Unit 1
This ancient Mesopotamian civilization is credited with developing Cuneiform, the first known writing system.
What is Babylon? (or Mesopotamia)
This 1215 document established the Rule of Law, declaring that a monarch's power was not absolute.
What is the Magna Carta?
This direct effect of the Industrial Revolution saw populations shift rapidly from rural areas to overcrowded, polluted cities.
What is urbanization?
This physical barrier's destruction in 1989 visually and symbolically marked the end of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Artists like Michelangelo used this core Renaissance philosophy to highlight the nobility, beauty, and achievement potential of human subjects. (Say how much your going to wager too)
What is Humanism?
This historical milestone represents one of the earliest attempts to establish standardized, written laws.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
The economic system based on the premise that colonies exist strictly to financially benefit the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
This intellectual movement had the greatest impact on the American and French Revolutions by promoting human rights and republics.
What is the Enlightenment?
This political ideology, popularized by Benito Mussolini, states that the state is absolute and more important than the individual.
What is fascism?
This leader of the Committee of Public Safety spearheaded the brutal Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.(Say how much your going to wager too)
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Feudalism primarily developed as a protective response to frequent foreign invasions and the collapse of this great empire.
What is the Roman Empire?
He wrote The 95 Theses, sparking the Protestant Reformation by attacking papal indulgences and church corruption.
Who is Martin Luther?
In The Wealth of Nations, he championed laissez-faire economics, arguing that governments should leave markets to self-regulate.
Who is Adam Smith?
The radical communist regime responsible for the Cambodian Genocide in the 1970s that targeted intellectuals and the upper-class.
Who are the Khmer Rouge?
This 1864 agreement, created alongside the Red Cross, established the foundational international legal framework for the care of wounded soldiers during wartime.(Say how much your going to wager too)
What is the Geneva Convention?
Kingdoms like Mali and Ghana were directly connected to global networks through the trade of these two major commodities.
What are gold and salt?
Because it conquered Constantinople and controlled overland routes to Asia, this empire forced Europeans to find sea routes to India.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
European powers carved up and drew the modern, arbitrary borders of Africa during this 1884–1885 meeting.
What is the Berlin Conference?
The United States never joined this international peacekeeping body because the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.
What is the League of Nations?
Post-WWII, Joseph Stalin defended the aggressive growth of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe by claiming these were the most reliable defense against future threats.(Say how much your going to wager too)
What are Soviet Satellite States?
This key religious figure famously delivered speeches framing the Crusades as a glorious spiritual duty to European Christians.
Who is St. Bernard of Clairvaux?
While Thomas Hobbes advocated for an absolute monarchy, this philosopher championed natural rights like life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This French leader's 1808 invasion of Spain inadvertently caused Latin American nations to reject Spanish rule and fight for independence.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
To protect the Soviet Union from future threats, Joseph Stalin set up these aligned "buffer states" across Eastern Europe.
What are Soviet Satellite States?
The Arab-Israeli conflict heavily focuses on Jerusalem because the Islamic Dome of the Rock sits directly on top of this ancient Jewish holy site.(Say how much your going to wager too)
What is the Temple Mount?