Medieval Times
What system of government and land ownership dominated Europe during the Middle Ages?
Feudalism
What year did the French Revolution begin?
1789
What wall became the symbol of the divide between East and West during the Cold War?
Berlin Wall
Who invented the telephone in 1876?
Alexander Graham Bell
The U.S. Constitution was signed in what year?
1787
What was the series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land called?
The Crusades
Who led the Haitian Revolution?
Toussaint Louverture
Which two superpowers were rivals in the Cold War?
United States and Soviet Union
The Wright brothers are famous for what achievement?
First successful airplane flight
What document freed enslaved people in Confederate states during the U.S. Civil War?
Emancipation Proclamation
In 1215, King John of England signed which document limiting the power of the monarchy?
Magna Carta
Which South American leader is known as “The Liberator”?
Simón Bolívar
What 1962 event nearly brought the world to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Who proposed the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
What agreement ended World War I?
Treaty of Versailles
Which empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?
Mongol Empire
The Russian Revolution in 1917 led to the rise of which political ideology?
Communism (Bolshevik rule)
Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
Who discovered penicillin in 1928
The “95 Theses” by Martin Luther sparked what major religious movement?
The Protestant Reformation
The Hundred Years’ War was fought between which two countries?
England and France
What sparked the Mexican Revolution in 1910?
Opposition to Porfirio Díaz’s dictatorship
What policy did the U.S. adopt to stop the spread of communism?
Containment
What invention by James Watt greatly improved the Industrial Revolution?
Steam engine
Which peace agreement ended the Thirty Years’ War in 1648?
Peace of Westphalia