How many terms did George Washington serve as president?
2
100
Which civilization developed Cuneiform writing?
Sumerians
100
What other gods were the Roman gods based off of?
Greek
100
What explorer was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
100
Which Belgian ruler viciously imperialized the Congo?
Leopold
200
Who led the famous March to the Sea in the Civil War?
William Tecumseh Sherman
200
What are the three styles of classical columns?
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
200
Against what city did Rome fight the Punic Wars?
Carthage
200
Which Chinese explorer/eunuch captained a massive fleet around Southeast Asia and the Middle East?
Zheng He
200
Who was known as the founder of Protestantism?
Martin Luther
300
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were hugely important figures in the organization of this event in 1848. What is the event?
Seneca Falls Convention
300
What invading civilization was famous for bringing iron to Mesopotamia?
The Hittites
300
Under which emperor did Rome reach its largest extent (land)?
Trajan
300
Which intrepid Arabic explorer was famous for his journeys to parts of Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and China, and his accounts of his travels?
Ibn Battuta
300
Under which Frankish king did the Carolingian Renaissance start?
Charlemagne
400
Which three US politicians formed the Great Triumvirate in the 1800s?
Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun
400
Who was the famous sophist who mentored Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
400
Upon the crossing of this river, a Roman civil war was started involving Julius Caesar. What is the river?
Rubicon
400
Who was one of the two men to first summit Everest?
Edmund Hillary or Tenzing Norgay
400
Which Swedish king fought in the 30 Years War, modernized the Swedish army, and was known as the Lion of the North?
Gustavus Adolphus
500
At first, the Iroquois Confederacy was composed of how many tribes?
5
500
What are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Great Lighthouse of Alexandria, Colossus of Rhodes, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Statue of Zeus, Temple of Artemis, Pyramids of Giza
500
Who was the last KING of Rome?
Tarquinus Superbus
500
What seafaring group of people were major traders in the Mediterranean and founded the city Carthage?
Phoenicians
500
What philosophy promoted the idea of white superiority and imperialism specifically in Africa and Asia in the late 1800s to the early 1900s?