Big Thinkers
Big Ideas
Dates
Turning Points
Clapped
100
The man who designed calculus, and also wrote biblical commentaries
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
Voltaire's big idea.
What is freedom of speech and freedom of religion?
100
This happened on October 31, 1517.
What is the 95 theses?
100
This man's conquests created Nationalism in Europe.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
100
The Gettysburg address expressed this modern myth.
What is liberalism?
200
The creator of fascism
Who is Benito Mussolini?
200
This economic theory from Adam Smith defended the importance of keeping what you earn.
What is capitalism?
200
This happened on November 11, 1918
What is the Armistice of WW1?
200
When Cortes met this woman, it signaled the beginning of the end for the Aztecs.
Who is Malinche?
200
This event led to the age of exploration, forcing Europeans to seek new routes to Asia
What is the fall of Constantinople?
300
He believed history is over
Who is Francis Fukuyama?
300
Daily double: France was divided into these three social categories.
What are the first estate: clergy, second estate: nobility, third estate: commoners (bourgeois + peasants)
300
This happened on April 4, 1960.
What is the independence of Senegal?
300
The invention of this technology made the Reformation possible.
What is the printing press?
300
This view gave people confidence to do scientific experiments, knowing their observations would line up with the created world.
What is correspondence theory?
400
He took inspiration from the book of Romans, and believed strongly in the importance of true repentance
Who is Martin Luther?
400
This painting is an example of this philosophical/artistic movement
What is humanism?
400
The date North Korea invaded the South
What is June 25, 1950?
400
This event signaled the beginning of Imperialism in Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
400
The French set up their colonial operations in Senegal in these two cities.
What are Gorée and St. Louis?
500
He thought you could mix capitalism and communism
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
500
This philosophy wanted to emphasize the contributions of black peoples to world history and civilization
What is négritude?
500
The date of the storming of the Bastille.
What is July 14, 1789?
500
Leaders like King James I or Peter the great brought in this new type of rule.
What is absolutism?
500
The Aztec god of the south
Who is Huitzilpochtli?