Famous (or Infamous) Leaders
Leading a the first succesful communist revolution-this individual became the first leader of the USSR
Vladimir Lenin
This art style became the official style of the Soviet Union focusing on the glory of its system and the lives of its people.
Soviet Realism
Gavrillo Princip killed arch-duke Franz Ferdinandand. An ardent believer in Serbian statehood he supported what ideology?
Nationalism
Trench Warfare played a major role in the Western Front of what conflict?
World War I
During World War I, the Young Turks weaponized years of preexisting hatred against the Armenians leading to the Armenian Genocide. What faith were the Armenians?
Christian
Known as the "Mad Junker" he is known for leading a unified Germany he relied on a system of alliances and conflict to cement unified Germany's place in Europe.
Otto von Bismarck
This art movement from about 1700-1750 focused on playful and light subject matter. It was commonly purchased by the wealthy.
Rocco
Who is Frederich Engels again? This man often gets left out in writing a key text on this ideology that advocated for a command economy and dictatorship of the proletariat
Communism
This war devastated central Europe and was fought over religion. If Mr. Capista were alive during the war it would have been going on for almost his entire life.
Thirty Years War
Which Enlightenment thinker was known for challenging organized religion, specifically the Catholic Church,
Voltaire
The "Sun King," this leader personified the ideas of absolutism. Take a trip to Versailles to see the place he called home.
Louis XIV
Who cares about the specific detail? This art movement that reached its zenith between 1870-1890 focused on light and color while trying to capture a single feeling.
Impressionism
Many of the failed revolutions of 1848 sought to bring about more individual rights, representative government, and free markets-reflecting the ideas of which ideology?
Liberalism
This war helped unify the German states against a common enemy. It led to an embarassing defeat and a worse case scenario for one of Europe's previously strongest nations
Franco-Prussian War
Known for adult baptism and for allowing women to preach publicly, this sect of Christianity was considered radical by many of the others.
Anabaptists
Known by her political opponents as the "Black Queen", this French queen engaged in ruthless measures to preserve the French monarchy such as planning murder that led to the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Catherine de Medici
What time is it again? This post World War I art movement was inspired by the teachings of Sigmund Freud and the anxieties that abound in human unconciousness
Surrealism
Is the science good? Do we have clear, observable evidence? This is "ism" is what they were looking for in the Scientific Revolution
World War II? Not likely according to this British Prime Minister who believed that "Peace in Our Time" with Hitler had been achieved through appeasement
Neville Chamberlain
This Polish pope challenged communism and played a role in its downfall
Pope John Paul II
A seeming contradiction, this emperor strengthened his authoritarian power while also liberalizing and promoting industry. His army was defeated by the German army and he was dethroned.
Napoleon III
A tool used by the Catholic Church during the Counter Reformation-this art style tried to be grandiose and emphasize the wealth and power of its owner(s).
Baroque
Many nationalists relied on this to derive a common past and heritage for a specific group.
Romanticism
The Edict of Nantes which allowed for toleration of the Huguenots ended which war?
French Wars of Religion
John Calvin believed that God had already decided who would be saved and who would not be. What is this theological concept called?
Predestination