Caesarian Rome
The River Caesar crossed in 49 BCE, beginning a civil war
what is the Rubicon?
The document signed in 1215 that limited the English king's power
Magna Carta
The prison stormed on July 14, 1789, becoming a symbol of revolution.
What is the Bastille?
The 1884-1885 meeting where European powers divided most of Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
The Surprise attack that brought the United States into the war in 1941.
What is the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
Caesar's famous three-word message after defeating Pharnaces at Zela
What is "Veni, Vidi, Vici"?
What is "I came, I saw, I conquered"?
The military campaigns launched to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.
What are the Crusades?
The device associated with the Reign of Terror
What is the guillotine?
The policy in which a powerful nation extends control over weaker territories
What is Imperialism?
The code name of the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
What is Operation Overlord?
Caesar was assassinated on this date in 44 BCE.
What are the Ides of March?
The pandemic that killed millions across Europe during the 14th century.
What is the Black Plague?
The radical political leader who became the face of the Reign of Terror.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
This British colony was often called "The Jewel in the Crown" of the Empire.
What is India?
The conference where Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin discussed the postwar world.
What is the Yalta Conference?
Caesar formed this political alliance with Pompey and Crassus.
What is the First Triumvirate?
This system organized medieval society into lordsm vassals, and serfs.
What is Feudalism?
The revolutionary slogan emphasizing liberty, equality, and brotherhood.
What is "Liberté, égalité, fraternité"?
What is "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"?
The conflict between Britain and the Boer republics in southern Africa.
What is the Boer War?
The secret project that developed the first atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
After Caesar's death, this adopted heir defeated his rivals and became Rome's first emperor.
Who is Augustus (Octavian)?
This 1066 battle established Norman rule in England.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
The coup of 18 Brumaire brought this military leader to power.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
The doctrine often used to justify imperial expansion by claiming stronger nations should dominate weaker ones.
What is Social Darwinism?
The military strategy involving "island hopping" across the Pacific toward Japan.
What is Island Hopping?