Maryland
The capital of Maryland
Who is Annapolis?
This U.S. national park, known for its geysers and hot springs, is located primarily in Wyoming.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
This event, which occurred in 1861, marked the start of a four-year conflict between the Northern and Southern states.
What is the Civil War?
I'm the longest river in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa. My name is also shared with a famous ancient civilization. What am I?
What is the Nile River?
This Supreme Court case, argued by Thurgood Marshall, led to the desegregation of public schools across America.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
This Maryland-made seasoning blend with a yellow and red label is a staple for crab feasts and seafood boils.
What is Old Bay seasoning?
This massive stone structure in Egypt, built as a tomb for Pharaoh Khufu, is the only remaining wonder of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
This 1803 purchase from France doubled the size of the United States and secured control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
I am the world’s largest continent and home to the Great Wall of China, Mount Everest, and a billion people. What continent am I?
What is Asia?
She was the first self-made female millionaire in the U.S., revolutionizing the Black hair care industry.
Who was Madam C.J. Walker?
The governor of Maryland
Who is Wes Moore?
This famous 13th-century structure in India is known for its white marble and is considered a symbol of love.
What is the Taj Mahal?
This President was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the establishment of the University of Virginia.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
I served as the District Attorney of San Francisco and the Attorney General of California before becoming the first woman of South Asian and African descent to become Vice President. Who am I?
Who is Kamala Harris?
This activist organization, founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, became known for its advocacy of armed self-defense and its role in promoting Black empowerment.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This famous line separates Maryland from Pennsylvania and historically divided the North from the South.
What is the Mason-Dixon Line?
Famous paintings, like the Mona Lisa, are held in a museum in this country.
What is France?
This 1920s movement was a cultural and artistic explosion among African American intellectuals and artists in Harlem, New York.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
I am the largest country in Africa by land area, known for my vast deserts, including the Sahara. What country am I?
What is Algeria?
Known as the “Queen of Soul,” this legendary singer became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
In 1984, a team at this Baltimore hospital performed the world’s first successful pediatric heart-liver transplant.
What is Johns Hopkins Hospital?
This 2,717-foot-tall skyscraper in Dubai is currently the tallest building in the world.
What is the Burj Khalifa?
This political philosopher and writer authored Common Sense, which persuaded many Americans to support independence from Britain during the Revolutionary War.
Who is Thomas Paine?
I am the largest estuary in the United States, located in Maryland and Virginia, where fresh water from rivers meets salt water from the ocean. What am I?
What is the Chesapeake Bay?
This was the first HBCU, founded in 1837.
What is Cheyney University?