Random People
First leader of the Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin
Name the Emperor and Prime Minister of Japan during WWII
Emperor: Hirohito
PM: Tojo
Man who is credited as the first European to set foot in the "New World"; met the Taino people
Christopher Columbus
Elizabeth I
Focused his thinking on Natural Rights
John Locke
Known as the "Matriarch of Europe", she ruled England in the mid-late 1800s
Queen Victoria
Leader of the Committee of Public Safety and the Jacobin Party during the French Revolution
Maximillian Robespierre
Defeated the Aztecs
French king during/before the French Revolution
Louis XVI
Who is known for the heliocentric theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Communist leader of China after the Chinese Civil War
Mao Zedong
Name the two sides of the English Civil War
Roundheads and the Cavaliers
Defeated the Inca
Francisco Pizzaro
The "Sun King"; known for the Palace of Versailles
Louis XIV
Blood Circulation
Writer of Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
Gavrilo Princip
Spanish explorers had a specific name during the Age of Discover. What was it??
Conquistadors
Leader of Britain directly after the English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
Name 2 music composers we discussed:
Bach and Mozart
Painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leader of the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War; Later helped with (and led) German Unification
Otto von Bismarck
Which European explorer founded Canada for France?
Jacques Cartier
Wife of Louis XVI; "Let them eat cake"
Marie Antionette
Wrote the Leviathan and focused on Consent of the Governed
Thomas Hobbes