Ancient History
What river was central to the development of ancient Egyptian civilization?
What is the Nile?
What was the dominant social system in medieval Europe called?
What is feudalism?
What movement involved a new interest in classical art and learning in Europe?
What is The Renaissance?
What is the name of the period in Japanese history leading to industrialization and the restoration of power to the monarchy?
What is the Meiji Restoration?
Which disease was the first to be eradicated by vaccines?
What is smallpox?
Which empire did Genghis Khan rule?
What is the Mongol Empire?
What document signed in 1215 limited the English king's power?
What is the Magna Carta?
Which civilization built Machu Picchu?
What is the Inca?
What prison was stormed at the beginning of the French Revolution?
What event led to World War I in 1914?
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Who was Rome's first emperor?
Who was Augustus Caesar?
Which kingdom or empire was the first to use paper money?
What is China?
Which African king is considered to be the richest person that ever lived?
Who is Mansa Musa?
What battle is generally considered the major turning point in the American Civil War?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
What treaty marked the end of World War I?
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What writing system was developed by the ancient Sumerians?
What is cuneiform?
What Viking explorer is said to have reached North America around the year 1000?
Who is Leif Erikson?
What astronomer proposed the Earth revolves around the sun?
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
The Maya had a thriving, continent-wide trade network. What highly prized agricultural item did they frequently use as money?
What is cocoa beans?
What two cities were targeted with atomic bombs in 1945?
Which are Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
What Greek philosopher instructed Alexander the Great?
Who was Aristotle?
What pandemic killed millions of people in Europe in the 14th century?
What is the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?
What European country initially sponsored Christopher Columbis's voyage?
What is Spain?
What Haitian revolutionary led the slave revolt that created Haiti?
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
What is the name of the 1962 situation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?