Ancient Greece
Who is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Name 3 out of Henry VIII’s 6 wives.
Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, Catherine Parr
Which queen of France was beheaded as a result of the revolution?
Marie Antoinette
Which dynasty ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917?
Romanov Dynasty
What larger, ideological conflict was the Vietnam War part of?
Cold War
What is the name of the war fought between Athens and Sparta?
the Peloponnesian War
What dynasty/royal house was Henry part of?
Tudor
The revolution was driven by unrest amongst which class?
middle class / bourgeoisie
Who was the last Russian tsar?
Nicholas II
How many US presidents were there during the Vietnam War?
5 (Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford)
Which period of Greece began after the death of Alexander the Great and refers to the mixing of Greek cultures with those of the Near East?
Hellenistic
Who succeeded Henry VIII as ruler of England?
Edward VI
Which prison in Paris was stormed by revolutionaries in 1789?
Bastille
Which tsar was nicknamed “the Terrible”?
Ivan
Who was president of North Vietnam/Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945 to 1969?
Ho Chi Minh
What was the name of the majority of Greece when it was a province of the Roman Empire?
Achaea
Which act in 1534 declared Henry VIII the head of the Church of England?
Act of Supremacy
Which three word motto of modern France has its origins in the French Revolution?
liberté, égalité, fraternité / liberty, equality, fraternity
Which tsar ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725 and attempted to westernize the country?
Peter I / Peter the Great
On what parallel was Vietnam divided?
17th
What ancient Greek historian is often called the “father of history”?
Herodotus
Henry was actually a second son and therefore wasn’t meant to inherit the throne. What was the name of his older brother?
Arthur
Who was the main leader of the Reign of Terror from 1793 to 1794 that was eventually executed?
Maximilian Robespierre
Which tsar freed the serfs in 1861?
Alexander II
Which 1971 event revealed secret U.S. government documents about the war’s conduct?
Pentagon Papers