African History
The 19th century Mahdist Movement was an Islamic revolt against Egyptian rule of this nation, Egypt's southern neighbor
What is Sudan?
In 1492, these three ships led by Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue
What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
Born into slavery, Andrew Beard invented a steam engine & an automatic coupler, which joined these transports
What are train cars?
A hope of joining this alliance is in Ukraine's constitution
What is NATO?
Luke and Megan Terra used to live in this state known for its high elevation and great skiing
What is Colorado?
1896's Battle of Adwa saw an Ethiopian army defeat an attempt by this European country to take control of it
What is Italy?
Formed in 43 B.C., the Second Roman Triumvirate was made up of Marcus Lepidus, Mark Antony & this future emperor
Who is Augustus/Octavian?
Joseph-Marie Jacquard aided the textile industry by using punch cards to automate these machines
What are looms?
he Seneca & the Tuscarora were members of an 18th century confederacy bearing the name of this group of Native American people
What is the Iroquois?
This former Otero resident is the daughter of a US president and a presidential candidate
Who is Chelsea Clinton?
The Capsian people thrived in modern Tunisia c. 6000 B.C. by eating tons of these, so their sites are called escargotières
What are snails?
As Lenin faded from power, this man formed a troika with Zinoviev & Kamenev & you'll never guess what he later did to Zin & Kam
Who is Stalin?
Ella Gaillard's invention of the eyeless this revolutionized surgery
Created during the Cold War in 1955, this alliance joined together several countries including Bulgaria & Albania
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This former Otero RA is a rapper with over 170,000 views on spotify
Who is Solomon/Solmoney?
In 2012, Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga became the first person convicted by this legal entity
What is the International Criminal Court?
The clergy, the nobility & the people were France's 3 of these representative divisions before the Revolution
What are estates?
In 1824 bricklayer Joseph Aspdin patented Portland this, stronger than traditional mortars
What is cement?
The Eight-Nation Alliance was formed to protect Western interests in this Asian nation during a 1900 uprising against foreigners
What is China?
Before it moved to Otero, the public service and civic engagement theme dorm used to be located in this now all-frosh dorm
What is Branner?
For its royalty, the Asante Kingdom of 18th century West Africa invented this type of cloth whose name means "will not tear"
Kente
3 countries were involved in the 1879-1883 War of the Pacific & this nation lost its access to that ocean as a result
What is Bolivia?
Friedrich Koenig's improvements to this machine, not much changed since the 1450s, included self-inking
What is the printing press?
Around 1428 Texcoco, Tlacopan & this Aztec city-state formed the Triple Alliance
What is Tenochtitlan?
Two of your senior RAs aren't just fossils because they're old, but because they were in Otero their frosh year when instead of Growtero, the theme was this
What is Dinotero?