History Bee 2

Andrew Carnegie made his fortune by building a company that produced and sold what commodity?

The House of Lords and the House of Commons are parts of what British legislative body?

Which of these terms refers to the system that divided Indian society into social groups?

Which U.S. president resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal?

Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro conquered what South American civilization?

The West African kingdom of Ghana grew wealthy primarily by trading what commodity for gold?

"Yellow Journalism" played a major role in the start of what turn-of-the-century war?

Who was president of the United States when World War I began?

In what year did Genghis Khan unite the Mongols?

Which of these regions was united by the Mauryan Empire in the 4th Century BC?

"Griots" are storytellers that preserve the oral history of what region?

Cyrus McCormick and John Deere were inventors ho revolutionized which industry?

"If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out" - ruler of the following:

In the 16th Century, the Ottomans ruled a vast empire from what modern day nation?

Which of these groups was most directly affected by the "Trail of Tears"?

Hughes, Armstrong & Lawrence are associated with what African-American movement in the 20s?

Which of these civilizations made one of the world's first alphabets and traded a purple dye?

Woodblock printing, gunpowder and the compass were all innovations of what ancient society?

the name of the series of economic recovery programs made by Roosevelt during the Depression?

What was the most common spoken language in the Roman Empire?

Free soil, Whig, Know-Nothing and Bull Moose are all...

What term describes the period in American history immediately following the Civil War?

In 1955, Rosa Parks protested segregation by not giving up her seat on the bus in what city?

King Richard I and Saladin fought in which religious conflict?

The "Reign of Terror" was a part of what larger conflict?

The First Amendment to  the Constitution guarantees which right?

What term is used to refer to the leaders of Ancient Egypt?

American inventor Robert Fulton developed the first successful...

Frederick Douglass was best known for speaking out against which of these?

Siddhartha Gautama is the founder of what religion?

During the War of 1812, the United States fought against which European nation?

Which of these was not an important European explorer?

Which of these best describes the "Rosetta Stone"?

Which of  these was a direct consequence of the 1676 Bacon's Rebellion in colonial Virginia?

Name given to the natural disaster on the Great Plains in the 30s that destructed farmland?

What US state was a kingdom ruled by Queen Liliuokalani before it was annexed in 1898?

"Shoguns" were military rulers in what county?

The Federalist Papers were written to encourage which of the following?

Which of these religions is NOT polytheistic?

Minarets, Mihrabs and Qibla Walls are features of what type of religious building?

What term is used to describe the honorable code of the behavior practiced by samurai?

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

1966 case of Miranda v. Arizona, the court ruled that ___will happen when a person is arrested?

Which of these is they year that the French and Indian War began?

The treaty that ended world War I was signed at what palace built by French King Louis XIV?

Homer was a poet who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey." What ancient war did he chronicle?

What snake was used to describe Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War?

"Populism" was a 19th Century protest movement amongst Westerners engaged in what profession?

The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg took place in which U.S. State?

What is the traditional religion of Japan?