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What is the name of the Indian nationalist leader who used nonviolent protests to win independence for India from England?
Gandhi
100
What is the name for a religion that has only one god?
Monotheism
100
Name the device invented by Johannes Gutenburg that gave people access to published information.
Printing Press & Movable Type
100
During the French Revolution, what group in French society revolted against the richest classes of people in France?
Third Estate - Peasants
100
The exchange of goods and ideas between different cultures is known as:
Cultural Diffusion
200
Who wrote the 95 Theses and was a leader of the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
200
This period of time in Europe was known as a "rebirth" of education, art, and culture. What is it called?
Renaissance
200
Copernicus and Galileo proved the sun was at the center of our solar system by using scientific methods. What is the name of this solar model?
Heliocentric Model
200
During World War II, two atomic bombs were dropped by the United States on cities in Japan. Name both cities.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
200
Name the political system in which the government is controlled by one powerful leader, usually a king or queen.
Monarchy
300
Which member of the African National Congress helped South Africa become an independent country after he spent many years in prison?
Nelson Mandela
300
What is the name of the Hindu belief in which a person is reborn into another life after they die?
Reincarnation
300
Name the period of time from 1750-1900 when people in Europe began to work in factories with newly invented machines instead of farms.
Industrial Revolution
300
Name the opposing political & economic systems from the United States and the Soviet Union that were in conflict during the Cold War.
Capitalism & Communism
300
What is the name given to the systematic killing of Jewish people in Nazi Germany during World War II?
Holocaust
400
Name the artist and inventor who painted the famous Mona Lisa.
Leonardo Da Vinci
400
Name the philosophy from the Renaissance that focuses on humans and human values.
Humanism
400
The shift from hunting-gathering societies to agricultural societies where people used new techniques to grow surpluses of food is known as the:
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
400
Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution that eventually became the leader of China in 1949?
Mao Zedong
400
John Locke, Voltaire, and Jean Jacques Rousseau were the most influential thinkers from a period of time in Europe known as the:
Enlightenment
500
Name the King & Queen of Spain that supported Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Americas.
King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
500
The five basic rules all Muslims are supposed to follow in order to live an ethical life are known as:
Five Pillars of Islam
500
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union attempted to create new and more powerful weapons in preparation for a possible nuclear war. This was known as:
Arms Race
500
Name the person who's assassination marked the beginning of World War I?
Archduke Ferdinand
500
Which famous body of water separates Southern Europe from Northern Africa?
Mediterranean Sea
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