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People We Did Not Talk About
Ideas
Modern Connections
Name that Song
100
An abundance of this fossil fuel was one of the primary reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in England. Both there and in other parts of Europe, it was cheap and commonplace enough that it could be the disciplinary "gift" for misbehaving children at Christmas.
What is coal?
100
Charlotte Corday, celebrated by some and reviled by others, was one of many to meet this fate between the years 1793-1794, after she assassinated the journalist, Jean-Paul Marat, who riled up revolutionaries with his radical newspaper - L'ami du Peuple
What is execution by guillotine?
100
"Wherever Russian conquest goes, there goes Russian despotism, and Mr. Foulke considers it the interest and duty of the American, as a part of the Anglo-Saxon race, to resist the extension of a rule that would mean the enslavement of the whole world... Mr. Foulke has written of the struggle that must come between the northern peoples... that the world may be made either Slav or Saxon... [In Finland, we have seen] an unhappy country subjected to the deadly, liberty-destroying Muscovite spirit." This excerpt from a 1904 New York Times article titled "MUSCOVITE PERIL; SLAV OR SAXON" demonstrates this idea of competition for survival between different races.
What is social darwinism?
100
In a controversial move in 2021, the national Russian hockey team wore "throwback" jerseys based on those formerly worn by this country for a game against Team Finland.
What is the Soviet Union?
100
(2025)
What is Stateside + Zara Larsson - Pinkpantheress?
200
This flower, a type of poppy, is not universally illegal, there are beneficial applications, but it is strictly limited due to the potential harms, which were well-known to the British and the Chinese in the 1830s and 40s...
What is the opium poppy?
200
We did not talk about Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican-born activist who encouraged this major theme of the 19th and 20th centuries to be applied along racial lines, calling for people of African descent around the world to unite together, now known as Pan-Africanism.
What is nationalism?
200
This 1911 illustration, "The Pyramid of Capitalist System," a favorite of AP material writers, reflects the ideology of this man, who wrote that conflict and exploitation between classes was the main driver of all human history.
Who is Karl Marx?
200
One non-fiction best seller for 2025 was Walter Isaacson's book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, the title referring to the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." This phrase, penned by Thomas Jefferson, closely reflected this earlier author's ideas of Natural Rights.
Who is John Locke?
200
(2011)
What is Domino - Jessie J?
300
Charles Goodyear developed this process for the treatment of rubber and named it after a Roman god - now tires, hoses, and hockey pucks are made from it, along with many other products.
What is vulcanization?
300
The resistance of the Boers (or Afrikaaners) led by Paul Kruger (pictured left) and the Zulus led by Cetshwayo (pictured right) were two of the instances of resistance by local populations which the expanding British Empire had the most trouble in overcoming, both occurring in this modern day country.
What is South Africa?
300
A major grievance of Simon Bolivar against the Spanish government in Latin America was the lack of opportunity for this social class, to which he belonged.
Who are the creoles?
300
The "Miracle at Lord's" refers to a sporting event in 1983, when this nation won its first Cricket World Cup against 66:1 odds entering the tournament, at Lord's Ground in London. Naturally, there were narratives of historical revenge in the match against England which one journalist wrote, "takes its national game (cricket) as seriously as war," and has since been a subject of national pride in the victorious nation.
What is India?
300
(2004)
What is Let's Get it Started - The Black Eyed Peas?
400
While exploitation to acquire it was often, this was one of the most desirable imports from Asia into Europe during the 19th Century, especially from China and India - both of those languages are reflected in the modern English names of two common drinks.
What is tea?
400
The French Revolution, starting in 1789, removed the King of France and started a republic... but the path of progress was not always clear - this man, the third of his name (the second had a short and disputed reign), was the first president, second emperor, and final monarch of France, from 1848 to the time he was deposed by a Prussian invasion in 1870.
Who was Napoleon III?
400
It seemed like a good idea to this emperor, for whom an era is named, to adopt elements of Western culture and emulate Western industry. 50 years later, Japan had grown into a regional power.
Who is Meiji?
400
For much of the 2010s, the image of this man, first leader of an independent Haiti, was used by the opposition party within that country, as seen here depicted by a politician leading a protest against the standing party.
Who is Jean-Jacques Dessalines?
400
(2017)
What is Motion Sickness - Phoebe Bridgers?
500
Several regions in Latin America profited greatly from exporting various metals in the 19th Century, such as this metal, which was dominated in the global trade by Mexico for most of that century, and which was the namesake of Argentina.
What is silver?
500
Queen Lili'uokalani was the last monarch of this kingdom, known today for her efforts to resist the growing influence of foreign settlers and businessmen through peaceful means, before her territory was annexed by the United States in the late 19th Century.
What is Hawaii?
500
Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the Chinese Communist Party encouraged young people to study Russian and Soviet history. A good example is seen in this poster, which encourages Chinese students to study this four-word theory discussed by Karl Marx and implemented by Vladimir Lenin, which you also wrote about.
What is the Dictatorship of the Proletariat?
500
Ted Kaczynski, better known by this single name, was a notorious American terrorist who mailed bombs to various targets who he believed were advancing technological progress, until his capture in 1996. In his published "manifesto" he declared that the Industrial Revolution had been a disaster for the human race, and encouraged people to revolt against its results.
Who is the Unabomber?
500
(1902)
What is The Entertainer - Scott Joplin?