Initials
M.G.: Nonviolent Indian
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
The number of ships Columbus sailed to America with.
What are 3?
He spread the ideas of the Enlightenment across Europe as he conquered it for France.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Zheng He's treasure fleet sailed this ocean for Ming China.
What is the Indian Ocean?
Peter the Great built this coastal city to project his power to the world.
What is St. Petersburg?
V. L.: First Communist leader of the Soviet Union.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
The year WWII ended and the Cold War began.
What is 1945?
The Cold War became more intense when the Soviets launched a surprise 1979 proxy war in this Middle Eastern nation.
What is Afghanistan?
He created a school to train and encourage European explorers.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
The Soviet Union built many nuclear weapons but could not use them because of this 3 letter concept.
What is MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)?
N. M.: Non-violent leader in South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The bloodiest pandemic in human history.
What is the bubonic plague?
The Mahdi is one example of an African leader fighting back against this nation's colonization.
Who are the British?
Ferdinand Magellan became the first European credited with doing this.
What is circumnavigating the world?
Russian slaves were known as these.
What are serfs?
J. G.: Proposed a more humane way of executing people in late 1700s France.
Who is Joseph Guillotin?
This year long retreat by Chinese Communists took over 6,000 miles to complete.
What is the Long March?
The Boxer Rebellion of 1900 was an attempt to drive Western influence out of this country.
What is China?
Before making it to India, Vasco da Gama visited these city states on the East Coast of Africa.
What are the Swahili City States?
He attempted to reform the Soviet Union. But his reforms ended up leading to it's collapse in 1991.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
V. D.: Romanian who fought the Ottomans and is now dead (not undead)
Who is Vlad Dracula?
The number of cosmonauts the Soviets/Russians sent to the moon.
What is zero?
His Jamaica Letter outlined the reasons why South Americans needed to revolt against Spain.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
The Mongol Conquest of Japan failed due to this natural occurrence.
What is a hurricane (typhoon)?
The Columbian Exchange transformed Russia by introducing this crop which is the basis for vodka.
What are potatoes?