Dates

Question 0

711

Answer 0

Moors reached Spain via Morocco.

Question 1

621

Answer 1

Islam began in Mecca.

Question 2

1066

Answer 2

Battle of Hastings

Question 3

1492

Answer 3

“Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”-Moors defeated by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.

Question 4

1588

Answer 4

Spanish Armada defeated by the English, leading to England becoming the hegemonic power.

Question 5

1607

Answer 5

English settlement at Jamestown, VA.

Question 6

1619

Answer 6

1st slaves arrived in Virginia.

Question 7

1620

Answer 7

Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, MA.

Question 8

1776

Answer 8

American colonists declared independence from Britain.

Question 9

1789

Answer 9

French Revolution. (First mention of ‘terrorism’ for the Reign of Terror.)

Question 10

1803

Answer 10

Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon’s France that effectively doubled the size of the US, as well as when the world reached its first billion people - Thomas Jefferson is president.

Question 11

1830’s

Answer 11

Cyrus McCormack invented the reaper, trains made transportation and communication easier and Samuel Morse invented the telegraph.

Question 12

1860’s

Answer 12

Civil War (1861-1865) - Lincoln became the 16th president of the US, industrial revolution.

Question 13

1869

Answer 13

Transcontinental railroad finished (Golden Spike-Promontory, Utah). Suez Canal formally opened to traffic, November 17, 100 miles long, connecting by the way of 3 natural lakes, the Gulf of Suez and the Indian Ocean.

Question 14

1896

Answer 14

Plessy v. Ferguson - Supreme Court ruling of “separate by equal” declared.

Question 15

1898

Answer 15

Spanish-American War was fought in 3 months. America won and acquired the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Guam.

Question 16

1914-1918

Answer 16

The Great War

Question 17

1917

Answer 17

Bolshevik Revolution led by Lenin to overthrow the Romanov Dynasty. Beginning of Communism that lasted until 1991.

Question 18

1920

Answer 18

Woman in America receive suffrage.

Question 19

1929

Answer 19

October - called Black Tuesday - Stock Market Crash started worldwide Depression.

Question 20

1939-1945

Answer 20

World War II

Question 21

1949

Answer 21

Founding of the People’s Republic of China - Communism Prevailed.

Question 22

1950-1953

Answer 22

Korean War

Question 23

1954

Answer 23

Brown v. Board of Education - Supreme Court ruling that shot down Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of “separate but equal”. Began integration in the US.

Question 24

1960’s

Answer 24

Vietnam War, civil rights in US

Question 25

1989

Answer 25

November 9 - Berlin Wall Fell.

Question 26

1991

Answer 26

USSR fell; Desert Storm

Question 27

2001

Answer 27

September 11 - US declared war on Terrorism

Question 28

2003

Answer 28

US invaded Iraq

Question 29

2008

Answer 29

Unprecedented event - half of the world’s population lives in an urban setting.