Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo are large cities in this South American country.
What is Brazil?
100
This man became tsar/czar of Russia at the age of 10 and grew to be nearly seven feet tall!
Who is Peter?
100
This country was in the news in a bad way this week when militants attacked non-Muslim students at a university here.
What is Kenya?
100
This body of land is surrounded by water on all sides.
What is an island?
100
Olympia is the capital of this US state.
What is Washington?
200
In the U.W. Suzzallo library there is a giant book about this Asian country.
What is Bhutan?
200
This was the self-given title of the Russian tsar/czar named Peter.
What is "the Great"?
200
The ruler of this small island country recently met with President Obama, the first time the leader of this country has met with a high-level American official since 1959.
What is Cuba?
200
This body of water can be seen out the windows of our school.
What is Puget Sound?
200
The U.W. has three campuses: one in Seattle, one in Bothell, and one in this city.
What is Tacoma?
300
The Forbidden City and the Great Wall are famous historical sites in this country.
What is China?
300
This city on the Baltic Sea was established by Peter the Great to replace Moscow as capital.
What is St. Petersburg?
300
Negotiators are working on a deal to constrain this country's nuclear program in exchange for removing international sanctions.
What is Iran?
300
This body of water is larger than a lake, but smaller than an ocean?
What is a sea?
300
This American president was a former radio and movie actor.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
400
Florence and Venice are cities in this European country on the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Italy?
400
Peter "the Great" brought two men of this occupation back from his travels in Europe because he thought his noblemen should adopt western fashion.
What is a barber?
400
Before it was annexed by Russia in March, Crimea was a part of this country.
What is Ukraine?
400
This geological feature is a river of ice in the mountains.
What is a glacier?
400
You need these types of first-hand or direct forms of evidence if you are going to write a scholarly paper on an historical event.
(Hint: The librarian at Suzzallo told us about these!)
What are primary sources?
500
There are currently students visiting us from this country in Oceania.
What is New Zealand?
500
Peter "the Great" referred to his capital of St. Petersburg as this.
What is "Window on the West"?
500
This week a 67-year-old woman named Hillary Clinton announced that she is officially a candidate for this job.
What is the president of the United States?
500
This large, C-shaped body of water extends deeply into land.
What is a gulf?
500
This set of letters and numbers (written on the spine of books in Suzzallo library) is like an address; it tells you where you can find a given book in the library.