A Dutch writer known for promoting humanism, a secular ideal of the power of individual accomplishment. In 1509, he wrote a satire that poked fun and clergy and noblemen called "In Praise of Folly."(2b)
Erasmus
100
This prison represented hundreds of years of oppression at the hands of the French nobility because many people were imprisoned there for years without a trial.(6e)
The Bastille
100
Who takes over from Vladimir Lenin after he dies?(10c)
Josef Stalin
100
Which leader used civil disobedience and passive
resistance to fight for Indian independance form Britain?(14a)
Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
100
Prime Minister (leader) of Great Britain throughout World War II.(12a)
Winston Churchill
200
North America, specifically the Hudson River/New York area for France.(4a)
Jacques Cartier
200
What is the policy of making concessions to the Totalitarian dictators in order to avoid conflict?(12a)
Appeasement
200
Why did totalitarian governments emerge in Germany, Italy, Japan, and the U.S.S.R. after World War I? (11c)
The Treaty of Versailles worsened economic and political conditions and people were desperate for change.
200
Which female leader of India developed a closer relationship with the Soviet Union during the Cold War and developed a nuclear program?(13d)
Indira Ghandi
200
What were the trade items from Southern India?(5b)
Silks, spices, and gems.
300
What policy did both China and Japan adopt after contact with Europeans?(5c)
Isolationism
300
After Napoleon's reign, what meeting attempted to re-establish a balance of power in Europe?(8a)
The Congress of Vienna
300
Many nations refused to join; those that joined did not necessarily follow the rules. These are reasons for the failure of which post-WWI international organization?(10b)
The League of Nations
300
She was the Prime Minister of Israel who led Israel to victory in the Yom Kippur War. (14c)
Golda Meir
300
What was the Interwar Years' policy of making concessions to the Totalitarian dictators in order to avoid conflict?(12a)
Appeasment
400
He helped develop navigation instruments such as the astrolabe and the caravel sailing vessel (small, fast, and highly manueverable ships) to explore west Africa's coast.(4a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
400
What European country was the first to abolish slavery throughout their empire and made democratic reform through peaceful legislation instead of war?(8b)
Great Britain
400
Why did the United States finally decide to become involved in World War I after staying neutral for 3 years?(10a)
Zimmerman Telegram (Germany's message to Mexico asking them to invade southwest U.S.); Sinking of the Lusatania (159 innocent Americans were killed).
400
The imaginary post-WWII division of Europe between NATO (west) and the Warsaw Pact (east).(13a)
The Iron Curtain
400
Which French Emperor created the his own law Code and stirred up nationalism throughout Europe?(8a)
Napoleon
500
• Established ANGLICAN CHURCH
• Promoted TOLERANCE for dissenters (no more "off with their heads" attitude of previous monarchs)
• Promoted EXPANSION and COLONIALSIM
• Defeated the SPANISH ARMADA (1588)(3a)
Elizabeth I
500
What was Otto von Bismarck’s political strategy? What war did he instigate to unite Germany into one nation?(8d)
Realpolitik; The Franco-Prussian War
500
What was the 1944 major Allied offensive (attack) against the Germans off the French Normandy coast? Who was the U.S. General in charge? (12a)
D-Day; Dwight Eisenhower.
500
He was a close associate of Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi who supported western-style industrialization of India.(14a)
Jawaharlal Nehru
500
What revolution led to the creation of a communist state that ultimately became the U.S.S.R.(10c)