World Wars
What event in 1914 sparked the outbreak of the First World War.
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What divided East and West Berlin from 1961 until 1989
the Berlin Wall
British Prime Minister for most of World War II.
Winston Churchill
In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to do this.
walk on the Moon
The stock market crash of 1929 helped trigger this global economic crisis
the Great Depression
This treaty formally ended World War I in 1919.
Treaty of Versailles
The military alliance formed in 1949 by the United States and its Western allies
NATO
The South African leader released from prison in 1990 who later became president.
Nelson Mandela
Alexander Fleming is credited with discovering this antibiotic in 1928
penicillin
This movement, led by Martin Luther King Jr., fought racial segregation in the United States
What is the Civil Rights Movement
The code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Operation Overlord (D-Day)
This 1962 crisis brought the United States and Soviet Union closest to nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
This Chinese leader launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966
Mao Zedong
This scientist developed the theory of relativity
Albert Einstein
The event in 1989 that symbolised the collapse of communist control in Eastern Europe
the fall of the Berlin Wall
What German military strategy relied on rapid, overwhelming attacks using tanks and aircraft
Blitzkrieg
This Soviet leader introduced Glasnost and Perestroika
Mikhail Gorbachev
The long-serving leader of Yugoslavia who helped keep the nation united during the Cold War
Who is Josip Broz Tito
The first artificial satellite launched into orbit in 1957
Sputnik 1
This Indian leader championed nonviolent resistance against British rule
Mahatma Gandhi
This battle in 1942-43 is widely considered the turning point on the Eastern Front
Battle of Stalingrad
The doctrine named after a U.S. president that aimed to contain the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine
This Egyptian president nationalised the Suez Canal in 1956
Gamal Abdel Nasser
This U.S. government project developed the first atomic bomb during World War II
Manhattan Project
The 1917 revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power in Russia
October Revolution