Hunting and Gathering
Ag Rev
World Religions
Colonization and Imperialism
French Rev
100
Humanity first formed on this continent.
What is Africa?
100
This civilization formed around the rich soil of the Nile and built pyramids as tombs for their leaders.
What is Ancient Egypt?
100
This person is the central figure of Christianity.
Who is Jesus?
100
Europeans sailed across this ocean to "discover" the Americas.
Atlantic
100
This device was used to kill around 40,000 people during the French Revolution,
The Guillotine
200
Humans most likely left Africa for this reason
Following herds of animals
200
Humans first formed large settlements around these geographical features.
What are rivers?
200
This prophet's covenant with God formed the basis of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Who is Abraham?
200
The outcropping of land that is made up of Spain and Portugal
The Iberian Peninsula
200
This sports based gathering led to the forming of the National Assembly and was probably the start of the actual revolution.
What is The Tennis Court Oath?
300
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This is the name of people who follow herds or crop growth rather than staying in one fixed location.
Nomads
300
This stretch of land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is thought to be the first center of human settlement.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
The name of god in the religion of Islam.
Who is Allah?
300
The spread of this disease led to the "Great Dying" of indigenous Americans and the "Mini Ice Age" of the 1700s.
What is Smallpox?
300
This lawyer and revolutionary was head of the Jacobin club and initiated the Reign of Terror once in power.
Who is Robespierre?
400
Migrating humans most likely reached Australia by this method.
Rafts
400
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This crop, one of the main ingredients in bread and beer, was probably the first domesticated plant.
What is wild grass/grain/wheat/barley?
400
To achieve Nirvana and end the cycle of reincarnation, Buddhists believe you must fully accept and overcome this part of the human condition.
What is suffering?
400
The floating gardens, or Chinampas, of Mexico were originally built by this civilization.
Who are the Aztecs?
400
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George Danton, early leader of the Jacobins and mastermind of the storming of the Tuileries Palace was kicked in the face by one of these animals as a child.
What is a horse?
500
The end of this geological event allowed humans to migrate into Europe.
The Ice Age
500
The invention of this metallic alloy led to huge improvements in agricultural efficiency and even got a whole age named after it.
What is bronze?
500
This Hindu "god" is really also the concept of the universe and the universal being.
What is Brahman?
500
This system of trade was based on nations collecting precious metals and only trading them within their own colonial empires.
What is mercantilism?
500
While attempting to flee for Austria, Louis and his family were only able to make it to this town before being captured.
What is Varennes?