Friday Agenda

Friday we will be completing an Independent Research Activity, posted on Edmodo. 

As we begin our Project Citizen Unit, one key skill necessary for success is the ability to independently research. Find the answers to the following questions. YOU DO NOT NEED COMPLETE SENTENCES. YOU MUST GIVE TWO SOURCES TO VERIFY YOUR ANSWER. List those sources right next to your answer. In addition, please include 2 PICTURES relevant to your answers. 

Please complete this assignment on Blogger, and submit the link.

1. It has been said “The sun never set on which empire”? This was the most powerful empire during the 16th and 17th centuries.

2. The Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, took control of what country AND in what year?

3. Which Aztec emperor was killed by Cortez and his conquistadors?

4. Which North American country became part of the British Empire at the end of the Seven Years’ War in 1763?

5. Who was the commander of the first expedition to circumnavigate (go around) the entire globe?

6. The first atomic bomb used for war was dropped on which city AND on which date?

7. In 1982 a dispute over which islands caused Argentina and the United Kingdom to go to war?

8. Which Southern Hemisphere country was founded by the British as a place to send criminals during the 18th century?

9. Which 16th century empire stretched from the Balkans, through Turkey, and into Arabia and the Middle East?

10. Which two neighboring Asian countries are bitter enemies and both tested nuclear weapons in 1998?

11. Which empire was Cleopatra the queen of?

12. Which country did the USSR (Russia) invade in 1968 to end it’s attempt at freedom?

13. The storming of the Bastille in Paris was the beginning of what major event?

14. Which Mesoamerican civilization followed the Olmec?

15. In which U.S. state did the hydrogen filled blimp the Hindenburg explode in 1937?