Ancient History
What is the way of life of a group of people?
Culture
What is the holy book of Islam?
Quran
What newly invented weapon was used on Japan to end World War II?
Atomic Bomb
What nation became the leading industrial nation and the financial center of the world during the 1920s?
The United States
Who discovered the universal law of gravitation?
Isaac Newton
Who was the leader of Al-Qaeda?
Osama Bin Laden
What is the greatest accomplishment of the Sumerians?
Writing
Economic decline during the Middle Ages began with the collapse of what empire?
Roman
In what year did the largest amphibious assault in history occur?
1944
What date marks the first time since Pearl Harbor that a massive foreign attack had occurred on American soil?
September 11, 2001
What is the largest and most intricate global project to be undertaken to date?
International Space Station
What is the oldest and largest Islamist organization in Egypt today?
Muslim Brotherhood
According to the Roman Catholic Church, which apostle did Christ make the head of the church?
Peter
Rule marked the birth of the French nation
Hugh Capet
Which war gave the U.S. colonists unity and experience, preparing them for the War for Independence?
French and Indian War
Which president introduced the United States to socialism?
FDR
What economic system is based on private ownership and control of business and industry?
Capitalism
Who was the first black president of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
What Greek event is the first recorded date in history?
What Protestant Reformer is remembered for promoting popular education and for writing "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"?
Martin Luther
What gave U.S. war material to England during WWII?
Lend-Lease Act
The _________ Doctrine was a declaration to contain Communism and to keep it from spreading to the Americas?
Truman
Many authors of which time period were influenced by the Scriptures to write classics that stood the test of time?
Modern Age
Ruler of the French July Monarchy
Louis Philippe
Which nation was the first nation to have a written account of their history?
Israel
What is the way of life based upon the ownership and use of land?
Feudalism
What was signed at the end of WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
In what year did the Soviet Union cease to exist as a nation?
1991
Beginning in Germany, what movement of religious liberalism denied the basic doctrines of Christianity?
Modernism
Who started Sunday School in England?
Robert Raikes
Who was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians?
Nero
Which English monarch said that the Bible was the secret to England's greatness?
Queen Victoria
In contrast to the U.S. War for Independence, what was the French Revolution fought for?
Social Equality
Who was the Russian Czar who's family ruled Russia for over 300 years?
Michael Romanov
What is art focused primarily on the common working man?
Regionalism
What required nations to decrease greenhouse emission levels?
Kyoto Protocol
Who deciphered the Rosetta Stone?
Jean Francis Champollion
John Wycliffe
The ____________ was the shortest war in U.S. history.
Persian Gulf War
Russian term for "openness"
What is the system based on work done in small private shops?
domestic system
Iranian president
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Who was the Persian ruler who built the Royal Road?
Darius
What document divided Charlemagne's empire?
Treaty of Verdun
What was the first face-to-face agreement between Israelis and Palestinians?
Oslo Accords
What country's rise to nationhood is considered the climax in the gradual breakup of the former country of Yugoslavia?
Kosovo
What artist was known for his illustrations in the Saturday Evening Post?
Norman Rockwell
Led Ethnic cleansing against Bosnian Muslims
Slobodan Milosevic