South America
This empire, ruled by Atahualpa, fell to Spanish conquistadors in the 1500s.
What is the Inca Empire?
This 1848 event in California attracted thousands of fortune seekers.
What is the Gold Rush?
This desert, the largest in the world, covers much of North Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This war, from 1914 to 1918, was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What is World War I?
This Mongol leader established an empire that stretched from China to Europe.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This revolutionary helped Che Guevara in his early political formation and later in Bolivia.
Who is Fidel Castro?
The French colony of Saint-Domingue became this independent nation in 1804.
What is Haiti?
This empire, once ruled by Mansa Musa, was known for its wealth in gold.
What is the Mali Empire?
This period saw religious reforms led by Martin Luther.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This empire, once ruled by Suleiman the Magnificent, spanned parts of Asia, Europe, and Africa.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Charles Darwin developed key ideas for evolution after visiting these Ecuadorian islands.
What are the Galápagos Islands?
This Cuban national hero wrote Nuestra América and died fighting for independence in 1895.
Who is José Martí?
Ethiopia was never colonized, but it was briefly occupied by this fascist country in the 1930s.
What is Italy?
This wall, built in 1961, divided a major European city during the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
The Meiji Restoration marked the modernization of this island nation.
What is Japan?
The first democratically elected Marxist president in Latin America, Salvador Allende, led this country.
What is Chile?
This U.S. policy warned European powers not to colonize or interfere in the Americas in 1823.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This genocide occurred in 1994 and resulted in the deaths of approximately 800,000 people.
What is the Rwandan Genocide?
This document, signed in 1215, limited the power of English kings.
What is the Magna Carta?
This Chinese rebellion (1850–1864) was one of the deadliest conflicts in history.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
This Indigenous civilization of Colombia was famous for gold craftsmanship and inspired the legend of El Dorado.
Who are the Muisca?
This American woman helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights in 1848.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
This ancient Nubian kingdom rivaled Egypt and ruled it during the 25th Dynasty.
What is Kush?
This treaty officially ended the Thirty Years’ War in 1648.
What is the Treaty of Westphalia?
This Chinese dynasty built the Terracotta Army to guard its first emperor in the afterlife.
What is the Qin Dynasty?