Over-emphasized in the WHII curriculum
Over-emphasized in the WHII curriculum x 2
America +
Trade Routes
Random
100
The capital of Monaco
What is Monaco?
100
The smallest country in Europe
What is Vatican City?
100
Reason why Southwest DC is so small
What is the Civil War?/What is Arlington?
100
Most important strait in Southeast Asia
What is the Strait of Malacca?
100
State in which Ms. Yi attended law school
What is Virginia
200
That thing the French used in WWII that the SOL is OBSESSED with!!
What is the Maginot Line?
200
Language most similar to Hungarian
What is Finnish?
200
Canadian province that produces the most manufactured goods
What is Ontario?
200
City incredibly important to the economies of Mali and Songhai that now suffers from desertification
What is Timbuktu?
200
Historically significant geographic feature connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan
What is the Khyber Pass?
300
Prime Minister of France
Who is Manuel Valls?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! Riding a wave of xenophobia, right-wing parties have been doing particularly well in Europe Name a right-wing French Opposition leader AND Name the part of the UK (geographically) that is most likely to vote Labour.
Who is Marine Le Pen?/Who is Nicholas Sarkozy? What is Scotland/What is Northern England?
300
Complete this statement, courtesy of Samuel Hayakawa: "we should keep the _______. After all, we stole it fair and square."
What is the Panama Canal?
300
Individual credited with being the first to circumvent the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
300
Secretary of state who really wanted to buy Alaska
Who is William Seward?
400
Country in which the composer who wrote "The Firebird" was born
What is Russia
400
Country that is open to the possibility of re-routing the South Stream Pipeline through its territory
What is Turkey?
400
State with the most millionaires per capita
What is Wyoming?
400
Meeting at which great Khan is elected
What is a Kurlitai?
400
The capital of Kazakhstan pre-1996
What is Almaty?
500
Lowest point on the continent of Europe
What is British food... just kidding!! The correct answer is "What is the Caspian Sea?"
500
City in which the papers ending WWII in Europe were signed
What is Reims?
500
State in which monthly average temperatures vary from 14.5 degrees to 104.5 degrees.
What is Nevada?
500
Classical civilization that MAY have built some of the trade routes we attribute to the Inca
What is Chavin de Huantar?
500
The capital of Burundi
What is Burjumbura?