US History
This document, written in 1776, officially seperated the American Colonies from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence
This war began in 1914 after rising European nationalism and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What is WWI?
This is the force that pulls objects toward Earth
What is gravity?
The main character in a story is called this
What is the protagonist?
This NBA team won six championships in the 1990s
Who are the Chicago Bulls?
This war was fought between the North and South from 1861–1865
What is the Civil War?
This wall divided East and West Berlin during the Cold War
What is the Berlin Wall?
Water is made of these two elements
What are hydrogen and oxygen?
This is the central message or lesson of a story
What is the theme?
This NFL quarterback has won the most Super Bowl titles in history
Who is Tom Brady?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
This empire, centered in modern-day Turkey, lasted until the end of World War I
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This organ is the largest of the human body
What is the skin?
This figure of speech compares two things using “like” or “as”
What is a similie?
This university has won the most NCAA men’s basketball championships in history
What is UCLA?
This program created jobs and economic relief during the Great Depression under FDR
What is the New Deal?
This movement in 1789 overthrew the monarchy in France, and left many without their heads
What is the French Revolution?
This process allows plants to make their own food using sunlight
What is photosynthesis?
Shakespeare wrote this tragedy about a Danish prince
What is Hamlet?
This golfer holds the record for the most major golf championships in history
This Supreme Court case ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional
What is Brown v Board of Education?
This term is the name for systemic racism in South Africa that was banned in the 1990's
What is apartheid?
This part of the cell controls activities and contains DNA
What is the nucleus?
This literary device gives human traits to non-human things
What is personification?
This country won the first-ever FIFA World Cup in 1930
What is Uruguay?