Historical Events
This 1884–1885 conference divided Africa among European powers.
What is the Berlin Conference?
Genghis Khan ruled over this empire.
What is the Mongol Empire
This Chinese invention, first used for fireworks, later transformed warfare globally.
What is gunpowder?
ASIJ was founded in this year.
What is 1902?
This is the fastest animal.
What is the peregrine falcon?
This dynasty came after the Tang dynasty.
What is the Song Dynasty
This Islamic scholar and traveler wrote a detailed account of his journeys across Afro-Eurasia.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
This James Watt invention, patented in 1769, powered factories and transportation.
What is the steam engine?
Who is Ms. Hopwood?
This is the location of the next Summer Olympics
What is Los Angeles?
This 1848 document, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, called for a proletarian revolution.
What is the Communist Manifesto?
This German monk famously sparked the Protestant Reformation by posting his 95 Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
This Chinese invention, developed during the Han Dynasty, allowed for mass production of texts.
What is woodblock printing?
There are this many teachers in the ASIJ High School.
What is 56?
There are this many Spanish-speaking countries.
What is 22 countries?
This 1346–1353 event killed an estimated 75–200 million people in Eurasia and disrupted feudal systems.
What is the Black Death?
This Ottoman sultan conquered Constantinople in 1453, bringing an end to the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Mehmed II?
This innovation in shipbuilding, used by the Dutch, improved cargo capacity.
What is the fluyt?
This is ASIJ's Chofu campus address.
Chofu Nomizu 1-1-1
What is 1969?
This 1815 event marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte and the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
This Mexican revolutionary leader led the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish rule and is known as the “Father of the Nation.”
Who is Miguel Hidalgo?
This innovation, developed by Alexander Fleming, revolutionized medicine.
What is penicillin?
This is the location of ASIJ's first ever campus.
What is the Kanda YMCA building (Kanda, Tokyo)?
This person has the record for winning the most Oscars (Academy Awards).
Who is Walt Disney?