Modern World History Scavenger Hunt

Geography –

  1. It is the only country Portugal borders: ______
  2. Mt.Fuji towers over this famous city: ______
  3. The arid expanse covering North Africa is called______
  4. The Equator is at what degree latitude ______
  5. The International Dateline is at what degree longitude ______
  6. Mt.Everest is the highest point of what mountain range ______
  7. Name the 7 continents ______, ______, ______,

______, ______, ______, ______

  1. Name the 4 oceans ______, ______, ______, ______
  2. Mesopotamia is found between the Tigris and EuphratesRivers in what present day

Country ______

  1. What present day country was once home to Persia ______

Religions –

  1. What is the name of the world’s oldest organized religion ______
  2. Polytheism is the belief in ______
  3. Siddhartha Gautama is the founder of what religion ______
  4. What is the name of the great philosopher and spiritual leader in ancient China

______

  1. What is the worlds oldest monotheistic religion
  2. The religion of Islam was founded by Muhammad in this modern day country

______

  1. The followers of Islam are called ______
  2. For Christians, this book is the inspired word of God ______
  3. Jews, Christians, and Muslims, all consider this ancient city to be holy ______
  4. Which two major religions believe in reincarnation ______& ______

VIP’s

  1. He created the 1st written code of law ______
  2. They are consider to be the three great philosophers of Greece ______,

______, and ______

  1. He ruled Athens during its Golden Age ______
  2. This King is best remembered for beheading two of his wives ______
  3. Elizabeth I is the daughter of what notorious King ______
  4. He is the author of the Declaration of Independence ______
  5. He was the 1st president of the United States ______
  6. This French monarch lost his head during the French Revolution ______
  7. The name of the French dictator who crown himself Emperor ______
  8. Napoleon was defeated by this British Duke at Waterloo______
  9. This economist wrote the Communist Manifesto ______
  10. The Hawaiian monarch overthrown by American Buisness: ______
  11. The famous artist who painted Starry Night: ______
  12. Leader of the Nationalist in China ______
  13. Dictator of Soviet Russia ______
  14. First Communist Leader of China ______
  15. Fascist dictator of Italy (WWII) ______
  16. Nazi dictator of Germany ______
  17. Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Blitz ______
  18. President of the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis ______

Significant Events

  1. The assassination of this Austrian Duke sparked the events in the Balkans leading to WWI______
  2. During WWI, 1916-1917 was known as the “Great Slaughter” because of this type of

Warfare ______

  1. The sinking of this ship was just one of the events in bringing the U.S. into WWII on the side of the Allies ______
  2. President Franklin Roosevelt helped the U.S. economy rise out of the Great Depression by enacting an economic recovery called: ______
  3. This event know as “an act that will live in infamy” caused the U.S. to join the Allied powers during WWII: ______
  4. U.S. forces helped turn the tide in favor of the Allies during WWII with this June 6, 1944 invasion: ______
  5. This nation was created in 1948 as a homeland for Jews displaced by the Holocaust:

______

  1. Cold War tensions between the U.S. and Soviets reached their height when the Soviets

Placed nuclear missiles on this Island ______

  1. In 1985, Mikhal Gorbachev lead the Soviet Union into a new era of reforms called:

______

  1. The tearing down of this wall marked the reunification of Germany and end of the Cold War:

______