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This German dictator was the leader of the Nazis and wrote "Mein Kampf"
Who is Hitler
When did Columbus sail the ocean-blue
What is 1492
This prime minister coined the "V for Victory" sign
Who is Winston Churchill
This country is currently at war with Russia
Ukraine
This country hosted the 2016 olympics
Brazil
This president was the third U.S. president to ever be elected and made the "Louisiana Purchase"
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Who is John Adams
This nation created the first tank in WWI
What is the U.K. / England
These nations make up the United Kingdom
England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales
This urban legend was the richest man of all time
Mansa Musa
This emporer was the founder of the Mongol Empire and is related to 0.5% of the male population in the world
Who is Genghis Khan
This city saw the death of president JFK
Dallas, Texas
These four artists from the Renaissance are very famous for their ninja turtle counterparts
Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello
These countries border Spain
Portugal, France, and Andorra
The U.S. claimed that Mexico crossed this river, which sparked the Mexican-American War in 1846
The Rio Grande River
King Henry VIII had 6 wives, name two of them
Who is Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr
This native american tribe was present at the first Thanksgiving
Who are the Wampanoag
The Falkland Islands
This island hosted the first battle in the Pacific Theater (WWII) after Pearl Harbor was attacked
Midway
This president called Ronald Reagan's economic plan "Voodoo Economics"
George H.W. Bush
This Russian arms dealer was recently traded for WNBA star Brittney Griner
Viktor Bout (The Merchant of Death)
This president was the first to live in the White House AFTER it was burned down by the British in 1814
Who is James Monroe
This was the island that Napoleon was exiled to (Name one)
Elba and St. Helena
These countries made up Yugoslavia (Name 4/6)
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia
This war saw Israel invaded by Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt
The Arab-Israeli War of 1948