United States
Europe
Africa
Asia
The Americas
100

What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

1776 (August 2nd to be exact!) 

100

Who sent Christopher Columbus to explore the New World?

Accepted answers: Spain, King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella 

100

Name the capitol of Egypt.

Cairo

100

Chinese history is broken into (BLANK), which signal the ruling families for each period of history. 

Dynasties 

100

What is the name of the indigenous tribe that Columbus first encountered in the Americas? 

The Taino 

200

The United States bought Alaska from which country?

Russia 

200

The Roman Catholic Church has its headquarters in this city.

Rome

200

True or false: a significant portion of Middle Ages Africa adhered to the tenants of Islam. 

True! 

200

The name for the path between Europe and China, along which goods were traded.

The Silk Road 

200

This was the name for the exchange of people, goods & diseases between the Old world & New World.

Columbian Exchange or Triangle Trade 

300

What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during The Great Depression?

The New Deal 

300

This was the name for an era of European history in which privateers and adventurers like Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan and others set sail in search of "New" lands.

Age of Exploration 

300

Where was the library of Alexandria located? 

Ancient Egypt 

300

Siddhartha Gautama is more commonly known by this name.

Buddha

300

The Atlantic Slave Trade started after this group, initially used by colonial powers as a slave labor force, began rapidly dying off from European diseases.

Indigenous/Native Americans

400

Which era marked a switch from agricultural practices to industrial practices?

Industrial Revolution 

400

The maps show the ______________ Empire before WWI and then part of the empire under the mandate system after WWI.



Ottoman 

400

Which of these African empires converted to Islam and were major traders with other Muslims along Trans-Saharan trade routes.

Songhai Empire

400

Name one of the two dynasties responsible for building the Great Wall of China. 

Qin & Ming Dynasties 

400

What was the capital city of the Inca Empire?

Cusco 

500

Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?

George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt

500

What is considered the largest empire in history?

Mogol Empire 

500

African culture in the middle ages relied heavily upon oral tradition to pass down their culture and heritage. What is the name for an African storyteller?

Griot (pronounced gree-oh) 

500

What is considered the largest empire in history?

Mongol Empire 

500

Name at least two ancient American societies. 

Accepted answers: the Maya, Inca, Olmec and Aztec societies