World Changing Events
The famous revolution that led to the Reign of Terror and eventually the rise of Napoleon.
What was the French Revolution?
This person was the 16th president of the United States of America
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Gunpowder was invented in this modern day country.
What is China?
This person was the first Roman Emperor.
Who was Augustus Caesar?
The start and end years of the American Civil War.
What are 1861 and 1865?
The specific event that caused WW1.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
A king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He spent his ruling years on military campaigns throughout Western Asia and Egypt.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Gutenberg is well known for inventing this influential machine.
What is the printing press?
Mark Antony and Julius Caesar had affairs with this famous woman.
Who was Cleopatra (VII)?
This landlocked African country was formed in 1822 by King Moshoeshoe I and eventually became a British protectorate.
What is Lesotho?
This occurred in these two Japanese cities. The Soviet Union declared war on Japan around the same time.
What were the atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
This governor of Louisiana was known as a dictator because of how he ruled.
Who is Huey Long?
Thomas Newcomen and James Watt invented this.
What is the steam engine?
These two Catholic monarchs married to unite the country of Spain. The King’s name starts with F.
Who were Ferdinand and Isabella?
An event where an eight-nation alliance joins together to put down a rebellion starting in 1899.
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
The fall of this city led to the rise of the Ottoman Empire and had a major impact on the Renaissance.
What was Constantinople?
The first Empress of China.
Who is Wu Zetian?
These are three regions where agriculture was independently invented.
What are Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent, Northern China, Central Mexico
Other possible: Eastern North America, Andes, Indus Valley
This Romanticist era author wrote “The Raven”
Who was Edgar Allen Poe?
Ashoka the Great, 3rd Mauryan Emperor, lived during this century.
Choices: 2nd BCE, 3rd BCE, 2nd AD, 3rd AD
What is the 3rd century BCE?
This specific economic event led to the global depression in the early 1900s.
What is the Wall Street crash of 1929?
This person was known as Lord Protector and rose to prominence during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
While not an invention itself, this Middle Eastern location produced advancements to philosophy, mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and optics. It was burned to the ground in 1258.
What was the House of Wisdom?
This Romanian communist dictator ruled Romania with an cult of personality and absolute authority during the Cold War.
Who was Nicolae Ceaușescu?
This 19th century American filibuster was driven by the idea of manifest destiny to conquer Nicaragua. He also invaded Mexico. His initials are WW.
Who was William Walker?