History Bee 2

American inventor Robert Fulton developed the first successful...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which of these best describes the "Rosetta Stone"?

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

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

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

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

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

In what year did Genghis Khan unite the Mongols?

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

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

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

Which of these was not an important European explorer?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is the traditional religion of Japan?

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

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

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

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

King Richard I and Saladin fought in which religious conflict?

The First Amendment to  the Constitution guarantees which right?

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

"Shoguns" were military rulers in what county?

Which of these religions is NOT polytheistic?

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

Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro conquered what South American civilization?

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

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

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

Siddhartha Gautama is the founder of what religion?

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