America in WWI
Year the United States joined the war, 16 months before the surrender of Germany.
1917
Empire that he ruled; a modern European country of this name has capital Skopje.
Macedonia
How acidic or alkaline a substance is is measured by this scale.
pH or Potential of Hydrogen
Author, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote Tom Sawyer.
Its capital city.
President who led the United Nations into the war.
Woodrow Wilson
Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius that contained a mosaic of Alexander winning a battle.
Pompeii
A neutral substance will measure this number on the aforementioned scale.
7 (seven)
Friend of Tom Sawyer whose Adventures title another novel by the same author.
Huckleberry Finn (accept either name)
Its most populous city, the ceremonial start of the annual Iditarod dogsled race.
Anchorage
Ineffectual multinational organization founded in the aftermath of the war that the United States did not join.
League of Nations
Empire ruled by Darius III that Alexander conquered.
Persian Empire (or Achaemenid Empire)
The OH- (pronounced O H minus) ion is also known as a what kind of ion?
Hydroxide
Major river near Tom’s hometown of St Petersburg, Missouri, where the boys hide when they run away.
Mississippi River
The country from which the US purchased Alaska in 1867 for $7.2 million.
Russia (do not accept Soviet Union)
Set of diplomatic principals presented by that man during peace talks.
Fourteen Points
Island city in the Mediterranean that he conquered by building a causeway.
Tyre
Name this chemical reaction that occurs when an acid reacts with a base producing no excess of H+ or OH- ions in the solution.
Neutralization
Relative that Tom, his half-brother Sid, and their cousin Mary live with.
Aunt Polly (prompt on Aunt)
The natural disaster that struck Prince William Sound in 1989 when the Exxon Valdez ran aground.
Oil spill (accept descriptions; prompt on answers like “pollution” that don’t specifically mention oil)
American general, nicknamed Black Jack, who led the American Expeditionary Force.
Harry Cabot Lodge
Group of friends and allies that, in the pursuit of power, tore his empire apart upon his death.
Diadochi
A salt and hydrogen are produced when acids react with these objects.
Metals
Type of location where Tom and his friend watch a fight between Injun Joe and Dr Robinson.
The U.S. Secretary of State whose purchase of Alaska was deemed a “Folly.”
William Seward (accept Seward’s Folly)