Anglo-Saxons
Which Old English epic tells the story of a hero battling the monster Grendel?
Beowulf
Which political theory held that monarchs derived their authority directly from God?
divine right of kings
The Franklin Expedition disappeared while searching for which route
Northwest Passage
Which series of dust storms in the 1930s devastated the Great Plains and forced people to move west?
Dust Bowl
What year did the Hagia Sophia become a mosque?
1453
Who was the last, though disputed, Anglo-Saxon king?
Harold Godwinson
Which English philosohper argued in Leviathan that people should surrender their rights to the sovereign?
Thomas Hobbes
The ill-fated Franklin Expedition disappeared while searching for the Northwest Passage. What were the names of the two ships involved?
HMS Erebus, HMS Terror
Which U.S. president was in office when the Great Depression began in 1929?
Herbert Hoover
The Tower of London was constructed shortly after what eleventh-century event?
Norman Conquest
Which king united the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in 927 to form the Kingdom of England?
Athelstan
Which Hapsburg ruler centralized power in Spain and led to the Spanish Armada?
Philip II
Which explorer is traditionally credited with being the first to reach the North Pole in 1909?
Robert Peary
Which programs/reforms were introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the Great Depression?
New Deal
Who designed and engineered the dome of the Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore)?
Filippo Brunelleschi
Which 8th-cetnruy Northumbrian monk wrote Ecclesiatical History of the English People, a key source for Anglo-Saxon history?
Bede
Which series of conflicts between the French crown and nobles during Louis XIV’s minority led to him centralizing royal authority?
the Fronde
Which Irish explorer led the Endurance expedition, keeping his crew alive for months on the ice?
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Which U.S. protectionist law raised import duties on many goods and caused a global depression?
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
During which dynasty was the Forbidden City completed?
Ming
What was the name of the council of nobles and clergy that advised Anglo-Saxon kings?
Witan/Witenagemot
Which administrative reform by Peter the Great ranked nobles based on state service rather than birth alone?
Table of Ranks
Which Arctic island did the survivors of the Karluk expedition mainly reach?
Wrangel Island
Which act authorized FDR’s bank holiday and gave the executive branch the power to reorganize insolvent banks?
Emergency Banking Act
The Acropolis was significantly damaged during a 1687 conflict between which two powers?
Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire