Industrial Revolution
Which industry was the first to industrialize?
Textile industry
What was the primary motivation for European exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries?
Gold, Glory, God
What was the transatlantic trade system that transported slaves, raw materials, and manufactured goods?
Triangular Trade
What event sparked the beginning of World War I in 1914?
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Who was the richest man alive (dead or alive)?
Mansa Musa
Who invented the spinning jenny, allowing one worker to spin multiple threads at once?
James Hargreaves
What disease, brought by Europeans, devastated Native American populations?
Smallpox
What major Mughal ruler expanded the empire and promoted religious tolerance?
Akbar the Great
What was the name of the U.S. project that developed the atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
Who was the first U.S. president to appear on television?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What deadly disease spread rapidly in crowded industrial cities due to poor sanitation?
Cholera
What is the name group of Native Americans that formed a powerful confederacy in the Northeast before European contact?
Iroquois Confederacy
What event in England (1688) led to a constitutional monarchy and the rise of parliamentary power?
Glorious Revolution
What military strategy, meaning "lightning war," was used by Germany in WWII?
Blitzkrieg
What year did the “storm Area 51” movement take place?
2019
What system of production, pioneered by Henry Ford, sped up manufacturing?
Assembly line
What 16th-century Spanish priest argued against the mistreatment of Native Americans?
Bartolomé de las Casas
What war (1618-1648) devastated much of Central Europe and was fought over religion and politics?
Thirty Years’ War
What 1917 Russian revolution led to the first communist government?
Bolshevik Revolution
What ancient wonder was located in Egypt and is the only one still standing?
Great Pyramid of Giza
What was the name of the event in which over 100 workers died in a factory fire due to unsafe conditions in 1911?
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
What revolt in 1680 saw Native Americans temporarily drive the Spanish out of New Mexico?
Pueblo Revolt
What treaty ended the Thirty Years’ War and established state sovereignty?
Treaty of Westphalia
What battle was Hitler’s last major offensive in WWII, fought in Belgium?
Battle of the Bulge
What popular influencer within 2024 was meant to be "left behind" on December 31st?
Vexbolts