World History
Not to be confused with the English noun, this Chinese dynasty from 960 to 1279 ushered in China’s economic “Golden Age.”
What is the Song Dynasty?
"Commonly" discussed in APUSH classrooms, this Thomas Paine book advocated for the colonies' independence from Great Britain
What is Common Sense?
What is an ideal society? What rights (if any) should exist? Name this "shiny" period that influenced many revolutions.
What is the Enlightenment?
My Love My Gold All Mine. Name this economic theory which was used by European colonial powers and emphasized exports over imports.
What is mercantilism?
This English philosopher who wrote The Second Treatise of Government had au naturale rights on lock.
Who is John Locke?
Elon Musk’s ex-wife was spotted reading this radical political pamphlet, published by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels in 1848.
What is the Communist Manifesto?
Led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, “Operation Overlord,” or the invasion of Normandy by Allied forces during World War 2, occurred on this day.
What is D-Day?
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But this war by either name was ended by the Treaty of Paris.
What is the Seven Years War/ French and Indian War?
Gored by a __ and mauled by a ___, these animals are used to describe upward and downward trends in the stock market.
What are bull and bear?
This court case was the first instance in which the Supreme Court asserted judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This Soviet leader, who died in 2022, was famous for both his port wine birthmark and policies that restructured and reformed Soviet politics.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
You [John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay] stole my [Andrew Jackson's] marbles [election of 1824!] Name this deal.
What is the corrupt bargain?
The School of Athens, showcasing numerous European philosophers, was designed by what famous artist (and Ninja Turtle)?
Who was Raphael?
This global organization was meant to promote sustainable growth for member countries, but was heavily criticized after its intervention in Argentina.
What is the IMF?
All the ladies (in athletic and educational programs)! This 1972 law prohibited gender based discrimination.
What is Title IX (1972)?
Pablo Escobar has nothing on the British empire who fought these wars against China over narcotics.
What are the Opium Wars?
Number one! The challenge, demand satisfaction. This dueler was arrested for treason in 1807 while doing shady things in Alabama.
Who is Aaron Burr?
This event involving angry Protestants tossing Catholic officials out of a window in 1618 helped trigger 3 decades of religious war in Europe.
What is the Defenestration of Prague?
Name this head of the Boston Federal Reserve who shares her name with the US Senator from Maine who is currently the longest serving Republican woman in Congress.
Who is Susan Collins?
Thou shalt not do school-sponsored Bible reading as it a violation the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Name this Supreme Court case.
What is Engel v. Vitale (1962)?
This system was utilized by Great Britain and France to exert control over parts of the newly petitioned Ottoman Empire.
What is the mandate system?
Scandalous! Shocking! This first lady served hot dogs to the visiting King George VI in 1939.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
If you can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitchen; the beheading of Robespierre characterized this “hot” time in the French Revolution. 🔥
What is the Thermodorian Reaction?
Harry Potter's girlfriend -- and later wife -- shares a name behind this measure of statistical dispersion that is used as a metric for income distribution.
What is the Gini coefficient?
The UMKC School of Law is one of only 6 to have graduated a US President and a Supreme Court Justice. Name the president and the justice.
Who are Harry Truman and Charles Whittaker?