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| The documentary series Lost Children, Shattered Families chronicles members of this tribe who had their kids taken and put in Indian schools. With the Arapaho, these people were guaranteed ownership of the Black Hills in a treaty signed at Fort Laramie. While led, in part, by Crazy Horse, this tribe defeated the 7th Cavalry led by George Custer. For the point, name this Great Plains tribe led by Sitting Bull. | Sioux (accept Lakota; accept Dakota) |
| This ruler supervised the creation of the portfolio “Explanations of Agriculture.” During this man’s reign, the polymath Jang Yeong-Sil invented one of the first rain gauges. The Hall of Worthies was established by this leader at Gyeongbokgung Palce. This ruler abandoned the use of Chinese characters, instead having his scholars create the Hangul script. For the point, name this Joseon Emperor known as the “Great.” | Sejong the Great |
| This leader led a systematic dismantling of a colony established in modern-day Colchester. Gaius Suetonius Paulinus defeated this rebel in the Midlands who, according to Tacitus, then poisoned herself. After she was flogged, this leader burned Londinium with her Briton countrymen. For the point, name this Iceni tribe leader that rebelled against the Roman Empire in 60 AD. | Boudicca (accept Boadicea; accept Buddug) |
| A subsection of one of these acts was used during World War II to detain former citizens of Axis countries. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison secretly denounced these acts in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. These acts were passed in response to the Quasi-War with France, with one allowing deportation from the US. For the point, name this John Adams-era legislation that made it harder to immigrate to the United States. | Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 |
| This country is home to a school of philosophy that claimed “a white horse is not a horse.” In addition to the School of Names, this country was home to a school that emphasizes the Three Treasures and the title concept, which is represented by Yin and Yang. Daoism originated in, for the point, what home country of Laozi, whose modern political thinkers include Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong? | China (accept Zhongguo) |
| In1847,thisshipreceivedPopePiusIXmarkingthefirsttimethePopehadsteppedfootonAmerican territory. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. described this ship as the “eagle of the sea” in a poem meant to save it from being decommissioned. This vessel earned its nickname while fighting the HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812. For the point, name this ship nicknamed “Old Ironsides”, the oldest naval ship still in active service in the world. | USS Constitution (accept Old Ironsides before it is read) |
| The governor of this state ordered the use of a howitzer during a manhunt for Earls Durand. This state elected Nellie Ross who, along with Miriam Ferguson, was the first female governor in the United States. Upon being admitted to the Union in 1890, this state became the first to give women the right to vote. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is from, for the point, what state led from Cheyenne? | Wyoming |
| The Oracle of Delphi predicted “a great empire will be destroyed” if an army crossed the Halys to fight this emperor. This son of Cambyses I [the first] died after crossing the Syr River to fight the Massagetae tribe. This king, who ruled from Pasargadae, created the satrapy system of his empire and subjugated Croesus of Lydia. For the point, name this founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. | Cyrus the Great |
| The death of this man caused Pope Alexander III [the third] to ban one ruler from mass until he performed public penance. This man’s death was caused after one ruler remarked “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest.” This holy man excommunicated bishops such as Gilbert Foliot and Josceline de Bohon for crowning Henry the Young King. Henry II ordered the death of, for the point, what Archbishop of Canterbury? | Saint Thomas Becket (or Thomas `a Becket) |
| In the aftermath of this battle, thousands of civilians fled in the Runaway Scrape. Moses Rose was labeled the coward of this battle for supposedly being one of the few people to flee. William Travis commanded the defending side in this battle which was bolstered by James Bowie and Davy Crockett. For the point, name this 1836 battle in which Texan forces defended a mission in what is now San Antonio. | Battle of the Alamo |
| This man touches the chest of a soldier in an Antoine-Jean Gros painting depicting him “Visiting the Plague Victims at Jaffa.” A clock reads 4:13 A.M in a painting depicting him with his hand in his waistcoat. This man is depicted at the Saint-Bernard Pass on a rearing white horse in a Jacques-Louis David painting. For the point, name this figure who is often depicted “Crossing the Alps.” | Napoleon Bonaparte (accept either underlined name; accept Napoleon I) |
| This explorer, who was given a fief in Sines, died near the city of Cochin. Camoen’s master epic The Lusiads fictionalizes the travels of this explorer in locales like modern Mozambique. This man responded that he was searching for “Christians and Spices” after arriving in Calicut. For the point, name this Portuguese explorer who, in 1498, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and made it to India. | Vasco da Gama |
| A member of this family lost his adopted son, John Payne Todd, in the 1793 Yellow Fever outbreak in Philadelphia. In the aftermath of the Battle of Bladensburg, a President from this family fled Washington D.C. A first lady from this family legendarily saved a portrait of George Washington from British soldiers. For the point, name this family that included Dolley and James. | Madison |
| In this modern-day country, 4,000 officers were killed in the Katyn Forest in a massacre blamed on Nazi Germany. This country supposedly has “Europe’s Last Dictatorship” under the rule of Alexander Lukashenko. This country had a greater percentage of its population fall ill in the aftermath of the Chernobyl incident than neighboring Ukraine. For the point, name this Eastern European country led from Minsk. | Belarus |
| The Altuna stone depicts an instance of this action which results in Thor’s foot going through the bottom of his vehicle. Sobek uses a device for performing this action to gather Horus’ sons from the Nile. Maui uses a magical tool for this action to catch and slow down the sun. For the point, name this action which Thor performed in a boat to capture Jormangander before Hymir cut the line. | fishing (accept obvious equivalents such as catching fish) |
| Radio Cairo reported that 45,000 Muslims died in this country during the S´etif and Guelma massacre. The Evian Accords temporarily halted a conflict in this country between the FLN and a Charles De Gaulle-led government. During Operation Torch, an invasion of North Africa, Allied forces captured cities such as Oran and Constantine in this modern-day country. For the point, name this former French colony with capital at Algiers. | Algeria |
| A 1919 race riot broke out in this city after Eugene Williams was killed while swimming on an unofficially segregated beach. The 1968 Democratic National Convention was hosted in this city and featured protesters being corralled by “Daley Dozers.” In 1871, Mrs. O’Leary’s cow legendarily started a fire in this city. For the point, name this largest city in Illinois. | Chicago |
| In 2015, this leader started the 709 Crackdown, jailing lawyers and human rights activists. This man’s government has pushed the “Belt and Road initiative,” an infrastructure program that includes heavy investment in Africa. This leader recently ordered the quarantine of Wuhan due to the Coronavirus outbreak in his country. For the point, name this President of China. | Xi Jinping |
| A “southern” one of these acts barred former Confederates from participating and was proposed by Freedmen’s Bureau Chief Oliver Howard in an attempt to break the cycle of sharecropping. The first of these acts allowed any settler willing to move out west to claim 160 acres of US public land. For the point, name these acts that take their name from a type of isolated home, often made from sod on the Great Plains. | Homestead Acts |
| In the early 1800s, the only resident of these islands, specifically Isla Floreana, was an Irish sailor name Patrick Watkins. The last of a species of tortoise on this island chain was named “Lonesome George.” This island chain is where Charles Darwin studied finches on his second voyage on the HMS Beagle. For the point, name this island chain owned by Ecuador. | Galapagos Islands |
| This man and his cousin Daniel Morgan served as wagoners during the Braddock Expedition. This frontiersman and his men’s ambush on a Shawnee camp are fictionalized in James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans. This explorer founded a namesake borough in Kentucky while traveling with the Transylvania Company. For the point, name this pioneer who traveled through the Cumberland Gap. | Daniel Boone |
| During one event, the defenders of this city stripped the guns from the Aurora to combat an encroaching army. Supplies to this city were delivered through the “Road of Life” over the frozen Lake Ladoga. Adolf Hitler was so assured of the capture of this city that he printed invitations to a victory party at the Hotel Astoria. For the point, name this Soviet city that withstood a 900-day siege during World War II. | Leningrad (prompt on Saint Petersburg) |
| This author of The Naval War of 1812 modernized the Asiatic Squadron as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under William McKinley. Woodrow Wilson chose John Pershing instead of this man to lead the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. This man led a charge up Kettle Hill as a member of the Rough Riders. For the point, name this man who became the 26th President of the United States. | Theodore Roosevelt (prompt on Roosevelt) |
| This country is home to Gavrinis Island, which contains neolithic stone slabs with spiral designs. The Cairn of Barnenez, one of the oldest surviving buildings on Earth, is located in this country. This country is home to cave paintings in Lascaux. The regions of Brittany and Lorraine are located in this country. For the point, name this country where many castles can be found in the Loire Valley. | France |
| This attack led to the fall of the Citadel, a complex built by Emperor Gia Long in the 1800s. This attack included the capture of the ancient city of Hue and an assault on Khe Sanh. 200,000 troops used the Ho Chi Minh trail in preparation for this attack led by Hoang Van Thai. For the point, name this offensive launched by North Vietnam during a ceasefire for a namesake holiday. | Tet Offensive |
| Due to being preoccupied with this war, Spain lost control of Portugal, leading to the rise of the House of Braganza. To protect Lutheran Holstein, Denmark, led by Christian IV [the forth] intervened in this war. The Second Defenestration of Prague kicked off this war which was ended by the Peace of Westphalia. For the point, name this conflict that raged from 1618 to 1648. | Thirty Years’ War |
| Black refugees Abraham and John Horse resisted this act. The Treaty of Cusseta allowed the Muscogee to sell individual plots of land prior to this event. Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act gave the government the power to carry out this event. Winfield Scott oversaw, for the point, what forced removal of the Five Civilized Tribes to the Indian Territory? | Trail of Tears (acceptdescriptionslikeIndian RemovaltoOklahomaorIndian Removal out West) |
| This empire fought the Small War with Venice, gaining back an area known as Morea. The Treaty of Lausanne superseded the Treaty of Sevres, giving this empire control of the Zone of the Straits. This empire, which experienced the Tulip period, suffered the Auspicious Incident, which led to the abolishment of the Janissary Corps. For the point, name this empire overthrown by the Young Turks. | Ottoman Empire |
| A movement in this state was led by Mario Spavio who gave the “bodies upon the gears speech.” The Black Panther Party was started in this state after its founders met at Merritt College. The Summer of Love, and the popularization of hippie culture, started in this state. In this state, numerous protests have started at a state university in Berkeley. For the point, name this state where counterculture movements have often started in San Francisco. | California |
| This city was defended from a Pereslavl horde led by Constantine of Ryazan by Prince Daniel. In 1610, this capital city was occupied by Sigismund III as part of the Polish-Muscovite War. Count Rostopchin ordered that this city be set on fire after Napoleon won the Battle of Borodino. For the point, name this difficult to conquer city, the capital of Russia. | Moscow Tiebreakers |
| Local writer Isaac Singer wrote an account of his time in this city during the interwar period titled A Day of Pleasure. Vladimir Lenin personally led an army in an attempt to take this city, which was turned back during the “Miracle on the Vistula.” An uprising in this city’s Ghetto ended in the deportation of thousands of Jews to the nearby Treblinka concentration camp. For the point, name this capital of Poland. | Warsaw |
| During the Tumu Crisis, the Oirat Mongols captured this dynasty’s Yingzong Emperor. One emperor of this dynasty moved the capital to Beijing, where he oversaw the construction of the Forbidden City. That emperor was the Yongle Emperor. Under this dynasty, Zheng He’s fleet was commissioned. The Hongwu Emperor founded, for the point, what Chinese dynasty famed for its blue and white porcelain pottery? | Ming Dynasty |