This individual believed a ruler should be a good and virtuous man, a father to his country, and that the government should be open to people of ability.
Who was Confucius?
100
This individual was known for several ideas, including criticizing society's ills, right living, and question what you learn.
Who was Socrates?
100
This individual wrote Mein Kampf, used anti-semitism to unify the angry German people, and created a militia which attempted to take control of Munich.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
100
The deities in polytheistic religions represent these.
What are the natural forces of the earth?
100
These people tolerated all religions of the regions they conquered.
Who were the Mongols?
200
This individual went on the hajj because it was required by his faith as a Muslim, he feared punishment for causing his mother's accidental death, and he desired to spread the fame of his kingdom beyond the borders of Africa.
Who was Mansa Musa?
200
This individual was known for patronage for arts and letters, consolidating the law code, and becoming the caliph, or religious leader.
Who was Suleiman the Magnificent?
200
This individual was influenced by democracy, nationalism, and Henry David Thoreau.
Who was Mohandas Ghandi?
200
The achievements of this civilization include farming mountains with terraces, a system of accounting with colored string, and the building of an extensive road and bridge.
Who were the Incans?
200
In 1054, religious controversies provoked a schism between these two churches.
What are the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches?
300
This individual laid the basis for English common law by establishing a system of royal justice.
Who was Henry II?
300
This person first proposed the principles of checks and balances and separation of powers.
Who was Baron de Montesquieu?
300
According to this person, people form a social contract to escape the short, brutish life.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
300
The Swahili culture in east Africa combined the elements of these three cultures.
What are Hindu, Arabic, and Bantu?
300
The question of leadership of Islam and election or inheritance from Muhammad caused the split between these two groups.
Who are the Sunnis and the Shi'ites?
400
This individual was the father of the Renaissance because he was the first writer to express self-awareness.
Who was Francesco Petrarch?
400
This individual came to power by launching a successful coup.
Who was Napoleon?
400
This individual attempted to industrialize the USSR by developing the 5-Year Plan.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
400
This was the most important accomplishment of the Phoenicians.
What is the first alphabet?
400
The medieval manor economy was based upon these.
What are farming and self-sufficiency?
500
This king made France a great power because he enforced mercantilist policies.
Who was Louis XIV?
500
Through the use of Realpolitik, this person created the first unified German state since Charlemagne.
Who was Otto von Bismark?
500
This person was responsible for the creation of a secular state in Turkey.
Who was Mustafa Kemal?
500
Mesoamerican civilizations had these common elements.
What are polytheistic religion, based on maize and agriculture, and use of common art motiffs?
500
One of the enduring traits of the Renaissance was that it encouraged an open atmosphere of this.