Do You Still Remember What You Learned in Elementary School History?

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In What Year Did World War II End?

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What Country Did The Pilgrims Sail From In 1620?

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Who Is Known For Inventing The Telephone?

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What Ocean Lies On The East Coast Of The United States?

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Who Was The First President Of The United States?

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What Animal Is The Symbol Of The United States?

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Which Planet Is Known As The Red Planet?

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What Was The Name Of Abraham Lincoln's Famous 1863 Speech?

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Which Ancient Wonder Of The World Is Still Standing Today?

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What Document Declared American Independence From Britain?

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What Is The Largest Continent On Earth?

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Who Was The First American Woman In Space?

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Which Country Built The Great Wall?

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Who Wrote The Declaration Of Independence?

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What Is The Largest Ocean On Earth?

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In What Year Did The American Civil War Begin?

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Which Planet Is Closest To The Sun?

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Who Is Known For Leading The Underground Railroad?

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What Is The Capital City Of France?

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Which Explorer Was The First European To Sail Around The Cape Of Good Hope?

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Who Was The First Man To Walk On The Moon?

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What Is The Name Of The Ship The Pilgrims Sailed On?

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Which U.S. President Freed The Enslaved People?

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What Is The Capital Of The United States?

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Who Is Known For The Theory Of Gravity?

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In What Year Did Christopher Columbus Reach The Americas?

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Which Ancient City Was Home To The Colosseum?

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What Is The Name Of The Bell In Philadelphia's Independence Hall?

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Who Painted The Mona Lisa?

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On Which Island Was Napoleon Bonaparte Born?

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Who Was The First Female Prime Minister Of Britain?

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What Country Is The Eiffel Tower Located In?

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Who Is Known For Leading The Civil Rights Movement?

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What Is The Longest River In The World?

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Which U.S. President Led The Country Through Most Of World War II?

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What Was The Name Of The Secret Nazi Police Force During World War II?

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In What Year Did The Titanic Sink?

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Who Is Known For Discovering Penicillin?

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Which Country Was The First To Give Women The Right To Vote?

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Who Is Known For Inventing The Light Bulb?

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What Is The Name Of America's National Anthem?

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Which U.S. State Was The Last To Join The Union?

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What Ancient City Was Home To The Parthenon?

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Who Is Known For Writing The Play Romeo And Juliet?

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In What Year Did The United States Land On The Moon?

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Which Country Was Christopher Columbus Sailing For In 1492?

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What Is The Name Of The Famous Document Signed In 1215?

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Who Is Known For Leading The French Into Battle At Orleans?

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What Is The Name Of The First American Space Program?

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Who Is Known For Painting The Sistine Chapel Ceiling?

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What Country Did The Ancient Olympic Games Begin In?

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Which U.S. President Ordered The Dropping Of Atomic Bombs On Japan In 1945?

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What Is The Name Of The Famous Greek Horse Used In Battle?

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What Was The Name Of The First Successful American Airplane?

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Who Is Known For Discovering America Before Columbus?

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What Country Did The United States Buy Alaska From?

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Who Is Known For Refusing To Give Up Her Bus Seat?

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What Country Did The United States Fight In The Revolutionary War?

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What Is The Name Of The Famous Volcano That Buried Pompeii?

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What Ancient Civilization Built The Pyramids At Giza?

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In What Year Did The United States Enter World War I?

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Which Explorer Is Known For Being The First European To Sight The Pacific Ocean From Land?

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What Was The Name Of The Famous Ship Involved In A Slave Revolt In 1839?

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Who Is Known For Leading The Expedition To The South Pole In 1911?

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What Is The Name Of The Famous Trade Route Between Europe And Asia?

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What Country Was The First To Put A Satellite In Space?

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Who Is Known For Writing The Famous Diary During World War II?

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What Is The Name Of The War Fought Between The North And South In America?

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Which Ancient Civilization Is Known For Creating The First Democracy?

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In What Year Did The Berlin Wall Come Down?

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Who Is Known For Being The First Female Aviator To Fly Solo Across The Atlantic?

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Who Is Known For Being The First President To Live In The White House?

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Which U.S. President Is Featured On The Dime?

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What Ancient City Was Home To The Famous Hanging Gardens?

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In What Year Did The United States Purchase The Louisiana Territory?

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Who Is Known For Being The First Woman To Win A Nobel Prize?

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What Is The Name Of The Famous Greek Messenger Of The Gods?

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Which U.S. State Was The First To Join The Union?

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What Country Was The Ancient City Of Pompeii Located In?

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1945

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1943

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1941

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1947

World War II ended in 1945 with Germany surrendering in May and Japan surrendering in September after two atomic bombs were dropped.

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France

2

Portugal

3

Spain

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England

The Pilgrims departed from Plymouth, England aboard the Mayflower, carrying 102 passengers seeking religious freedom.

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Nikola Tesla

2

Benjamin Franklin

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Thomas Edison

Bell patented the telephone in 1876, and his very first words spoken into it were to his assistant, Thomas Watson.

1

Atlantic Ocean

2

Pacific Ocean

3

Indian Ocean

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Arctic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean, named after the Greek titan Atlas, separates North America from Europe and Africa.

1

Thomas Jefferson

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John Adams

3

Benjamin Franklin

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George Washington

Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789, and famously refused to be called king despite supporters suggesting it.

1

Wild Turkey

2

American Bison

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Bald Eagle

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Golden Eagle

Congress adopted the bald eagle as the national symbol in 1782, placing it on the Great Seal.

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Saturn

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Venus

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Mars

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Jupiter

Mars gets its red color from iron oxide — essentially rust — covering much of its rocky surface.

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The Emancipation Address

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The Union Address

3

The Freedom Proclamation

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The Gettysburg Address

Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in just over two minutes, yet it became one of history's most quoted speeches.

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The Colossus Of Rhodes

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The Temple Of Artemis

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The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon

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The Great Pyramid Of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only Ancient Wonder still standing, built around 2560 BC as a royal tomb.

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The Constitution

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The Bill Of Rights

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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The Declaration Of Independence

Signed on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was primarily written by Thomas Jefferson over just 17 days.

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Asia

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Europe

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North America

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Africa

Asia covers about 30% of Earth's total land area and is home to more than half of the world's entire population.

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Sally Ride

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Christa McAuliffe

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Eileen Collins

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Mae Jemison

Sally Ride made history in 1983 aboard the Challenger shuttle at just 32 years old.

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Korea

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Japan

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China

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Mongolia

Construction began over 2,000 years ago and the wall stretches more than 13,000 miles total.

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James Madison

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John Adams

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Thomas Jefferson

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Benjamin Franklin

Jefferson drafted the document in just 17 days in June 1776 at age 33.

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Atlantic Ocean

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Indian Ocean

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Pacific Ocean

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Arctic Ocean

The Pacific Ocean covers more area than all of Earth's landmasses combined — a staggering 63 million square miles.

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1848

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1861

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1876

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1775

Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861, starting the war.

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Mercury

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Saturn

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Venus

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Earth

Mercury orbits the Sun in just 88 days, making its year shorter than any other planet's.

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Harriet Tubman

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Sojourner Truth

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Nat Turner

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Frederick Douglass

Tubman personally guided around 70 enslaved people to freedom and never lost a single passenger.

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Marseille

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Bordeaux

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Paris

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Lyon

Paris has served as France's capital for over 1,000 years and is home to the iconic Eiffel Tower.

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Vasco Da Gama

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John Cabot

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Bartolomeu Dias

Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 opening the sea route from Europe toward Asia.

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Alan Shepard

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John Glenn

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Buzz Aldrin

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Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, famously calling it 'one giant leap for mankind.'

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The Santa Maria

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The Pinta

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The Mayflower

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The Endeavour

The Mayflower carried 102 passengers in 1620, and the voyage took about 66 days across the Atlantic.

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Abraham Lincoln

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Andrew Jackson

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Ulysses S. Grant

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James Buchanan

Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing enslaved people in Confederate states during the Civil War.

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Boston

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New York City

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Philadelphia

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Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. became the permanent U.S. capital in 1800 — Philadelphia actually served as the capital before it.

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Isaac Newton

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Galileo Galilei

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Albert Einstein

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Benjamin Franklin

Isaac Newton published his law of universal gravitation in 1687, reportedly inspired by watching an apple fall from a tree.

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1620

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1776

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1512

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1492

Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492, believing he had reached Asia — he never realized he had found a new continent.

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Rome

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Athens

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Carthage

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Alexandria

Rome's Colosseum, completed in 80 AD, could hold up to 80,000 spectators and hosted gladiator battles for centuries.

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The Freedom Bell

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The Union Bell

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The Justice Bell

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The Liberty Bell

The Liberty Bell cracked sometime in the 1800s and was last rung in 1846 to honor George Washington's birthday.

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Rembrandt

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Raphael

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Michelangelo

Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa between 1503 and 1519, and it now hangs behind bulletproof glass in the Louvre in Paris.

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Sicily

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Sardinia

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Corsica

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Malta

Napoleon was born on Corsica in 1769, just one year after France purchased it from the Republic of Genoa.

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Shirley Williams

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Theresa May

3

Barbara Castle

4

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher took office in 1979 and served 11 years earning the nickname The Iron Lady.

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Belgium

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France

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Italy

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Spain

Built in 1889 for a World's Fair, the Eiffel Tower was originally intended to be torn down after 20 years.

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Frederick Douglass

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Thurgood Marshall

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Booker T. Washington

Dr. King delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963 to a crowd of over 250,000 people in Washington D.C.

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The Nile

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The Yangtze

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The Amazon

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The Mississippi

The Nile stretches over 4,000 miles through northeastern Africa and was the lifeline of ancient Egyptian civilization.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Woodrow Wilson

3

Herbert Hoover

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Dwight Eisenhower

FDR led the U.S. through most of WWII but died in April 1945 just weeks before Germany surrendered.

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The Luftwaffe

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The Wehrmacht

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The SS Panzer

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The Gestapo

The Gestapo was founded in 1933 and used terror and surveillance to crush opposition inside Nazi Germany.

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1918

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1923

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1912

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1908

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, on its very first voyage, and over 1,500 passengers lost their lives.

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Alexander Fleming

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Louis Pasteur

3

Marie Curie

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Edward Jenner

Fleming discovered penicillin by accident in 1928 when mold contaminated a petri dish and killed surrounding bacteria.

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Australia

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New Zealand

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Canada

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United States

New Zealand granted women the right to vote in 1893, making it the first self-governing country in the world to do so.

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James Watt

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Thomas Edison

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Nikola Tesla

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Benjamin Franklin

Edison patented his practical light bulb in 1879, though he tested over 6,000 materials before finding the right filament.

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Yankee Doodle

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My Country 'Tis Of Thee

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America The Beautiful

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The Star-Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics in 1814 after watching the British bombard Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.

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Alaska

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Arizona

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Hawaii

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New Mexico

Hawaii became the 50th state on August 21, 1959, just months after Alaska joined as the 49th.

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Troy

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Corinth

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Athens

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Sparta

Built around 447 BC, the Parthenon was a temple honoring the goddess Athena, for whom Athens was named.

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Charles Dickens

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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William Shakespeare

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Mark Twain

Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet around 1594, basing it on an Italian tale that was already over 50 years old.

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1965

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1971

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1967

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1969

Apollo 11 landed on July 20, 1969, and an estimated 600 million people watched the moonwalk live on television.

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England

2

Spain

3

Portugal

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Italy

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain funded Columbus's voyage, hoping to find a faster trade route to Asia.

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The Mayflower Compact

2

The Bill Of Rights

3

The Emancipation Proclamation

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The Magna Carta

England's Magna Carta limited the king's power for the first time and became the foundation for modern democratic law.

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Eleanor Of Aquitaine

2

Catherine De Medici

3

Joan Of Arc

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Marie Antoinette

Joan of Arc was just 17 years old when she led French forces to victory at Orleans in 1429 during the Hundred Years' War.

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Project Vanguard

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Project Gemini

3

Project Apollo

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Project Mercury

Project Mercury ran from 1958 to 1963 and put the first Americans in space, including John Glenn's famous Earth orbit in 1962.

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Botticelli

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Raphael

3

Leonardo Da Vinci

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Michelangelo

Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512, lying on his back on scaffolding for four years.

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Greece

2

Rome

3

Persia

4

Egypt

The first recorded Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC and honored the god Zeus.

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Harry S. Truman

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Dwight Eisenhower

3

Franklin D. Roosevelt

4

Herbert Hoover

Truman authorized the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 ending World War II in the Pacific.

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The Trojan Horse

2

The Spartan Shield

3

The Wooden Ram

4

The Athenian Stallion

Greek soldiers hid inside a giant wooden horse to sneak into Troy around 1200 BC, ending the decade-long Trojan War.

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The Dayton Glider

2

The Spirit Of St. Louis

3

The Wright Flyer

4

The Kitty Hawk Eagle

The Wright Flyer made its historic 12-second flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903.

1

Leif Erikson

2

Amerigo Vespucci

3

John Cabot

4

Vasco Da Gama

Norse explorer Leif Erikson reached North America around 1000 AD, nearly 500 years before Columbus, landing in a place he called Vinland.

1

Russia

2

Britain

3

France

4

Canada

The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for just $7.2 million — about two cents per acre — in a deal mocked as Seward's Folly.

1

Harriet Beecher Stowe

2

Rosa Parks

3

Sojourner Truth

4

Susan B. Anthony

Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, sparking a 381-day bus boycott that changed history.

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Germany

2

Spain

3

Britain

4

France

The American Revolution ended in 1783 when Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, officially recognizing American independence.

1

Mount Stromboli

2

Mount Etna

3

Mount Vesuvius

4

Mount Olympus

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD and buried Pompeii under nearly 20 feet of volcanic ash, preserving the city for centuries.

1

The Egyptians

2

The Romans

3

The Greeks

4

The Babylonians

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2560 BC and remained the tallest man-made structure on Earth for over 3,800 years.

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1918

2

1914

3

1916

4

1917

The U.S. joined World War I in April 1917 after Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare targeting American ships.

1

Francisco Pizarro

2

Hernán Cortés

3

Juan Ponce De León

4

Vasco Núñez De Balboa

Balboa crossed Panama in 1513 and became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.

1

The Santa Maria

2

The Amistad

3

The Endeavour

4

The Mayflower

Enslaved Africans seized the Amistad in 1839 and their case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming a landmark freedom ruling.

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Robert Falcon Scott

2

Roald Amundsen

3

Ernest Shackleton

4

Henry Hudson

Roald Amundsen's Norwegian team beat Britain's Scott by five weeks, planting their flag on December 14, 1911.

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The Spice Trail

2

The Amber Route

3

The Royal Road

4

The Silk Road

The Silk Road stretched over 4,000 miles and carried not just silk but also spices, glass, and ideas between civilizations for centuries.

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Germany

2

The Soviet Union

3

The United States

4

China

The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, shocking the world and igniting the Space Race with America.

1

Hannah Senesh

2

Corrie Ten Boom

3

Irena Sendler

4

Anne Frank

Anne Frank hid with her family in a secret Amsterdam apartment for over two years before being discovered in 1944 — her diary has since sold over 30 million copies.

1

The War Of 1812

2

The Revolutionary War

3

The Civil War

4

The Mexican-American War

The Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865 and remains the deadliest conflict in American history, claiming over 600,000 lives.

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Ancient Greece

2

Ancient Egypt

3

Ancient Persia

4

Ancient Rome

Athens introduced democracy around 507 BC under the leader Cleisthenes, giving male citizens the right to vote on city laws directly.

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1979

2

1985

3

1989

4

1991

The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, reuniting families separated since 1961 and signaling the end of the Cold War.

1

Bessie Coleman

2

Jacqueline Cochran

3

Amelia Earhart

4

Harriet Quimby

Amelia Earhart completed her solo transatlantic flight in May 1932, landing in a pasture in Northern Ireland after nearly 15 hours in the air.

1

Thomas Jefferson

2

James Madison

3

James Monroe

4

John Adams

John Adams moved into the still-unfinished White House in November 1800, just months before leaving office.

1

John F. Kennedy

2

Franklin Roosevelt

3

Dwight Eisenhower

4

Harry Truman

Franklin Roosevelt was placed on the dime in 1946 honoring his support for the March of Dimes polio campaign.

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Carthage

2

Alexandria

3

Babylon

4

Nineveh

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and may never have actually existed.

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1812

2

1776

3

1803

4

1848

President Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in 1803, nearly doubling the size of the United States.

1

Florence Nightingale

2

Susan B. Anthony

3

Harriet Beecher Stowe

4

Marie Curie

Marie Curie won her first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and later won a second one in Chemistry in 1911.

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Hermes

2

Ares

3

Apollo

4

Poseidon

Hermes was also the Greek god of travel and trade, and his winged sandals inspired the modern medical symbol.

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Delaware

2

Pennsylvania

3

Virginia

4

Massachusetts

Delaware ratified the Constitution on December 7, 1787, earning its nickname The First State.

1

Italy

2

Turkey

3

Spain

4

Greece

Pompeii was buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and its remarkably preserved ruins were rediscovered in 1748.

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