Exploration
This river was Lewis & Clark's main pathway west from St. Louis
What is the Missouri?
It's the name of the peninsula that includes Sweden & Norway as well as the region that also includes Denmark
What is Scandinavia?
In 1953 this country's Vijaya Pandit became the first woman president of the U.N. General Assembly
What is India?
In 901 Edward the Elder took the title "King of the Angles &" these people
What are Saxons?
This conquistador overthrew the Aztec empire for the crown of Spain
Who is Cortés?
Kiev is the capital of this country
What is Ukraine?
In 1774 her troops crushed a peasant revolt led by Yemelyan Pugachev, a cossack
Who is Catherine the Great?
In 1501 Rodrigo de Bastidas sailed west from Colombia & became the first European to reach this isthmus
What is Panama (TRIPLE STUMPER!)
In 1892, 17 years before his North Pole fame, Robert Peary proved this was an island, not part of a continent
What is Greenland?
These 2 rivers, one flowing through France & the other through Germany, differ by a letter
What are the Rhine & the Rhône?
An early advocate for women's rights, Mary Wollstonecraft was also the mother of this author
Who is Mary Shelley?
On July 3, 1801 this U.S. inventor's Nautilus submarine descended to a depth of 25 feet in a test in France
Who is Robert Fulton? (TRIPLE STUMPER)
In 1516 he disassembled his ships on the Atlantic side of Panama & reassembled them on the Pacific side
Who is Balboa?
This mountain range forms a natural barrier between France & Spain
What are the Pyrenees?
Elizabeth Griscom was the birth name of this woman who made flags for the Pennsylvania navy (among others...)
Who is Betsy Ross?
Australia's first parliament opened on May 9, 1901 in this city in the state of Victoria
What is Melbourne? (TRIPLE STUMPER!)
In his 60s in 1633, this "father of New France" made his last voyage from old France to Quebec
Who is Champlain?
In north central Italy, you'll find another country altogether, the tiny Republic of this
What is San Marino?
In 1919 this lady became the first woman in the British Parliament
Who is Nancy Astor (TRIPLE STUMPER!)
January 2nd 2001 - Sila Calderón becomes the first female governor of this US territory
What is Puerto Rico?