European History
This man nailed 95 Theses to a church door in Germany, sparking the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther
An attack on this U.S. territory on December 7th, 1941 would eventually bring the US into WWII. It became the 50th state in 1959.
Hawaii
Reconstruction
In 1600, this man unified Japan, bringing Japan into the Edo Period. The shogunate he founded would later be overthrown in the Meiji Restoration.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
This Roman sky god was known as the king of the gods and leader of the Roman pantheon. His weapon of choice was the thunderbolt.
Jupiter (NOT ZEUS)
This man is known for his six marriages and the establishment of the Church of England. He is most famously known for the execution of many of his wives.
Henry VIII
Fighting in this invasion occurred at Gold Beach, Omaha Beach, and Sword Beach, with this amphibious assault on Normandy opening up a second front against Germany.
D-Day (also accept Operation Neptune)
The destruction of this ship led to the Spanish-American War.
USS Maine
In the late 12th and early 13th century, this leader united the tribes of the Eurasian steppes to create an empire with an area rivaled only by the British Empire.
Genghis Khan (also accept Chinggis Khan) (also accept Temujin Khan)
This capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (aka Byzantine Empire) was later captured by Ottomans in 1453. It is known as Istanbul today.
Hint: It's Istanbul, not ___________.
Constantinople (also accept Byzantium)
This event lead to the split between the Catholic and Orthodox Church
The assassination of this archduke, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, set off a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, which eventually escalated into World War I.
This modern-day state used to be called the "Indian Territory."
Oklahoma
This Sh'ia empire in the Middle East was often at odds with the Sunni Ottoman Empire.
Safavid Empire (also accept Persian Empire) (also accept Iran)
This Roman dictator was assassinated in 44 BC by a group of senators. A Shakespeare play that goes by the same name portrays this man's last words as "et tu, Brutus?"
Julius Caesar
This was the name of Germany after WW1 and before Nazism.
Weimar Republic
The Hall of Mirrors at this palace was chosen for the peace negotiations of WWI. It was also used to proclaim the German Empire after the Franco-Prussian War.
Versailles
This act got rid of numerous barriers to voting for African Americans.
Voting Rights Act
This African ruler of Mali was thought to have been the richest person in history.
This general invaded Rome during the 2nd Punic War, winning such victories as the Battle of Cannae. He is best known for his crossing of the Alps.
Hannibal Barca
This was the name of the agreement between European powers to keep the balance of power
(Hint: It's after Napolean; Also not Congress of Vienna)
Concert of Europe
This German battleship, named after "The Iron Chancellor" Otto von _________, was the largest of its kind, most famous for sinking the HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy. It would eventually be pursued and sunk by the Royal Navy.
Bismarck
These were a series of articles that were written to convince people to support the US Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
This company, based in the Netherlands, was considered the largest company in history. It gained a monopoly on trade in Asia, and was one of the first joint-stock companies - allowing it to grow into a powerful trading company.
VOC (aka Dutch East India Company)
From 264 BC to 146 BC, this empire battled with and ultimately fell to Rome in what would be known as the Punic Wars.
Carthaginian Empire