Why did European explorers want to explore other countries?
They wanted to gain wealth and fame.
100
How did geography help the Ancient Romans?
They were in the center of Italy and the Mediterranean. Good trade and travel access. Protection from mountains.
100
What is Nationalism?
Pride in one's country
100
What event triggered World War I?
Franz Ferdinand- Archduke of Austria was assasinated. Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia after this. Russia backed Serbia and Germany backed Austria-Hungary.
100
What was the Holocaust?
The mass murder of 6 million Jewish people and other persectued groups.
200
Name three of Leonardo da Vinci's talents.
Painter, scientist, engineer, inventor
200
Which European nation, headed by Prince Henry, settled in western Africa and explored the coast of Africa and later sailed to Asia?
Portugal
200
What was an aqueduct used for?
Transporting water
200
What event marked the beginning of World War II?
Germany's invasion of Poland
200
Name two ways Ancient Rome influences the modern world
Religion, language, literature, architecture, etc.
300
Identify the four levels of the Medieval feudal system
King, lord, vassal, serf
300
Many people moved to cities to work during the Industrial Revolution. Describe their living conditions.
They lived in filthy, unsanitary conditions, many immigrants and poor people died from injury in the factories, illness, and hunger
300
This process of selling forgiveness was one of Martin Luther's most significant comlplaints with the Catholic Church.
Indulgences
300
What did the Soviet Union and the USA disagree on during the Cold War?
Communism vs. Capitalism
300
Name two new art techniques used in the Renaissance
Name a philosopher who influenced the French people to revolt against their king
John Locke
400
Name one major difference between Ancient Greece and Rome
Government, geography, empire vs. city states, etc.
400
Who was in each of the Three Estates in Pre-Revolutionary France?
First: Church
Second: Nobles
Third: Everybody else
400
How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to the rise of Nazism in Germany?
The Treaty of Verailles made Germany accept full responsiblity for the war. Germany lost colonies and land. In addition, they had to pay large sums of money to the countries they attacked. This hurt their economy and left the Germans angry and vulnerable.
400
This philosophy encourages study of things that are worldly instead of religious.
Humanism
500
This person was known as the inventor as the printing press (although he was actually improving on a version from China)
Johannes Gutenberg
500
Which place was Rome's biggest rival?
Carthage
500
The imaginary line between communist and capitalist countries in Europe was called the....
Iron curtain
500
Martin Luther made his thoughts concerning the Church known through the posting of these declarations upon a Church door in Germany.
95 Theses
500
The destruction of this symbol marked the end of the Cold War.