Presidents
The first president--and the only one without a political party
Who was George Washington?
People were kidnapped and taken from this continent to work as slaves in North and South America.
What is Africa?
The African country famous for its pyramids.
What is Egypt?
This beautiful desert is famous for its saguaro cacti.
What is the Sonoran Desert?
This important technology invented by Johannes Gutenberg changed history.
What is the printing press?
This man was president during the Civil War. He made slavery illegal.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This was a type of slave, but they were freed after a period of years.
What were indentured servants?
This large island off the coast of Africa is also the name of a famous children's movie.
What is Madagascar?
This desert covers most of the northern part of Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This infamous Russian czar had St. Basil's Cathedral built.
Who was Ivan the Terrible?
This man was a great general during the Civil War and not a great president after.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
This woman helped end slavery in the state of Massachusetts.
Who was Mumbet (Elizabeth Freeman)?
This country is on the very bottom of Africa.
What is South Africa?
All of the deserts in Australia are known as this.
What is the Outback?
This famous queen of England was one of the daughters of Henry VIII. She enjoyed Shakespeare's plays.
Who was Elizabeth I?
The second president--he famously died on July 4th, with the third president.
Who was John Adams?
This great speaker had been a slave himself. He taught himself to read, though he had to go to Europe to prevent himself from being forced back into slavery.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
What is South Sudan?
The driest desert in the world
What is the Atacama Desert?
One of the two scientists who found out that the earth revolves around the sun.
Who was Copernicus or Galileo?
This president was very popular. He is on the 20 dollar bill. Unfortunately, he was not kind to Native Americans.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
What is 1865?
On the eastern corner of Africa, this country is famous for pirates.
What is Somalia?
This desert has yellow sand that blows over Japan.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This elite fighting force made up of kidnapped orphans was active during the Ottoman Empire.
Who were the Janissaries?