european history
Francisco Franco
Who ruled Spain from the end of the Spanish Civil War until his death in 1975?
This dynasty built the first version of the Great Wall and gave China its name.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
This company ruled large parts of India before the British Crown took over in 1858.
What is the British East India Company?
1939-45
How long did WW
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Started by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Known for the Silk Road and a golden age of arts and science, this dynasty ruled from 206 BCE to 220 CE.
What is the Han Dynasty?
leader of the Salt March in 1930 to defy British salt laws.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This Egyptian queen formed alliances with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony
Who is Cleopatra?
British act of 1919 extended emergency powers after World War I and triggered widespread protests.
What is the Rowlatt Act?
The battle where Napoleon was finally defeated.
What was the battle of waterloo?
This brutal philosophy emphasized order, discipline, and punishment during the Qin Dynasty.
What is Legalism?
This movement, launched in 1942, called for the British to leave India immediately.
What is the Quit India Movement?
This revolution in the late 18th century ended monarchy and led to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
What is the French Revolution?
The group of European settlers in Algeria, often opposed to independence.
Who are the Pieds-Noirs?
This event in 1789 began the end of absolute monarchy in France.
What is the French Revolution?
He was the founding father of the People's Republic of China.
Who is Mao Zedong?
India gained independence from Britain in this year.
What is 1947?
This Cold War conflict lasted nearly 20 years and ended with the fall of Saigon in 1975.
What is the Vietnam War?
This legislation classified South Africans by race and laid the foundation for apartheid laws.
What is the Population Registration Act (1950)?
This British Prime Minister is famous for leading Britain during WWII and declaring “We shall never surrender.”
Who is Winston Churchill?
In the late 1970s, this leader opened China to economic reforms and modernization.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
This violent partition of British India led to the creation of two countries.
What is the Partition of India?
This war was fought in the 1950s and split the Korean peninsula in two
What is the Korean War
This leader became the first Prime Minister of independent India in 1947.
Who is Jawaharlal Nehru?