ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
What was the title given to the rulers of Ancient Egypt, who were considered both political leaders and god-king intermediaries?
Pharaoh
This South African leader spent 27 years in prison before becoming president
Nelson Mandela
This global conflict lasted from 1939 to 1945.
World War 2
This African country was the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule in 1957.
Ghana
This was the name of the global economic crisis that began in 1929.
The Great Depression
Which Wonder of the Ancient World was located in ancient Babylon?
Hanging Gardens
He was the Macedonian king who conquered the Persian Empire and reached as far east as India.
Alexander the Great
Initiated by a 1791 slave rebellion, this revolution resulted in the creation of the first independent republic ruled by formerly enslaved people.
Haitian Revolution
This medieval West African ruler's pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 became famous for the enormous quantities of gold he distributed along the journey.
Mansa Musa
This movement fought for racial equality and civil rights for Black Americans, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s.
The Civil Rights movement
This civilization developed a writing system known as cuneiform.
Mesopotamia
Known as the "Sun King," this French monarch ruled for 72 years and moved the royal court to a massive palace at Versailles to consolidate absolute royal power.
Louis XIV
Who was an elementary school teacher and journalist Before establishing his fascist regime?
Mussolini
Built by the Shona people between the 11th and 15th centuries, this massive stone complex featuring dry-stone walls served as the capital of a major trading empire.
The Great Zimbabwe
This 1969 mission successfully landed humans on the Moon for the first time
Apollo 11
Which ancient civilization constructed the cliff-top citadel of Machu Picchu in South America?
The Inca The Inca Empire)
Who was an elementary school teacher and journalist Before establishing his fascist regime?
Mussolini
Which major 18th-century conflict, triggered by the storming of a famous medieval fortress on July 14, 1789, led to the abolition of the feudal monarchy and the birth of the First Republic?
The French Revolution (the storming of Bastille)
This West African empire reached its height under Askia Muhammad after he overthrew Sonni Baru in 1493.
Songhai Empire
Before becoming the iconic first President of an independent African nation, which 20th-century leader worked as a secondary school history and Latin teacher at St. Mary’s College in Nairobi?
Julius Nyerere
The Minoan civilization was centred on this Mediterranean island, where the palace complex of Knossos was located.
This Holy Roman Empress and Archduchess of Austria was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions, successfully defending her accession in an 18th-century war named for her succession
Maria Theresa
Often described as the conflict that transformed Britain from a European power into a global imperial power, this 1756–1763 war was fought across Europe, North America, the Caribbean, West Africa and South Asia.
the Seven Years' War
This Queen of Ndongo and Matamba led a multi-decade resistance campaign against Portuguese colonization in 17th-century modern-day Angola, demonstrating formidable diplomacy and guerrilla warfare tactics
Queen Nzinga (or Njinga Mbande)
In 1911, an Italian waiter famously walked out of the Louvre with the Mona Lisa under his coat. In 1913, the painting was finally recovered after he attempted to sell it to an art dealer in which Italian city?
Florence