British History
who had a famous comet named after him?
Edmond Halley
Most successful absolute monarch in Europe during the 17th century.
Louis XIV (14th)
What name did Europeans assign to the natives of Australia?
Aborigines
What persuasive American abolitionist was formerly a slave? (female)
Harriet Tubman
His assassination sparked WWI
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
What English document guaranteed rights (American colonists thought they should have the same right).
English Bill of Rights
QUeen of France during the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette
Capital of Australia
Canberra
This is the privilege to vote
suffrage
Who was the first to declare war in WWI?
Germany
Who led Parliament's armies during the English Civil War?
Oliver Cromwell
King of France during the French Revolution.
Louis XVI (16th)
This explorer discovered Tasmania, Australia, and New Zealand.
Abel Tasman
Attacks on Jews in Russia were known as:
pogroms
The United States joined on the side of the ________________.
Allies
The husband and wife who signed the English Bill of Rights in exchange for the throne of England.
William and MAry
Napoleon's final defeat was at this battle against the combined armies of Britain and Prussia.
Battle of Waterloo
Where was Captain James Cook killed by an angry group of natives? (now an American state)
Hawaii
Author of The Communist Manifesto
10 Bonus Points if you give his friend who helped write it.Karl Marx
payment for war damages
reparations
Who developed the smallpox vaccine?
Edward Jenner
Napoleon died in exile on this island.
St. Helena
Natives of New Zealand
Maoris
This Jewish man served as a captain in the French army and was discriminated against because he was Jewish.
Alfred Dreyfus
The date WWI ended. (month, day, year)
November 11, 1918