Europe
The fall of this city by the Muslim Ottoman Turks changed trade routes in Europe.
What is Constantinople?
The first political revolution in the world. "The shot heard around the world."
What is the American Revolution?
He was assassinated with his wife which started World War I.
Who was the Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The country that is blamed for starting World War II in Europe.
What is Germany?
The first Cold War conflict.
The period of rebirth of knowledge and learning in Europe. Famous artists like Leonardo da Vince and Michelangelo.
What is the Renaissance?
What is the French Revolution?
World War I was known for this type of fighting in which soldiers on both side were dug in.
What is trench warefare?
The term "lightening war" refuses to the tactic Germany used to attack Poland.
What is Blitzkreig?
The line that divides North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
The period when the Catholic church was being questioned. Key figures were Martin Luther and Henry VIII.
What is the Reformation?
The leader of France that spread enlightenment ideas by military conquest across Europe.
What is Napoleon?
The acronym that were the reason for the start of World War I.
What is MAIN?
The event that caused the United States to enter into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The world was closest to nuclear war with this incident.
What is the Cuban missile crisis?
The period when people began to question the political order and make advances in Science.
What is the Enlightenment?
The revolution that began in England with the use of steam to power machines. Textiles were the first to be manufactured in factories.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Three new weapons used during World War I that came about because of industrial manufacturing.
What are planes, tanks and submarines?
The largest land invasion in world history during World War II that caused the war to near it's end.
What is the D-day invasion?
The major threat during the Cold War.
What is nuclear war?
European explorers began to discover new lands and make colonies around the world which began the Columbian Exchange.
What is the Age of Exploration?
The belief that that King was chosen by God to rule known as "The Divine Right." The King's decisions could not be questioned.
What is an Absolute Monarch?
The treaty that ended World War I but led to future conflicts.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This ended the war in the Pacific.
What is the atomic bomb?
This event marks the end of the Cold War.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?