History
The ancient Egyptian writing system, often carved into stone, is known by this name.
What are hieroglyphics?
This compromise in 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while banning slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This zodiac sign is symbolized by the ram.
This is the largest country in the world by land area.
Russia
This reindeer leads Santa’s sleigh with his glowing red nose.
Who is Rudolph?
This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing enslaved people in Confederate states.
Abraham Lincoln
This act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, offered 160 acres of land to settlers willing to farm it for five years
What is the Homestead Act?
People born under this water sign, represented by two fish, are often said to be intuitive and creative
What is Pisces?
This river is the longest in the world, flowing over 4,000 miles
What is the Nile River?
The Grinch, from Dr. Seuss's famous Christmas story, lives atop this fictional mountain.
What is Mount Crumpit?
This ancient civilization is credited with developing the first known system of writing, called cuneiform.
What is the Sumerian civilization
This U.S. ship's explosion in Havana Harbor in 1898 led to the Spanish-American War.
What is the USS Maine?
The term "zodiac" originates from this ancient civilization known for its early astrological studies.
What is Babylon (or the Babylonians)?
The Ring of Fire is a region of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions around this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, this ghost visits Scrooge first
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Past?
In 1215, King John of England was forced by his barons to sign this document, limiting royal power and establishing certain legal rights.
What is the Magna Carta
This Supreme Court case in 1803 established the principle of judicial review, giving the court the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This planet, the largest in the solar system, rules Sagittarius in astrology.
What is Jupiter?
Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, is part of this mountain range.
What are the Himalayas?
The song "Silent Night" was originally written in this European language.
What is German?
This 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with laying the foundation for modern nation-states.
What is the Treaty of Westphalia
This rebellion in 1794, sparked by an unpopular tax, was the first major domestic challenge to the authority of the U.S. federal government.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
The concept of "rising signs" refers to the zodiac sign that was on this horizon at the time of birth.
What is the eastern horizon?
This African country has the most official languages of any country, with 11.
What is South Africa?
This tradition, originating in Germany, involves hiding a small ornament on the Christmas tree for children to find.
What is the Christmas pickle?