World Capitals
This city is the capital of England.
What is London?
This is the year World War I started.
What is 1914?
This is the year the United Nations was created.
What is 1945?
This was the first democratically elected president of South Africa after apartheid.
Who was Nelson Mandela?
This is the age a United States citizen may vote and the age they may register to vote in some states.
What is 18? What is 16 or 17?
This city is the capital of Mexico.
What is Mexico City?
This event sparked the start of World War I.
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This was the founders' main goal/objective of the United Nations.
What is world peace/cooperation?
This man was the prime minister of Britain during World War II.
Who was Winston Churchill?
In 1866, Congress passed this amendment, guaranteeing that all people, including formerly enslaved people, could vote in the United States.
What is the Fourteenth (14th) Amendment?
This city is the capital of China.
What is Beijing?
This country was where most of the trenches were located.
What is France?
In the United States, this city is where the United Nations headquarters is located.
What is New York City?
This ancient king issued the first code of laws, including one of the earliest examples of an accused person being considered innocent until proven guilty.
Who was Hammurabi?
This is the year the 19th amendment was passed/ratified so women in the United States could vote.
What is 1919 (1920)?
This city is the capital of Russia.
What is Moscow?
This country left World War I early.
What is Russia?
This was the previous name of the United Nations.
What is the League of Nations?
This famous leader of ancient Rome had a Shakespeare play written about him. In his empire, the members of government did not trust his decisions and he was ultimately betrayed and assassinated on the Ides of March.
Who was Julius Caesar?
The national Election Day happens on this date every year. (Bonus with more details.)
What is a Tuesday in November? (Specifically, the first Tuesday after the first Monday.)
This city is the capital of Iran.
What is Tehran?
This treaty ended World War I. (Must pronounce correctly!)
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
This is approximately how many countries are members of the United Nations.
What is 193 (194, 195)?
This former prime minister of Japan was assassinated in broad daylight while giving a campaign speech.
Who was Shinzo Abe?
The earliest known form of democracy was implemented here.
What is Ancient Greece (Athens)?