Geography
Historical Figures
Historical Conflicts
Years
100
This country has the largest population on Earth.
What is India?
100
This person founded the largest contiguous empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan (or Temüjin)?
100
These two powers (alliances/sides) fought in World War 2.
What are the Axis and Allied powers?
100
This year marks the beginning of the American Revolutionary War between Britain and its thirteen colonies.
What is 1775?
200
When wealthier residents and groups move into a low-income neighborhood or area, which increases property values and displaces the original residents.
What is gentrification?
200
The first European person recorded to make contact with the Americas.
Who is Leif Erikson?
200
This 1917 event ended centuries of tsarist rule in Russia and led to the creation of the world’s first communist state.
What is the Russian Revolution?
200
This year marks the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I and reshaped European borders.
What is 1919?
300
The silhouette of this country's borders is pictured.
What is Mauritania?
300
This person is pictured.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
300
This Indian dynasty gained control of much of the subcontinent after defeating the Nanda rulers during a series of wars following the invasion of Alexander the Great.
What is the Maurya Dynasty?
300
Frederick Douglass published Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in this year.
What is 1845?
400
The most linguistically diverse country in the world, with 839 indigenous languages.
What is Papua New Guinea?
400
Jonas Salk is famous for inventing this.
What is the polio vaccine?
400
This 1911 uprising ended over two thousand years of imperial rule in China and led to the establishment of a republican government.
What is the Xinhai Revolution?
400
This year, the Berlin Conference began, formalizing European colonization and the division of Africa.
What is 1884?