as?
The Axis Alliance
Which country was the United States' biggest rival after World War II
Russia/ Soviet Union/ USSR
Which country supported the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
France OR Spain
The fighting in World War I predominantly took place in long, man-made divots (holes) in the ground called what?
Trenches
Rome hosted Gladiator battles and other entertainment events in this huge arena.
The Colosseum
Name one World War II Battle.
D-Day, Midway, Okinawa, Tarawa, Bulge, Iwo Jima, Berlin, Stalingrad, Moscow, Leningrad, Poland, Britain, etc.
Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Ralph Abernathy were all prominent figures in what movement?
The Civil Rights Movement
This event was the ultimate act of defiance against British rule. Colonists stormed the Boston harbor to throw the tea of the East India Company's ships overboard.
The Boston Tea Party
What Treaty ended World War I?
Treaty of Versailles
The armored, sword-wielding warriors from Ancient Japan were called what?
The Samurai
Who was the four-term United States President during a majority of World War II?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
In 1964, the United States became involved in a war in Southeast Asia in a country named?
Vietnam
Colonists who chose to support the British during the Revolutionary War were called what?
Loyalists
What holiday commemorates the end of World War I?
Veterans' Day
Who was the first country to make and use paper money?
China
This event got America involved in the war. It was the only time the United States was ever bombed and it was perpetrated by Japan on a harbor in Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor
Who became the 36th President of the United States after John F. Kennedy's assassination in November of 1963?
Lyndon B. Johnson