World History
This empire, founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC, was one of the largest in the ancient world.
What is the Persian Empire?
This 1620 document, signed by the Pilgrims aboard a ship, established self-government for Plymouth Colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This German composer is best known for his nine symphonies, including the famous "Ode to Joy" in his Ninth Symphony.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This tragedy by William Shakespeare tells the story of a Scottish general whose ambition leads him to murder and madness.
What is Macbeth?
This fundamental economic principle describes the relationship between the availability of a good and the desire for that good.
What is supply and demand?
In 44 BC, this Roman dictator was assassinated on the Ides of March.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This battle, fought on April 19, 1775, was the first military engagement of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This composer, known for his work The Four Seasons, was a major figure of the Baroque period.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
This Romantic poet wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a poem about a sailor who kills an albatross.
Who is Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
This term refers to the cost of the next best alternative foregone when a decision is made.
What is opportunity cost?
This event in 1066 saw William the Conqueror defeat Harold II at the Battle of Hastings.
What is the Norman Conquest of England?
These first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791, guarantee individual freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This Italian composer is famous for operas like La Traviata and Aida.
Who is Giuseppe Verdi?
This Charles Dickens novel follows the life of an orphan who asks for more gruel at a workhouse.
What is Oliver Twist?
This measure refers to the total market value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given time period.
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
This event, occurring on July 14, 1789, marked the start of the French Revolution.
What is the Storming of the Bastille?
This First Lady is famous for saving a portrait of George Washington during the British attack on the White House in 1814.
Who is Dolley Madison?
This American composer wrote Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris.
Who is George Gershwin?
This play by Arthur Miller is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials, reflecting the paranoia of McCarthyism.
What is The Crucible?
This concept refers to the ability of a country to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another country.
What is comparative advantage?
This structure, erected in 1961, symbolized the division between East and West Berlin during the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This battle, fought from July 1-3, 1863, was the turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This composer wrote the ballet Swan Lake and is considered one of Russia’s greatest Romantic composers.
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
This Charlotte Brontë novel tells the story of an orphaned girl who becomes a governess and falls in love with Mr. Rochester.
What is Jane Eyre?
This Scottish economist wrote The Wealth of Nations in 1776 and is known as the father of modern economics.
Who is Adam Smith?