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Geography
Classical Europe
Medieval Europe
Industrial Revolution
Cold War
100
Europe is surrounded by water on three sides, which makes it a what?
A peninsula
100
Ancient Greece is known as the birthplace of this form of government
What is democracy
100
The Medieval era or 'the Middle Ages' started after the fall of this powerful empire
What is 'The Roman empire'
100
The industrial revolution started in this country
What is England
100
The cold war was fought between these two countries
What are USA and USSR
200
In Europe you are never more than 300 miles from this
What is the sea
200
Greece's mountainous landscape and closeness to the sea influenced the ancient Greeks to form separate communities called this
What are city-states
200
Medieval Europe saw the rise and dominance of this religion
What is Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
200
The industrial revolution started in this century
What is the 18th century
200
The Cold War started at the end of this war
What is World War II
300
This European peninsula is shaped like a boot
What is the Italian peninsula (Apennine pensula)
300
Before Rome became an empire it had this kind of government in which the citizens elected representatives
What is a republic
300
During the Middle Ages, the Eastern Roman empire lived on at Constantinople and had this name
What is the Byzantine empire
300
The industrial revolution was a transition from hand production to production by what?
What are machines
300
The cold war was a fight between these two economic systems
What are communism and capitalism
400
This most famous European mountain range creates a boundary between Italy and the rest of Europe
What are The Alps
400
Ancient Rome imitated and borrowed heavily from this other ancient civilization
What is ancient Greece
400
This is the economic system of the Middle Ages in which a monarch gave nobles land in return for pledges of loyalty
What is feudalism
400
The industrial revolution was powered by the steam engine which was powered by this fuel
What is coal?
400
One of the hot wars that took place during the cold war
What is Vietnam war, Korean war, Afghanistan war
500
This mountain range is one of the borders between Europe and Asia
What are the Ural mountains
500
Rome became an empire shortly after the assassination of this person, their most famous general
Who is Julius Ceasar
500
This was the name for the series of wars that European Christians fought against Muslims during the middle ages
What are the Crusades
500
One of the main reasons that England was the first to industrialize
What are 'high wages' or 'plentiful coal'
500
The ultimate reason that the US won the cold war
What is capitalism works better than communism