Longwood History
Foundation of Western Civilizations
Modern Western Civilizations
American History to 1865
American History from 1865 to Today
100
What was Ruffner before it was an academic building?
What is a residence hall?
100
Mesopotamia was located between what two rivers?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
When did World War One begin?
What is 1914?
100
Name three of the thirteen colonies.
What is New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia?
100
What American Football team got their name from the California gold rush?
What is the 49ers?
200
When was Longwood founded?
What is 1839?
200
Alexander the Great was famous for defeating what empire?
What is the Persian empire?
200
The Cuban Missile Crisis was part of what larger event?
What is the Cold War?
200
Where did the Revolutionary War end?
What is Lexington?
200
On which day did Pearl Harbor take place?
What is December 7, 1941?
300
What was Brock Commons before it was gifted to Longwood?
What are multiple streets?
300
Name two Greek civilizations.
What are Sparta, Athens, Thebes, or Macedonia?
300
Name three of the five main Allied Powers?
What are the United States, France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, or China?
300
What event caused the Civil War to begin?
What is the firing on Fort Sumter?
300
Which president state the National Park System?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
400
When did Longwood become a university?
What is 2002?
400
What ties did Romulus and Remus have to Rome?
What is the founders?
400
What year was the Berlin Wall constructed?
What is 1961?
400
Name two inventions from the early 1800s that contributed to the Industrial Revolution?
What is the steam locomotive, Morse Code, Cotton Gin, rubber vulcanization or the sewing machine?
400
When was the Dust Bowl?
What is 1930?
500
Name two of the four people on the Rotunda?
What is Ruffner, Mann, Curry, or Jefferson?
500
What people did the Spanish conquer in South America?
What are the Mayans and the Incas?
500
What is the purpose of NATO?
What is to promote military alliance?
500
Name the first five presidents.
What is George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe?
500
Which president started the interstate system?
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?