This was the most famous city of the Renaissance. Many artists lived there, it was wealthy, and the Medici family were successful bankers there.
What is Florence, Italy?
100
These people were the king and queen of France during the French Revolution.
Who is King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antionette?
100
These groups of workers helped to improve wages and working conditions by organizing strikes.
What are labor unions?
100
This was the nickname given to the 90,000 people who went to California in search of gold during the gold rush.
What is 49ers?
100
This man broke away from the Catholic Church and began a new religion after nailing 95 theses on the door of the church.
Who is Martin Luther?
200
This man traveled to China to learn more about trading and then wrote a book about his travels.
Who is Marco Polo?
200
This is where the King and Queen of France live before they were forced to go to Paris.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
200
This factory in New York City caught fire due to unsafe conditions. Many of the workers, most of them women, died because the factory doors were kept locked.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
200
This Native American was a guide for Lewis and Clark and helped them on their expedition to the West.
Who is Sacajawea?
200
This is the instrument that was used for the many executions during the French Revolution.
What is the guillotine?
300
This city was the wealthiest of all during the Renaissance. The people who lived there were great shipbuilders. They cut canals through the city and used boats to travel instead of roads.
What is Venice?
300
The peasants were looking for this item when they stormed the Bastille in Paris which was the beginning of the revolution.
What is gunpowder?
300
Cities grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution because many people were moving there from rural areas in order to find jobs.
What is urbanization?
300
300,000 people headed west on this trail - some seeking land and others seeking gold.
What is the Oregon Trail?
300
This man is considered the greatest English writer of the Renaissance. He wrote tragedies, comedies, and historical plays.
Who is William Shakespeare?
400
Johannes Gutenberg created this invention which helped spread ideas throughout Europe during this time period.
What is the printing press?
400
This event signaled the end of the Reign of Terror.
What is the execution of Robespierre?
400
Karl Marx developed this idea. He believed that the factories, land, and raw materials should be owned and controlled by society through the government.
What is socialism?
400
The Central Pacific Railroad Crew and the Union Pacific Railroad Crew joined the transcontinental railroad in this city on April 9, 1969.
What is Promontory Summit, Utah?
400
This type of painting began in the 1870s. It focused on the effect of light on outdoor subjects and surfaces. Some famous artists who used this technique were Monet, Renoir, and Degas.
What is impressionism?
500
This painting technique was developed during the Renaissance. It is a method that makes paintings look three-dimensional.
What is perspective?
500
This French man discovered bacteria and showed that diseases could be prevented by killing bacteria.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
500
The United States purchased the land west of the Mississippi River in 1803 from this country.
What is France?
500
This is the percentage of people who were in the peasant class in France before the French Revolution.