Russian czarina who killed her husband so she could have power, but turned out to be a pretty good leader.
What is Catherine the Great?
100
Formed the legislative commission, a meeting for Russians across the empire to talk about the problems in the country
What is Catherine the Great?
100
The sun king.
What is Louis XIV?
100
Wrote Leviathan, (a mythical whale like creature) describing what life was like in the state of nature (society with no rules). He believe absolute monarchy was the best form of government.
What is Thomas Hobbes?
100
Person who ruled France as an absolute monarch and built the palace of Versailles?
What is Louis XIV?
200
Prussian leader who fought wars against other countries to gain territory, that would later become Germany.
What is Frederick the Great?
200
He was exiled from his country, but he returned to rule for one hundred days when he heard his country wasn't doing well. But then he got exiled again.
What is Napoleon?
200
Russian czar who tried to modernize Russia and built a city he named after himself.
What is Peter the Great?
200
He became the first black president of South Africa – as president he tried to settle political differences and stabilize the economy
What is Nelson Mandela?
200
French military leader who became emperor of France after the French Revolution.
What is Napoleon?
300
Developed the steam engine and was memorialized by having a of power named after him.
What is James Watt?
300
He had a first class ticket for a train in South Africa, but was forced to move to the third-class car because he was Indian.
What is Gandhi?
300
German scientist who developed the theory of relativity.
What is Albert Einstein?
300
Instituted the Great Terror, during which he killed other communists that he thought were a threat to him
What is Joseph Stalin?
300
Monarch from England who ruled over the largest empire in world history.
What is Queen Victoria?
400
Scottish economist who wrote about how the invisible hand would guide people acting in their own self interest to create a wealthier society.
What is Adam Smith?
400
Launched the first Five Year Plan called the Great Leap Forward, which resulted in famine and millions of deaths
What is Mao Zedong?
400
Political philosopher who believed that people have a right to form a government to protect their natural rights of life, liberty and property.
What is John Locke?
400
She suffered significant hardship in her life, because many members of her family were killed for political reasons.
What is Benazir Bhutto?
400
Last Queen of France who lost her head to the guillotine.
What is Marie Antoinette?
500
British explorer of Africa who wanted to end the slave traded and discovered Victoria Falls?
What is David Livingstone?
500
Wrote the Communist Manifesto, which was a book about how the poor should rise up against the rich and overthrow capitalism
What is Karl Marx?
500
Inventor who developed important ideas about electricity and invented the first electric motor and generator.
What is Michael Faraday?
500
He wanted a free market economy where people could buy and sell good however they wanted and he believed that an “invisible hand” would guide the economy to produce better outcomes for all people
What is Adam Smith?
500
In the French Revolution, the leader of the Committee for Public Safety and the Reign of Terror, who lost his head.