Pacific Islands
Which island is famous for its moai statues?
Easter Island / Rapa Nui
Which English king, known as “the Lionheart,” participated in the Third Crusade?
Richard I
In which Balkan city was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated in 1914?
Sarajevo
Who is often referred to as “the liberator” and led independence movements in 6 nations?
Simon Bolivar
Who lost the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Which islands were the site of U.S. nuclear testing between 1946 and 1958?
Marshall Islands
During the Fourth Crusade, crusaders sacked which city instead of Jerusalem?
Constantinople
What is the unofficial name of the country that was created after WWI that united the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes?
Yugoslavia
Which European monarchy relocated to Brazil briefly during the Napoleonic Wars?
Portuguese
Who lost the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
Harold Godwinson
Name 3 of the 4 modern day countries which once made up the “South Seas Mandate” from 1920 until the 1940s.
Palau, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands
Which city was the final crusader stronghold, and fell in 1291?
Acre
Which 1995 agreement ended the Bosnian War?
Dayton Accords
Which Argentine general worked alongside Bolivar and led the liberation of Argentina, Chile, and Peru?
Jose de San Martin
Who lost the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863?
Robert E. Lee
Which Pacific island nation experienced military coups in both 1987 and 2000?
Fiji
What term was used for the tax levied in England to raise money for the crusading effort under Henry II?
Saladin Tithe
What is the name of the communist-led anti-fascist group that resisted the Axis powers in occupied Yugoslavia?
Yugoslav Partisans
What is the name of Simon Bolivar’s short-lived republic that united modern Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama?
Gran Colombia
Who lost the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE?
Xerxes I
What 1899 agreement divided Samoa between the U.S. and Germany?
Tripartite Convention
Which pope called for the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont in 1095?
Urban II
What 1913 treaty ended the First Balkan War and forced the Ottoman Empire to cede most of its European territories?
Treaty of London
What 1824 battle is generally considered to be the victory that ended Spanish rule in South America?
Battle of Ayacucho
Who lost the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876?
George Armstrong Custer