Historical Capitals
Capital of the Roman Empire?
Rome
"The Little Corporal."
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
Julius Ceasar.
Who wrote Main Kampf - 1925?
Adolf Hitler
What is considered the largest empire in history?
What was the British Empire (13.7 million square miles)?
The capital of the Russian Empire (pre-1917).
Where is Saint Petersburg?
"Ike."
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic."
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Author of "The Communist Manifesto".
Who is Karl Marx?
The country which first deployed a tank on the battlefield.
Where is Great Britain?
The capital of the late Byzantine empire.
Where is Constantinople?
By the age of 30, This person had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to Northwestern India in 323 BC.
Who is Alexander the Great?
"Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in."
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Author of "1984".
Who is George Orwell?
This Asian country gained independence in 1947.
Where is the Philippines?
Name the 2 capitals of Austria-Hungary.
Where are Vienna and Budapest?
Conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriett Tubman?
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
Who is Sun Tzu?
Author of "On the Origins of Species".
Who is Charles Darwin?
The largest contiguous land empire in history.
Where is the Mongol empire?
The capital of Yugoslavia.
Where is Belgrade?
Legendary Carthaginian General who crossed the Alps with elephants during the Second Punic War.
Who is Hannibal Barca?
"We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, We shall never surrender."
Author of "The Meaning of Relativity".
Who is Albert Einstein?
Historical leader who was exiled to the island of Saint Helena in 1815.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?