World History
Ancient Civilizations
This ancient civilization, located along the Nile River, is known for pyramids, pharaohs, and hieroglyphics.
What is Ancient Egypt?
This document is the supreme law of the United States.
What is the Constitution
This is a plan you create to track your income and expenses each month.
What is a Budget?
Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon. This individual stepped on the moon directly after Armstrong.
Who is Buzz Aldrin?
This legendary Oscar-winning actor, famous for his role as Hannibal Lecter, was diagnosed with Asperger’s later in life and is known for his incredible ability to memorize long scripts.
Who is Sir Anthony Hopkins
This 1786–1787 uprising of Massachusetts farmers exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and helped spur the Constitutional Convention.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This president was the only one to serve more than two terms.
Who was Franklin D Roosevelt, 1933-1945
Classical Civilizations
This empire, ruled at its height by Augustus, transitioned Rome from a republic to an empire.
What is the Roman Empire?
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the legislative Branch?
This three-digit number represents your credit- worthiness.
What is a Credit Score?
This piece of legislation enforced the 18th Amendment.
What was the Volstead Act?
This legendary comedian and Ghostbusters star was diagnosed with Asperger’s in the 1980s and credits his "obsessions" with ghosts and law enforcement for his movie ideas
Who is Dan Aykroyd
This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, empowering courts to strike down unconstitutional laws.
What is Marbury vs Madison?
This individual was the youngest person ever elected President of the United States.
Who was John F Kennedy
(He was 43 at inauguration—note: Theodore Roosevelt was younger when he became president, but he wasn’t elected at that time.)
Post-Classical Period
This major trade network connected Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, spreading goods, ideas, and diseases like the Black Death.
What is the Silk Road?
This amendment gives citizens the right to free speech.
What is The First Amendment?
This is the cost of borrowing money, usually shown as a percentage.
What is interest rate?
H.H. Holmes was considered to the first American to be labeled with this infamous title.
What is a Serial Killer
After becoming a global sensation for her voice and winning 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2009", this singer was later diagnosed with Asperger’s and spoke about the relief of finally understanding how her brain works
Who is Susan Boyle
This 1846 agreement between the U.S. and Great Britain peacefully settled a territorial dispute by establishing the 49th parallel as the boundary in the Pacific Northwest.
What is the Oregon Treaty?
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Early Modern Era
Clue: This 15th–17th century movement in Europe, meaning “rebirth,” saw renewed interest in art, science, and classical learning.
What is the Renaissance?
This system divides power between the national government and state governments.
What is Federalism
This type of investment involves buying shares of a company.
What are stocks?
This executive order authorized the forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
What is Executive Order 9066?
While he lived long before modern diagnoses, this "prodigy" composer is often speculated to have been on the spectrum due to his repetitive behaviors and intense focus on music.
Who is Mozart
This controversial 1898 document, allegedly written by a Spanish diplomat, was used to inflame American public opinion and hasten the onset of the Spanish-American War.
What is the De Lôme Letter?
This president resigned from office rather than face impeachment? Hint: his vice president, Spiro Agnew resigned earlier and plead no contest to a federal tax law crime
Who was Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon?
Modern Era
This global conflict from 1939–1945 involved major powers like Adolf Hitler and ended with the use of atomic bombs.
What is World War II
This principle ensures that each branch of government can limit the powers of the other branches.
What is Checks and Balances?
This is when your money earns money, and that money earns more money.
What is compound interest?
First federal legislation to declare school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Westminster vs Mendez, 1948?
Many historians believe this Nobel Prize-winning physicist was on the spectrum because he didn’t start speaking until age three and possessed an incredibly intense focus on the laws of the universe.
Who is Albert Einstein
This 1934 piece of legislation restructured Native American policy by ending allotment and promoting tribal self-government, marking a sharp shift from earlier assimilation efforts.
What is the Indian Reorganization Act?
This president famously said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
Who was Ronald R. Reagan