PEOPLE
PLACES
16TH-17TH CENTURY
18TH -19TH CENTURY
20TH CENTURY
100
He was Henry VIII's chief counselor.
Who was Thomas Cromwell?
100
He invented the printing press.
Who is Johannes Guttenberg?
100
He delayed published his "Origin of Species" because he knew the reaction it would get from religious people.
Who is Charles Darwin?
100
She was the first female Prime Minister of England.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
200
He was the last German emperor.
Who is Wilhelm II?
200
It led to an edict condemning Luther for his heresies.
What is the Diet of Worms?
200
His answer to the problems of industrialization and rampant laissez-faire capitalism was for workers to own the means of production.
Who is Karl Marx?
200
His name is on the plan to revitalize the European economy after World War II.
Who George Marshall?
300
As consort to Queen Victoria, he helped bring many social reforms to England.
Who is Prince Albert?
300
At independence, this former British possession divided into two countries.
What is India?
300
He wrote Praise of Folly.
Who is Erasmus?
300
He developed the theory that said that wages would remain at subsistence level due to an overabundance of workers.
Who is David Ricardo?
400
The defeat of Russia in the Crimean War inspired him to reform the country, including freeing the serfs.
Who is Tsar Alexander II?
400
Promises to preserve this country's neutrality was what brought England into World War I.
What is Belgium?
400
He is considered the founder of Humanism.
Who is Petrarch?
400
His paintings provide a pictorial record of Napoleon's campaign in Spain.
Who is Goya?
400
She led the fight to get British women the vote.
Who is Sylvia Pankhurst?
500
His support for exploration by sea made Portugal a great power.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
500
It held off the Nazis during a 900 day siege.
What is Leningrad?
500
He married Mary, wooed Elizabeth, and then tried to overthrow her in what ended as a disaster for his armada.
Who is Philip II of Spain?
500
This set the rules for the "Scramble for Africa/"
What is the Berlin Conference of 1884?
500
His support of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia ultimately led to his conviction as a war criminal in the Hague.
Who is Milosevic?
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