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100

Who created the Korean Alphabet?

King Sejong!

100
Who was the first president of the United States of America?

George Washington!!

100

In 1969, who became the first man to set foot on the moon?

Neil Armstrong
100

What day is the History Club on?

A day


200

What caused Japan to surrender in WW2?

A myriad of factors... but mainly the Hiroshima bombing

200

Japan's surprise attacked this American territory in WW2.

Pearl Harbor

200

Who is commonly referred to as the person who created the first printing press?

(Hint: He printed lots of Bibles with it)

Johannes Gutenberg

200

How old is SFS this year?

109 years

300

How long was the Korean War?

3 years

300

Name at least THREE presidents on Mt. Rushmore

Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson or Theodore Roosevelt 

300

What was the name of the international group formed to maintain world peace after World War I?

The League of Nations

300

List all the SFS counselors (6)

Mr. Birimac, Ms. Chi, Ms. Gilmore, Ms. Cook, Angela Son, Jennie Purvis

400

Who launched the Cultural Revolution in China?

(Hint: his first name is 3 letters)

Mao Zedong!

400

What do the stripes on the American flag represent?

(Hint: there are 13 stripes)

The 13 colonies

400

The Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot happened in a regime in which country in the 20th century?

Cambodia

400

What is the NHD theme for this year?

Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences.

500

Who first opened Japan to foreign trade in 1853?

(Hint: American man)

Commodore Matthew Perry

500

What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during The Great Depression?

The New Deal

500

Name ONE of the Seven Wonders of The World.

The great pyramid at Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus at Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

500

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

Incorrectly