World History Questions

The Oseberg Ship was in use for several years before 834 when it was finally used as a grave ship for two important women.

The Oseberg Ship was excavated in the summer of 1904 in the Slagen Valley in Vestfold, by archaeologist Gabriel Gustafson. The ship lay in a grave mound, which had a diameter of 44 meters, on property belonging to the farm Lille Oseberg.

Axis powers, the coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied powers in World War II.

The "Axis powers" formally took the name after the Tripartite Pact was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan on 27 September 1940, in Berlin.

The pact was subsequently joined by Hungary (20 November 1940), Romania (23 November 1940), Slovakia (24 November 1940), and Bulgaria (1 March 1941) and these were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied forces.

The first history book was written by Herodotus around 5th century B.C.

Stokely Carmichael, a civil rights leader, used the term 'Black Power' to promote solidarity among African-Americans.