Historical Events
Which day in 2001 were the Twin Towers in New York City attacked by a terrorist group?
What is September 11th (9/11)?
Who was the first president of the United States of America?
Who was George Washington?
What is the holiday that celebrates a good harvest, first celebrated by the Pilgrims and a Native American tribe?
What is Thanksgiving?
What is the largest continent in the world?
What is Asia?
Which country built the Great Wall to protect itself from outsiders?
What is China?
Which document, created on July 4th, 1776, declared that the American colonies were free from Britain?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Who gave the “I Have a Dream” Speech in 1963?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
What was the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims from England to America in 1620?
What is the Mayflower ship?
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Which Indian festival is known as the festival of lights?
What is Diwali?
What was the war between the North and South of the United States that lasted from 1861-1865?
What was the Civil War?
Who was the first European explorer to sail to the Americas?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
What was the main crop grown by Native American tribes?
What was corn?
Which desert is the largest and hottest desert in the world?
What is the Sahara Desert?
What did Ancient Egyptians build for their pharaohs?
What are pyramids?
Which war lasted from 1914-1918 and was between the Allies and the Central Powers?
What was World War 1?
Who is responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What was an important resource of Native American diet in Washington State?
What is fish (salmon)?
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
What is Mountain Everest?
What is the oldest major religion in the world?
What is Hinduism?
What drink did American colonists throw into the Boston harbor to protest against British taxes?
What was tea?
Which American inventor created the lightbulb?
Who is Thomas Edison?
What was the first successful English settlement in North America?
What was Jamestown?
What is the longest river in the world?
What is the Nile River?
Which empire controlled much of Europe and was known for its large structures like the Colosseum?
What is the Roman Empire?