This river is sacred to the millions of Hindus who live in India.
What is the Ganges?
100
Located north of India, this is the world's highest mountain range.
What are the Himalayas?
100
The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired here.
What are Lexington and Concord?
100
Founder of the University of Virginia, this revolutionary person was credited with being the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
The capital of Turkey.
What is Ankara?
200
This is the second longest river in Asia.
What is the Yellow River?
200
This mountain range forms a natural border between European Russia and the Asian continent. You had this one before when we did Europe.
What are the Ural Mountains?
200
George Washington crossed the Delaware Christmas night in 1776 into this state in order to ambush troops fighting for Britain in Trenton.
What is New Jersey?
200
The most famous traitor of the U.S. Revolution, this poor sport was caught trying to hand over the fort at West Point to the British.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
300
The capital of North Korea.
What is Pyongyang?
300
This is the longest river in both China and Asia.
What is the Yangtze River?
300
The oldest, largest and deepest freshwater lake in the world, this lake contains 20% of the Earth's fresh water.
What is Lake Baikal?
300
This Pennsylvania town served as an important training post and supply dept for American troops during the winter of 1777 while British troops occupied nearby Philadelphia.
What is Valley Forge?
300
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" was the famous quote from this equally famous anti-Federalist.
Who is Patrick Henry?
400
The capital of Nepal?
What is Kathmandu?
400
Even though this river is the world's 7th longest, this Siberian river has a very short name.
What is the Ob River?
400
The largest saltwater lake in the world, this lake still goes by it's ancient Roman title of "sea".
What is the Caspian Sea?
400
Although the Treaty of Paris technically ended the war between the United States and Great Britain, England wasn't quite ready to give up until defeated in this event.
What is the War of 1812?
400
This Revolutionary War hero was famous for being the militia leader of the Green Mountain Boys.
What was Ethan Allen?
500
The capital of Yemen, and the name of a student in 7th grade STEM.
What is Sana'a?
500
This river starts in Turkey and flows southeast across Syria and Iraq. Students who took or are taking 6th grade World History should know this.
What is the Euphrates?
500
This landform is 500,000 square miles large and is found between Mongolia and northern China.
What is the Gobi Desert?
500
Famed British military leader General Cornwallis is forced to surrender here in 1781, marking the beginning of the end of the Revolutionary War.
What is Yorktown?
500
The only person to sign the Continental Association, Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution.