Geography
Which ocean is between North America and Europe?
Atlantic Ocean
What is the name of the prophet who founded Islam?
Muhammad
What English king lived during the Reformation and had six wives?
Henry VIII
Which country first developed and used the atomic bomb?
USA
Which three nations formed the Axis alliance during WWII?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
What is the largest continent?
Asia
Which religion was founded in India, but eventually spread throughout East and Southeast Asia?
Buddhism
Name of Italian explorer who spent almost 25 years in China and traveling Asian trade routes?
Marco Polo
What is the name of the period that started in England around 1750 where goods were created more by machines instead of by hand?
Industrial Revolution
What empire did Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and India all used to be part of?
The British Empire
Name of the Caribbean island where Toussaint Louverture led a successful slave revolt.
Haiti
Which religion was founded first: Islam, Judaism, or Christianity?
Judaism
Name of Mali king who was known for both his extreme wealth and for his generosity.
Mansa Musa
Time period in Europe in which there was a rebirth of classical thought and art?
The Renaissance
Which Mesoamerican (central American) empire ruled over modern day Mexico before the Spanish arrived?
The Aztecs
Name 3 foods indigenous to the Americas
corn, beans, squash, tomato, avocado, potatoes, peppers, pineapple, cocoa, tomatillo
The law of Karma and reincarnation are beliefs in what religion?
Which world leader successfully led a nonviolent movement against British rule in India?
Mahatma Gandhi
What was the trade route on which goods and ideas were carried between Rome and China?
The Silk Road
What is the name of the sea voyage taken by slave ships from West Africa to the Caribbean and the American South?
The Middle Passage
Name 2 countries that India was partitioned into after WWII.
India and Pakistan (also East Pakistan (Bangladesh), Burma (Myanmar), and Kashmir).
Which three religions are referred to as "Abrahamic" religions?
What is the name of the religious reformer who sparked the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
What drug did the British encourage people in China to use in the 19th century?
Opium
What is the name of the Latin American revolutionary who led independence movements in modern day Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia? (Hint: One of these countries is named after him)
Simon Bolivar