World History
Black Tuesday was a day in US history which signaled the start of this period
What is the Great Depression?
There are three types of these in the body, striated, smooth, and cardiac.
What are muscles?
In football (soccer) this many players are on the field during a game.
What is 22?
This desert is the driest place on earth.
The 11th of November marks a European holiday celebrating this moment in history.
The reign of this Roman leader saw the conquest of Gaul, the invasion of Britain, and a civil war.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Two genetically identical daughter cells are produced in this process of cell duplication.
What is mitosis?
What is India?
This river delta is the largest in the world.
What is the Ganges?
Hanukkah is celebrated over this many nights.
What is eight?
Haile Selassie, Emperor of this African country, was a prominent figure in world politics during his reign which lasted from 1930 to 1974
What is Ethiopia?
In an earthworm, pairs of nephridia, similar to these human organs, filter & remove waste.
What are kidneys?
Bats, wickets, and stumps are all equipment in this European game.
What is Cricket?
Rock flour consists of silt-sized particles of rock, generated by the mechanical grinding of bedrock by this.
What is a glacier?
This Brazilian holiday is a celebration before the start of the Christian Lent.
What is Carnival?
On October 12 1492, the commander of this vessel landed in the Bahamas for the first time.
What is the Santa Maria
This is the term used in genetics for the composite observable characteristics or traits of an organism.
What is phenotype?
Pankration is an ancient form of this, which was first featured in the 33rd Ancient Olympic Games.
What is fighting/wrestling/boxing?
This narrow piece of land connects two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated.
What is an isthmus?
This Norse Pagan holiday celebrating the winter solstice is celebrated over multiple days in December.
What is Yule?
The Achaemenid dynasty ruled over this ancient empire.
What is the Persian Empire?
During this process a protein in the blood called fibrinogen is converted into fibrin threads.
What is clotting?
Striking a rubber ball through a high stone hoop is how to score a point in a game from this continent, the modern game being called, Ulama.
What is South America?
This country borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
What is Iran?
This Hindu, Jain, and Sikh holiday symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.
What is Diwali?