Summer Institute History Trivia!

Who was the first female Pharaoh of ancient Egypt?

• Nefertiti

• Hatshepsut

• Cleopatra

• Isis

What was the name of the first successful powered flight by the Wright brothers in 1903?

• The Eagle

• The Flyer

• The Hawk

• The Falcon

Who was the first president of the United States to die in office?

• John F. Kennedy

• James A. Garfield

• William Henry Harrison

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe by ship?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

• James Cook

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who was the first president of the United States to be born outside of the original 13 colonies?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

What was the name of the treaty that ended World War I?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Tordesillas

Who was the founder of the Mongol Empire and the largest contiguous empire in history?

• Attila the Hun

• Genghis Khan

• Alexander the Great

• Julius Ceasar

Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?

• Senegal

• Ethiopia

• Tanzania

• Ghana

What was the name of the ancient Egyptian writing system that used hieroglyphs?

• Demotic

• Hieratic

• Rosetta Stone

• Cuneiform

What was the name of the organization founded in 1945 to promote international cooperation and prevent future wars?

• NATO

• European Union

• United Nations

• League of Nations