Religions
This religion was the most targeted group during the holocaust.
Jew (Judaism)
This transcontinental city was conquered by the Ottoman Empire after centuries of Byzantine rule.
Istanbul (Constantinople)
What year did WWI end?
1918
This authoritative leader of China pushed his unsuccessful "Great Leap Forward" campaign which failed and led to millions of famine deaths.
Mao Zedong
These terrorist attacks were committed by members of the Al-Qaeda (The Foundation) terrorist organization under the order of terrorist Saudi national Osama Bin Laden. Led to the U.S. declaration of "The War on Terrorism".
9/11/2001 Attacks
Who famously wrote 95 thesis to the Catholic church explaining their frustration over internal corruption?
Martin Luther
(Do not accept MLK jr.)
This global trade choke-point was nationalized by Gamal Abdel Nasser causing global tension for a period.
Suez Canal
What year did the Soviet Union collapse?
1991
This leader famously crashed the Egyptian economy after his Hajj to Mecca.
Mansa Musa
This process was the name for Japan's own industrialization; Japanese students studied European customs and traditions.
Meiji Restoration
What is the second largest branch of Islam---Ismail I of the Safavid Empire forced conversion to this branch of Islam from the post common branch after he conquered the Seljuk Empire.
Shia Islam
What was the city where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated?
Sarajevo
What decade did the first industrial revolution begin?
1760's or 1770's
Daily Double!
Last leader of the Soviet Union; pushed Perestroika and Glasnost.
Mikhail Gorbachev
This Ottoman system allowed for religious ethnic groups to self govern under their own religions' rules.
Millet System
Ibn Battuta was a notable member of this branch of Islam which valued a mystical, personal relationship with Allah. It originated in modern day Iraq.
Sufism
What was the capital of the Safavid Empire under Shah Abbas I
Isfahan
This year marked the end of Apartheid in South Africa
1994 (1990-1994 is acceptable)
Great Zimbabwe
This event occurred after the end of the British Raj in India and led to the creation of a Muslim majority Pakistan and Hindu majority India.
Partition of India
This syncretic religion which originated in the Indian subcontinent blends Islam, Hinduism and traditional beliefs.
Sikhism
This Portuguese Feitoria castle lies on the coast of modern-day Ghana and was a major departure point for the slave trade.
Elmina Castle
This year marked the end of the Byzantine Empire, the last stronghold for the Eastern Roman Empire, and marked the beginning of Ottoman dominance in the Balkans
1453
This empire was responsible for the translation and preservation of Greek philosophical texts later used in the enlightenment.
The Abbasid Caliphate
This christian revolt occurred in 19th Century China and was led by Hong Xiaquan who claimed to be their heavenly king.
Taiping Rebellion