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This religion believes that God's final prophet was Muhammad and believes in the text of the Quran.
What is Islam?
100
This war is the only war that America has ever lost.
What is Vietnam War?
100
This man formed the terrorist group known as Al-Qaeda.
What is Osama Bin Laden?
100
This is a classless, moneyless and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production. The idea came from a man by the name of Karl Marx.
What is Communism?
100
A dictator between 1934 to 1945, this man was a decorated veteran from World War I.
What is Adolf Hitler?
200
This religion had a great movement in the 11th through 16th century against people who did not share their ideology, including heretics and different religions.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
200
This time period lasted 44 years. Many people were afraid of it becoming a "Hot" war.
What is the Cold War?
200
An Irish musician that was singer of the band U2. He is a humanitarian and has raised millions for fixing poverty in Africa. He has constructed many benefit concerts to solve this problem.
What is Paul David Hewson, AKA Bono?
200
This idea came from Dwight D. Eisenhower and the fear that if one country turns to communism, then the surrounding countries will fall to communism as well.
What is the Domino Theory?
200
Being president at the end of World War II, he was responsible for the decision to use the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
What is Harry Truman?
300
In the 50's and 60's, protesters used non-violent demonstrations in order to create equality between African Americans and other races.
What is the Civil Rights movement?
300
This war was never settled and is still an ongoing conflict since November of 1954 when an armistice was signed. It is the "Forgotten War."
What is the Korean War?
300
This man was leader of the USSR and was president until it's dissolution in 1991.
What is Mikhail Gorbachev?
300
A social system that supports the individual, also encouraging laissez-faire, or free trade.
What is Capitalism?
300
This man seized total power in Italy 1930 to 1943 and was a key creator of fascism.
What is Benito Mussolini?
400
The 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote, was caused by this.
What is the Women's Rights Movement?
400
Between the two empires of Russia and Japan, they fought over the countries Manchuria and Korea. A peace treaty was signed in 1905 due to Tsar Nicholas II having to deal with internal conflicts.
What is the Russo-Japanese War?
400
A revolutionary from Cuba who was given missiles by the USSR.
What is Fidel Castro?
400
This idea came from the thinking that one country is better than another, and was one of the four "ims'" that lead to WWI
What is Social Darwism?
400
The "awakened one," it is believed that this man was the son of a relatively wealthy family in 5th century B.C.E and lived an easy and protected life until he decided to become a prophet.
What is Siddhārtha Gautama, AKA Buddha.
500
This was one of the reasons Germany surrendered in the Great War. This idea was greatly accepted and only one part had been put to effect during the Versailles Treaty creating the League of Nations.
What is Wilson's Fourteen Points?
500
This war is a reason that led to the Great War, and was a war that was fought between France and what is now Germany for the territories Aslace-Lorraine.
What is the Franco-Prussian War?
500
What is the name of the World War II general who was nicknamed "The Desert Fox" and was the German Field Marshal during this time.
What is Erwin Rommel?
500
When sovereignty is embodied in a single person. This person can play an actual political role or a ceremonial role.
What is a Monarchy?
500
Banished from South Korea, this man came to America, adopted the democratic ways, graduated, and taught for a while before returning to South Korea to become its president in 1948.
What is Syngman Rhee?
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