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German theologan who started the protestant reformation by writing Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (the 95 theses).
Who is Martin Luther?
This united states president is known as the “Father of the Constitution”.
Who is James Madison?
This series of medieval military expeditions was launched by European Christians in 1095 to regain control of the Holy Land from Islamic rule.
What are the Crusades?
An ancient form of writing used by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, etc.
What is Cuneiform?
This 1914 assassination served as the immediate spark for WWII.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This major event in 1066 led to the creation of “Middle English” by mixing the latin French with the Germanic Old English.
What is the Norman Conquest?
This United States president was the General of the Union forces during the civil war.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This famous 13th-century Venetian merchant and explorer traveled along the Silk Road to China, where he allegedly spent years serving in the court of Kublai Khan, journaling the journey and inspiring an age of exploration in europe.
Who is Marco Polo?
The northwestern most of the 2, bordering the Assyrian Empire, this river allowed ancient civilizations in modern day iraq to flourish.
What is the Tigris river?
This Japanese city was the first to have a nuclear bomb used on it.
Sparked by the defenestration of Prague in 1618, this brutal conflict devastated Central Europe and ended with the Peace of Westphalia.
What is the Thirty Years’ War?
This city was the capital of the Confederate States of America.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
Strategically located on a vital strait connecting the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea, this bustling 15th-century Southeast Asian port city became a massive center for global maritime trade and the spread of Islam.
What is Malacca?
This famous Mesopotamian code of laws operated under “an eye for an eye” system.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
Built by East Germany in 1961 to stop citizens from fleeing to the West, the dramatic opening and eventual demolition of this concrete barrier in late 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War in Europe.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Passed in 1366 in England, these documents banned the use of the Irish language, Irish-English intermarriage, and native Irish customs.
What are the Statutes of Kilkenny?
Sparked by frustration over high taxes and perceived corruption under Governor William Berkeley, this 1676 armed rebellion of disgruntled frontier colonists and indentured servants burned Jamestown to the ground.🥓🥓
What is Bacon’s Rebellion?
Imported to China from Vietnam during the Song Dynasty, this quick-ripening and drought-resistant crop led to a massive population boom.
What is Champa rice?
Fought between 264 and 146 BCE, this series of three wars ultimately resulted in the total destruction of Carthage and Roman dominance over the Mediterranean.
What are the Punic wars?
Beginning with a naval blockade in October 1962, this tense 13-day confrontation brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the absolute brink of nuclear war over Soviet missile installations.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Signed in 1555, this landmark religious settlement legally recognized the principle of cuius regio, eius religio ("whose realm, his religion"), allowing German princes to choose between Lutheranism and Catholicism within their own territories.
What is the Peace of Augsburg?
Passed in 1882, this federal law was the first major US statute explicitly prohibiting all immigration of a specific nationality, driven by racist labor tensions on the West Coast.
What is the Chinese Exclusion act?
Spanning the 14th to 17th centuries, this massive West African trading empire was centered around Timbuktu and grew fabulously wealthy from the trans-Saharan gold and salt trade.
What is the Mali Empire?
Founded by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BCE, this massive ancient Iranian empire was famous for its royal road, satrapy administrative system, and eventual clashes with the Greek city-states.
What is the Achaemenid Empire (or the Persian Empire)?
Signed in July 1945, this critical agreement at the end of World War II established the occupation zones of Germany, outlined the prosecution of war criminals, and issued an ultimatum for Japan's unconditional surrender.
What is the Potsdam Conference?