Greece and Rome
While western Rome fell in 476 CE, the eastern half lived on, becoming known as this empire.
Byzantine
The word "medieval" literally translates to this.
This cultural movement turns away from religious themes in art, instead favoring the human and natural worlds.
Humanism
The belief that a person's nation deserves the greatest loyalty.
Nationalism
This country was forced to pay the most reparations after the first World War.
Germany
This Macedonian prince conquered nearly all of Southwest Asia, Egypt, and parts of South Asia at just 20 years of age.
Alexander the Great
A system of ownership in which land is exchanged for loyalty.
Feudalism
**DAILY DOUBLE**
The idea that, because God has appointed the regent, he must have unlimited right to rule.
Absolute Monarchy
This Corsica-born General ended the French Revolution in 1799.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The assassination of this man is considered the "spark" of the first World War.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
It was under this Emperor that Rome began its 150 years of "Pax Romana".
Caesar Augustus
The death of Edward the Confessor led to a three-way struggle for power in England. This famous battle took place between William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold Godwinson.
The Battle of Hastings
This 18th century movement is based around using reason and logic to think about society and government.
The Enlightenment
The belief that your nation is superior to others and must therefore expand to "civilize" them through colonization.
Imperialism
This Italy-born political system stresses national strength, military power, and the belief that the state is more important than the individual.
Fascism
The Greek alphabet was based heavily on one pre-existing from this seafaring culture.
Phoenicia
** DAILY DOUBLE**
The argument that the Crusades established trade between Europe and the Middle East can be contested due to this pre-existing route.
The Silk Road
This affluent Italian banking family was famous for their patronage of the arts.
Medici
Great Britain
Franklin D. Roosevelt declared this "a date which will live in infamy".
The Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941
This Greek politician made huge reforms in paying citizens for their civic duties and established a democracy in Athens.
Pericles
The Hundred Years' War
Galileo Galilei's theory of heliocentrism was rejected, but this man's became accepted and published in 1543.
Nicolaus Copernicus
This country declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1821.
Greece
In 1914, the British, French, and Russian governments formed this alliance.
Triple Entente