1200 - 1450
This was a significant trade route that connected Asia and Africa.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
This movement led to a push for government reform and recognition of human rights.
what is the Enlightenment?
This conflict was inspired by enlightenment ideals and the colonial victory in the American Revolution.
What is the French Revolution?
This economic plan, put in place by FDR, was intended to remedy the Great Depression in the US and would go on to influence LBJ's Great Society.
What is the New Deal?
This event tarnished Jimmy Carter's presidency and led to further controversy in the Iran-Contra Affair.
What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
This pandemic swept across Europe, killing a third of the population at the time.
What is the Black Plague?
These countries successfully conquered and controlled vast territories using gunpowder, earning them the epithet "the gunpowder empires".
What are the Safavids, Mughals, and Ottoman Empire?
This revolution involved a successful overthrow of French colonial rule by the enslaved population.
What is the Haitian Revolution/Haitian war of Independence?
This conflict forces the Allies to end their policy of appeasement and declare war on Germany.
What was the Invasion of Poland?
This competition between the US and the USSR incited huge technological advancements.
What was the Space Race?
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the US sent troops into Iraq to fight the Taliban for this reason.
What is the Taliban funding/hiding of Al-Qaeda?