| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Much of this civilization's eastern city-states like Akrotiri were covered in pumice following an eruption on Thera. Frescoes from this civilization depict a “King of the Lilies” and the sport of Bull-Leaping. Exemplified by “palace cities” like Malia and Knossos, for the point, name this proto-Greek civilization based on the island of Crete. | Minoan Civilization |
| In the 1930s, Benjamin Lee Whorf proved that this culture's script was decipherable and phonetic, later used as the groundwork of Yuri Knorozov to decipher their language. This culture's city-states were ruled by ajaw, and one named Pakal the Great expanded his borders beyond Palenque [[pah-LEHN-keh]]. A series of step pyramids were built in the "Classical" period of, for the point, what Mesoamerican people of the Yucatan? | Mayan Culture |
| In this city, General John Maxwell declared martial law and executed a series of prisoners in Kilmainham Jail. Members of the FIC killed fifteen people at a sporting event in Croke Park in this city to avenge the death of Cairo Gang members earlier that day. The seizure of the General Post Office in this city was a key event in the Easter Rising of 1916. For the point name this city at the heart of Irish independence, the modern capital of Ireland. | Dublin |
| William Henry Powell's depiction of this battle shows a commander transferring between the Lawrence to Niagara after the latter took too much damage. This engagement was brought on by blockades at Presque [[PRESK]] Isle and Amherstburg, while Captain Robert Barclay was exonerated following a court martial after it. The flag which stated "Don't Give Up the Ship" was raised above the Chesapeake during, for the point, what 1813 naval battle, a victory for Oliver Hazard Perry? | Battle of Lake Erie (accept Battle of Put-in-Bay) |
| A pirate confederacy composed of people of this culture group known as Narentines was targeted and eliminated by the navy of Doge Pietro the Second. Composer Alexander Borodin adapted one of this general group’s epic poems, The Tale of Igor's Campaign, into an opera first premiered in Saint Petersburg. Croats, Serbs, and Russians belong to, for the point, what general ethnolinguistic group populating much of Eastern Europe? | Slavic People (accept Old Slavonic; ask for a more general ethnolinguistic group if "Russian" or "Croat" is given as an answer) |