The Age of Enlightenment
This movement was the antithesis to the Age of Enlightenment
What is Romanticism?
This border, named by Winston Churchill, separated Europe into the Western and Eastern Blocs.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This pandemic between 1346 and 1353 killed nearly ⅔ of Europe’s population and led to massive social changes in Europe
What is the Black Death?
This person is the father of Mormonism, and founded the faith with the titular Book of Mormon.
Who was Joseph Smith?
Hong Kong illustrator Kasing Lung developed this series of elf plush toys distributed by Chinese retailer Pop Mart which by 2024 became known for its extreme resale inflation.
What is Labubu?
This religious philosophy, popular among Enlightenment thinkers, was the belief in a supreme power/God who did not interfere/interact with the human world
What is Deism?
This US foreign policy was established in 1947 is seen as the catalyst for the Cold War, and intended to stop the spread of Communism in other countries.
What is the Truman Doctrine? (also accept containment policy)
This now eradicated virus was brought to the Americas through the Columbian Exchange and killed millions of the indigenous population
What is Smallpox?
Originating from the “Burned Over” District in New York, this religious revival was prominent in both wealthy and poor circles, created a dozen new christian denominations, and was heavily related to other movements like the Temperance, Abolitionist, and Women's Rights movement.
What is “The Great Awakening”? OR What is the Second Great Awakening?
These absorbent polymer beads that grow in water were originally created by Maya Toys in 2009 and later acquired by Spin Master in 2019. Recently, French YouTuber Cyril Schreiner faked that he overran his neighborhood's drainage system using these.
What is Orbeez?
A theory of state where individuals surrender a portion of their absolute freedom to a governing authority or community in exchange for security, order, and protection of rights
What is The Social Contract?
Soviet official Nikolai Metutsov reportedly “fell in love” with this Argentinian revolutionary in a political meeting in 1964, with Metutsov saying to him, “You know, I’m a little older than you, but I like you, I like above all your looks”
Who is Che Guevara?
From 165-180, this epidemic struck the Roman Empire and killed anywhere from 10-30% of the empire’s population, greatly accelerating the decline of “Pax Romana,” and is the world’s first known pandemic
What was the Antonine Plague?
After William Miller predicted that the Second Advent of Jesus Christ would occur in 1843-1844. After his predictions did not come to pass, this period occurred.
What was the Great Disappointment?
Despite Hulk (2003) largely being considered a box-office failure, this toy merchandise developed by ToyBiz became a cultural phenomenon. Nobody was safe.
What are Hulk Hands?
This French philosopher formulated the modern theory of the separation of powers—arguing that the authority of the state should be divided into three separate branches
Who was Baron de Montesquieu?
This is the name for the first human orbital spaceflight in history, kicking off the Space Age, and sending cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into earth’s orbit
What is Vostok 1?
After the bubonic plague outbreaks in San Francisco from 1900-1904 and 1907-1908, plague infected fleas jumped from rats to this animal, which still results in plague infections in California today
What is the California Ground Squirrel?
Beginning in 1873, this women’s movement used Christian teachings to protest against liquor and prostitution, alongside advocating for women’s rights.
What is the Woman’s Christian Temperance Movement?
In the holiday season of 1996, the craze and mania for this red electronic plush toy sent at least one person to the emergency room with a broken rib.
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
In 1792, this pioneering feminist text argued that women's intellectual deficiencies were a product of poor systemic education rather than nature
What is Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft?
This cosmonaut was the first ever (human) woman to enter space, with her flight being a massive ideological win for the Soviet Union during the Space Race.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
While it is not definitively proven, the primary hypothesis for this disease is that it originated in the Americas and brought back to Europe after 1492
What is Syphilis?
Originating as the Bible Student Movement, after the death of the founder and the group splintering, Joseph Franklin Rutherford and the Watch Tower Society chose this as the new name for their movement.
What are Jehovah's Witnesses?
This line of plush robotic hamster-shaped toys was created by Cepia LLC in July 2009 originally as Go Go Pets but changed its name in October. For some reason they released a movie in 2024, 11 years after the toy was discontinued.
What are ZhuZhu Pets?