Renaissance and Reformation
This invention, developed by Johannes Gutenberg, allowed for the mass production of books and helped spread ideas during the Renaissance.
Printing Press
This military leader rose to power during the French Revolution and later declared himself Emperor of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte
This Italian explorer sailed for Spain and was the first European to reach the Americas in 1492, although he thought he had found a new route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
What invention allowed for soldiers to cross no mans land with cover and go over trenches. (They moved VERY SlOW)
Tanks
What was the cause of the war in Europe? (What invasion)
The invasion of Poland
This artist painted the "Mona Lisa" and the "Last Supper.
Leonardo da Vinci
The industrial revolution was fueled by what?
Coal
What are some "cash crops"
Tobacco and cotton
Who was part of the Central Powers? ("The Bad guys")
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy, Ottoman Empire
What was the cause of the war in the Pacific?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
This scientific tool, improved during the Renaissance by Galileo, allowed astronomers to observe the stars and planets more clearly.
telescope
This Tsar of Russia, whose reign ended during the Russian Revolution, was executed along with his family.
Tsar Nicholas II
an economic system where countries tried to get rich by selling more goods than they bought, and they did this by selling to their colonies. (Mother country)
Mercantilism
What was the name of the treaty that ended ww1, but was also the reason ww2 started?
Treaty of Versailles
Who were the Axis Powers? (BAD GUYS)
Germany, Italy, Japan
This was the document that Martin Luther wrote, listing his disagreements with the Catholic Church, especially the sale of indulgences.
the 95 Theses
This radical socialist leader, often associated with the Russian Revolution, led the Bolsheviks and became the first leader of Soviet Russia. (3 promises, peace, bread, land)
Vladimir Lenin
A conflict that made Britain struggle financially made the British tax the colonists to pay for
The French and Indian War
What kind of warfare was famous in ww1 that used a heavily fortified position and was susceptible to the elements like rain and snow?
What was the name of the last battle in Europe? (The capital of Germany)
Battle of Berlin
This English king broke away from the Catholic Church to create the Church of England in the 1530s. (Remember the song, divorce, beheaded and died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
King Henry VIII
This famous French queen, often associated with extravagance, was executed during the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette
Who was the British king that the American colonists rebelled against?
What kind of conditions did the soldiers in the trenches face?
Sickness, starvation, fleas, rats, trench foot, shell shock, Trench fever ETC
What were the names of the two Japanese cities that the US used the atomic bomb on?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki