Renaissance
This movement emphasized human potential and achievement.
What is humanism?
This new power source helped factories grow rapidly in Britain.
What is the steam engine?
The assassination of this Austrian archduke sparked World War I.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
This dictator led Germany during World War II.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
The two superpowers involved in the Cold War were the United States and this country.
What is the Soviet Union?
This Italian city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
People moved from rural areas to cities.
What is urbanization?
These deep ditches were used by soldiers on the Western Front.
What is trenches?
The surprise attack on this U.S. naval base brought America into WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This crisis in 1962 nearly led to nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This artist painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo DaVinci?
This economic system supports private ownership and free markets.
What is capitalism?
This treaty officially ended World War I and punished Germany harshly.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This invasion of Normandy in 1944 became a major turning point in the war.
What is D-Day?
The name given by Churchill to Eastern Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
The Queen of England that defined this era, giving a secondary name to the time period.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I? (Elizabethan Era)
The name of the spinning wheel that revolutionized textile production.
The last czar of Russia.
Who is Nicholas II?
The American Program to develop the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
The senator that caused a witch hunt for communists in the US government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?