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He was the first explorer to circumnavigate the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Written by Martin Luther as a list of complaints against the Catholic Church.
What is the 95 Thesis?
A battle between the communist Soviet Union and the Capitalist United States that lasted from 1945 to about 1991.
What is the Cold War?
Totalitarian ruler of Italy leading into World War 2.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
Religion founded in India and majority religion still today
What is Hinduism?
The Treaty that ended WWI
What is Treaty of Versailles?
He was the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty and a grandson to the founder of the Mongol Empire
Who is Kublai Khan?
The religion of the Swahili people along Africa's East Coast
What is Islam?
The two social classes in Japan whose status was diminished during the Tokugawa Shogunate
Who are the Samurai and Daimyo?
The first industry to become mechanized during the Industrial Revolution
What is the cotton textile industry?
He was the Marxist Leader of the Bolshevik Party
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Syncretic belief system that blended Hinduism and Islam in India
What is the Sikhism?
The three Islamic Gunpowder Empires
Who are the Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid Empires?
He is a sultan known for religious tolerance in the Mughal Empire
Who is Akbar the Great?
Which three religions spread to SE Asia through trade
What is Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam?
Agreement between Spain and Portugal facilitated by the Catholic Pope which divided the world and determined which state could conquer which territory
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Wars fought with the United States supporting one side and the Soviet Union supporting the other. Part of the broader cold war conflict
What are proxy wars?
Enslaved children of Christian subjects turned into fighting warriors for the Ottomans.
What are Janissaries?