The Renaissance
The Renaissance began in this country
What is Italy?
Louis XVI was guillotined during this revolution
What is the French Revolution?
In the 19th century, imperialism primarily focused on the Scramble for this continent
What is Africa?
Germany, Italy, and Japan were these powers
What are the Axis Powers?
In 1961, to stop defections to the West, a wall was erected in this city
What is Berlin?
Michelangelo painted this on the ceiling in the Vatican
What is the Sistine Chapel?
He had six wives and, out of a desire to divorce, separated England from the Catholic Church
Who is Henry XVII?
In 1884-85, this conference occurred to divide Africa
What is the Berlin Conference?
He was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II
Who was Stalin?
During the Cold War, Western power shifted from Great Britain and France to this country
What is the United States of America?
Many Renaissance artists were given patronage by this family in Florence
Who are the Medici?
Leaders like Catherine the Great of Russia and Frederick the Great of Prussia were these, absolute rulers who incorporated Enlightenment ideals
What are enlightened despots?
Northern Africa was primarily controlled by this country
What is France?
This punitive treaty likely led to the rise of Nazism
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
He was the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
After the start of the Italian Renaissance, this began with a focus on more Christian themes
What is the Northern Renaissance
The chief minister to King Louis XIII of France was this cardinal
Who is Richelieu?
He said "Your map of Africa is all very fine, but my map lies in Europe"
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
World War I was caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a nationalist of this ethnic group
Who are the Serbs?
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Chiaroscuro was a prominent technique in The Night Watchman by this artist
Who is Rembrandt?
Napoleon was decisively defeated at this 1815 battle
What is Waterloo?
The Boer Wars were conflicts concerning this country
What is South Africa?
Due to appeasement, Hitler was able to take the Sudetenland, a region of this country
What is Czechoslovakia?
She was the first female prime minister of the UK, from 1979 to 1990
Who is Margaret Thatcher?