1600-1800 World History
This European country began the age of exploration and established a large overseas empire.
What is Portugal?
This 1787 document established the framework of the United States government
What is the US Constitution?
This 1929 economic crash triggered the Great Depression
What was the Wall Street crash?
This famous ancient Egyptian monument was built as a tomb for a pharaoh
What is the great pyramid of Giza?
This major global conflict lasted from 1939 to 1945
What was World War II?
This 1688 event in England, limited the monarch's power and strengthened parliament.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
Who was the third president of the United States?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This US president led the country through most of World War II
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This ancient city in Italy was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79
What is Pompeii?
This wall divided east and west Berlin until it fell in 1989
What was the Berlin wall?
This 1776 document declared the American colonies independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1803 purchase from France greatly expanded the territory of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This 1964 law prohibited discrimination in many public places and employment
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This French palace became the royal residence of Louis XIV and symbolize absolute monarchy
What is the palace of Versailles?
This 1917 revolution brought the Bolsheviks to power in Russia
What was the October Revolution?
This 1789 event began to overthrow of Francis monarchy and the old political system.
What is the French Revolution?
This 1863 proclamation declared enslaved people in Confederate controlled areas to be free
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
This 1969 Mission first landed humans on the Moon
What was Apollo 11?
This ancient city in Jordan is famous for its rock-cut buildings, including the treasury, and was once the capital of the Nabataean kingdom
What is the ancient city of Petra?
This 1945 international organization was established to promote peace and cooperation among nations
What is the United Nations?
This 1648 agreement ended the 30 years war, and it helped established the principle of state sovereignty.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
What 1867 purchased from Russia added a vast territory to the United States
What was the Alaska Purchase?
This 1974 scandal led to President Richard Nixon's resignation
What was the Watergate scandal?
This ancient underground city in TÜRKİYE could shelter, thousands of people and contained homes, kitchens, storage rooms, and ventilation shafts.
What is Derinkuyu Underground City?
This 1991 event marked the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union.
What was the collapse of the Soviet Union?