| Question | Answer |
| What is the last sentence of Martin Luther King’s, “I have a dream speech?” |
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| | When, by whom and HOW were the borders of modern day Iraq drawn? |
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| | How many Palestinian refugees are there today and where are the refugee camps? |
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| | What happened at the Munich Conference in 1938? |
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| | What percentage of the current African country borders are geometric? |
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| | When did African and Asian colonies gain independence from their European colonizer? (look at five countries on each continent) |
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| | Why is UN Resolution 282 significant? |
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| | What events led to the fall of the Berlin Wall? |
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| | How did the stock market crash in 1929 affect two countries (besides the US)? |
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| | What were the three most significant ‘inventions’ of the 20th century? |
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| | What reasons were given by the US government for dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945? |
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| | What did Churchill mean when he uttered the famous phrase, “the Iron Curtain?” |
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| | Were women better off at the end of the twentieth century than the beginning?Defend your answer with specific examples. |
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| | When was a ‘crime against humanity’ first used in international law and in what situations has it been applied since? |
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| | How has 20th century war fueled medical advancements? |
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| | What was the first ‘television’ war? |
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| | What happened during US Operation Peter Pan and Operation Urgent Fury? |
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| | How many communist revolutions took place in the twentieth century (and where)? |
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| | What are two instances in that a sport was used as a political tool in the 20th century? |
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| | Give the percentage of casualties (soldiers/civilians) in three twentieth century wars? |
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| | You choose! What moment in your opinion shaped history in the 20th century and why? | |
