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100
This person said that every person is entitled to "life, liberty and property".
Who is John Locke?
100
This thinker famously discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
These were the three motives for the Age of Exploration
What is "Gold, Glory or God"?
100
This MAIN cause of World War I refers to the feels of pride for one's homeland.
What is nationalism?
100
This man wrote the 95 Theses
Who is Martin Luther?
200
John Locke influenced this most American document, in which Thomas Jefferson wrote that all people are endowed unto "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
What is the "Declaration of Independence"?
200
This theory refers to the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth
What is gravity
200
In 1492, this man sailed the ocean blue...
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
In June of 1914, this Archduke was shot by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
This phrase refers to the rush for African territory during the late 1890s
What is the "Scramble for Africa"?
300
This is the French word meaning "thinker", used to describe John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and others.
What is "philosophe"
300
William Harvey studied the theory of circulation, which refers to this bodily fluid.
What is blood.
300
Hernan Cortes led a group of Spanish explorers throughout Central and South America. This is the name for those explorers.
What is "conquistadors"?
300
This territory was given back to France after the Treaty of Versailles
What is Alsace Lorraine?
300
Name any inventor from the Industrial Revolution
(Acceptable answers include: Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers, Eli Whitney, etc.)
400
American colonists rebelled against this country during the Revolutionary War.
What is England (Great Britain or the United Kingdom can also count for credit)
400
This man was excommunicated by the Catholic Church for contesting the idea that God created the Heavens and the Earth.
Who is Galileo?
400
This economic theory said that colonies could only rely on goods bought from or sold to their mother country.
What is mercantilism?
400
This name refers to the "Night of the Broken Glass" in Germany during the 1930s
What is "Kristallnacht"?
400
The European country imperialized the Belgian Congo
What is Belgium?
500
This country copied the Americans and had a rebellion against their own terrible leader in 1789.
What is France.
500
This man came up with the heliocentric model of the Universe.
Who is Copernicus?
500
This man was the leader of the Aztecs, and was killed by Hernan Cortes and his men.
Who is Montezuma?
500
This term refers to the weakened value of German currency after the Great Depression
What is "hyperinflation"?
500
This phrase refers to a poem written by Rudyard Kipling about an obligation to "uplift" Africans and Asians
What is the "White Man's Burden"?
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