The name of the governing document that preceded the US Constitution
Articles of Confederation
100
During the Industrial Revolution, this area was the first to undergo major industrialization was ________
Textile production
100
Who was forced to assume sole responsibility for the war under the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany
100
Which portion of society was responsible for starting the French Revolution?
Third Estate
100
The first Latin American country to gain independence was ____?
Haiti
200
This astronomer was tried by the Catholic church for teaching the heliocentric model of the universe and was forced to live out the rest of his days under house arrest
Galileo
200
Who wrote "The Wealth of Nations"
Adam Smith
200
What two sides were fighting in the Chinese Revolution?
Nationalists and Communists
200
Who was the ruler of France during the Reign of Terror?
Robespierre
200
Fascism is an extreme form of what?
Nationalism
300
Where did Napoleon meet his final defeat as French ruler?
Waterloo
300
In Ireland, the Great Famine was caused by the widespread destruction of ______
Potato crops
300
The battles of the Marne, the Somme, and Verdun were fought in what country?
France
300
The first major document that expressed a limitation on the power of the government of England
Magna Carta
300
How did Menelik II keep colonial interests out of Ethiopia?
He exploited European rivalries and built a modern army.
400
The printing press was invented by ______
Johann Gutenberg
400
The Boxer Rebellion in China was in response to _____
Imperialism by European nations
400
The global depression that damaged many national economies in the 1930s began in what country?
USA
400
The Palace of Versailles was built for _______
Louis XIV
400
The event that is considered the end of the Enlightenment is ________
WWI
500
The agreement that set up the alliance system in Europe that would lead to continual conflicts over the next 150 years, including two world wars, was the ______
Congress of Vienna
500
Unlike China in the late 1800s, Japan confronted European power by
Industrializing
500
Between 1934 and 1939, the Great Purge was a campaign to eliminate _________
Opposition to Stalin's power
500
This group masterminded the revolution in Russia in November 1917
Bolsheviks
500
This term was used in Latin America to describe people of mixed European and Indian ancestry