U.S. & World History
This document, written in 1776, declared the American colonies’ independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This boxer famously declared “I am the greatest!”
Who is Muhammad Ali?
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
This war was fought between the North and South regions of the United States from 1861–1865.
What is the American Civil War?
This country is home to the Great Barrier Reef.
What is Australia?
This basketball legend scored 100 points in a single NBA game in 1962.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
This president resigned from office in 1974.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This animal is known as the “King of the Jungle.”
What is a lion?
This global conflict lasted from 1939 to 1945.
What is World War II?
This desert is the largest hot desert in the world.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This NFL quarterback led the Green Bay Packers to victory in the first two Super Bowls.
Who is Bart Starr?
He was president during the Great Depression and most of World War II.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt (or FDR)?
This board game features properties like Boardwalk and Park Place.
What is Monopoly?
This wall, built in 1961, divided a European city during the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Mount Everest is located in this mountain range.
What are the Himalayas?
This baseball player broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record in 1961.
Who is Roger Maris?
This president authorized the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This famous ship sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg.
What is the Titanic?
This French military leader crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This country has the second largest population in the world.
What is China?
This Olympic sprinter won three gold medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Who is Wilma Rudolph? (100-m & 200-m dash and 4 x 100-m relay)
He was the youngest elected U.S. president.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This inventor is credited with inventing the light bulb (though others contributed).
Who is Thomas Edison?