Epic History Quiz

Which event is often considered as the beginning of the Cold War?

Which 19th-century policy sought to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society?

Which military academy did Robert E. Lee attend?

Who was the famous botanist who traveled with Captain Cook on his first voyage?

Who was the US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Which Viking explorer founded the first Norse settlements in Greenland?

What does "Sic transit gloria mundi" mean in English?

In 1999, he became President of Venezuela?

Aristotle's father worked at the court of Amyntas III as a?

Which Pharaoh's tomb, discovered in 1922, gave us most of our knowledge about Ancient Egypt due to its excellent preservation?

Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?

Which U.S. city was the destination for the famous 1965 civil rights march led by Martin Luther King Jr.?

What was the name of the American researcher who discovered the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu in 1911?

What name, taken from the port in Devon, England from where they had set sail, was given to the colony founded in Massachusetts in 1620 by the pilgrims?

Which battle was a significant victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes over the U.S. Army?

Who was the last Muslim ruler of Granada, effectively ending the Reconquista?

In the Inca Empire, what was the official language?

Which event symbolized the end of the Cold War?

In what year did the first Europeans discover New Zealand?

What was the name of the settlement of colonists that grew up on the site of today's city of New York in the 17th century?