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100
The red and white stripes on the U.S. flag symbolizes this.
What are the Thirteen Colonies?
100
The Ancient Egyptians built these structures for both astrological and ceremonial purposes.
What are the Pyramids?
100
This was the decade in which the Apollo Moon landing took place.
What is the 1960s?
100
The first President of the United States of America.
Who is George Washington?
100
This was the super-continent formed about 225 million years ago.
What is Pangaea?
200
A period of time in the 1930s that witnessed a severe economic downturn, resulting in mass unemployment.
What is the Great Depression?
200
This ancient calendar is famous for falsely declaring the end of the world, on December 21, 2012.
What is the Mayan Calendar?
200
The century in which the Cold War took place.
What is the 20th century?
200
This famous African American woman was famous for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger.
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
This period shares the same name with a famous franchise of films about a dinosaur theme park.
What is the Jurassic Period?
300
On July 4, 1776, the Thirteen Colonies declared their independence from this empire.
What is the British Empire?
300
This ancient culture is famous for initiating the first ever Olympic games.
What is Ancient Greece?
300
Even though the Great War was also known as World War I, it actually took place on this one continent.
What is Europe?
300
This scientist became famous for his work on General Relativity, the Manhattan Project, and the science of space and time.
Who is Albert Einstein?
300
65 million years ago marks the extinction of these creatures.
What are the dinosaurs?
400
This war is the only war to occur on U.S. territory.
What is the American Civil War?
400
This empire was the largest in world history, dominating medieval Asia.
What is the Mongolian Empire?
400
The city where the signing of the Declaration of Independence took place.
What is Philadelphia?
400
She is known for weaving the first United States flag.
Who is Betsy Ross?
400
4 billion years ago marks the age of what?
What is the age of the Earth?
500
This was the last U.S. state to be entered into the Union.
What is Hawaii?
500
It took approximately 200 years to build this famous landmark in China.
What is the Great Wall of China?
500
The year that World War II ended.
What is the year 1945?
500
He is famous for writing about the fantastical island of Atlantis.
Who is Plato?
500
The end of this period of prehistory marks the largest mass extinction event, wiping out over 90% of all life.
What is the Permian Period?