century...? I have a paper for my Western Civ II course, it's not due until May, but the topic is due soon. It can be anything relevant to development of civilization during the previously state time periods. Examples: events, people, movements, political systems, culture, society/social...
It depends on what kind of school you applied to. If it's a harder one to get into, they might. However, when I applied to Penn State I accidentally put an activity that I didn't do in school, they never questioned it, and I got accepted.