People
Name of the French emperor who conquered a fair amount of Europe before losing at Waterloo
Who is Napoleon?
An entirely slave led rebellion against the French, white plantation owners on this island colony
What is the Haitian Revolution?
The theory that the universe revolves around the sun rather than the Earth
What is heliocentric?
These are the two most valuable letters in Scrabble
What are Q and Z?
This is Mr. Pechac's first name
What is Samuel?
French king who was beheaded during the French Revolution
Who is King Louie XVI?
Event where Jewish people were targeted for extermination by the Germans during World War 2
What is the Holocaust?
Economic model that focuses on profit, economic incentives, competition, and supply and demand.
What is a capitalism?
This game has players shake up a tray of dice with letters in them, attempting to find more words than their opponent can within the time limit
What is Boggle?
This is the university that Mr. Pechac attended
Scientist from the Scientific Revolution who discovered that planets are made up of matter, not just balls of energy
Who is Galileo Galilei?
Term for the period of time where over 16,000 people were executed via guillotine for speaking out against the government.
What is the Reign of Terror?
The kind of government where one person controls the country, generally through military force and threatening anyone with death who challenges them; mean potato boats
What is totalitarianism/dictatorships?
Players need to collect 10 victory points by building settlements, cities, roads, and trading resources in this classic game of wheat, sheep, clay, ore, and lumber
What is the Settlers of Catan?
This is Mr. Pechac's favorite color
What is periwinkle?
This man proposed the social contract, where you give up freedoms to the government in exchange for law and order, as well as writing Leviathan, arguing all people are monsters
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Event where Martin Luther challenged the Catholic Church and created the Protestant Church
What is the Reformation?
What is nationalism?
In this board game, players build American train routes in order to complete tickets, connecting two cities in order to make points and avoid losing them for incomplete tickets
What is Ticket to Ride?
This is Mr. Pechac's favorite video game
What is Dead Space?
Soviet leader who started glasnost and ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
Event where William of Orange and Mary overthrew the previous King in a bloodless Revolution; didn't become rulers till they adopted the British Bill of Rights
What is the Glorious Revolution?
Economic policy that focuses on making as much money as possible by maximizing exports of finished goods, generally coming from European countries
What is mercantilism?
This board game features a gang of mediums, who have arrived at mansion on Halloween night. The spirit must provide them with mystic visions, images and art, to help deduce their murderer, murder location, and the weapon used.
What is Mysterium?
This is Mr. Pechac's favorite period of history
What is the American Revolution?