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Define Perspecitve
What is a technique that allows an artist to portray a three dimensional space on a flat surface.
100
What is Versailles?
A palace outside Paris, France
100
Name the three Axis Powers
What are Germany, Italy and Japan?
100
In 1908, this future chancellor of Germany was a 19 year-old who was rejected from art school in Vienna, Austria.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
100
During which "hundreds" would the 16th Century occur?
What is 1500s.
200
When was the Renaissance, and what does the word mean?
What is 14th through 17th centuries, and Renaissance means "rebirth."
200
In what year was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
What is 1919
200
What two nations formed a non-agreesion pact in 1939 and what happened regarding that pact two years later in 1941?
What are Germany and the Soviet Union formed a non-agression pact in 1939, and two years later, Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
200
This Renaissance artist was known for great works like the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
200
What Renaissance playwright and poet wrote the play Hamlet?
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
During the Renaissance, Humanism became a popular school of thought. What is Humanism?
What is the study of secular or nonreligious subjects such as history and philosophy?
300
Name two things the Treaty of Versailles required of Germany
What is taking responsibility for the war (The War Guilt Clause), giving back land, paying reparations.
300
What did the German government term its plan to eliminate Jews from Europe during World War II.
The Final Solution
300
The Catholic King of Spain who launched his Armada against Spain in 1588
Who is Phillip II?
300
What are protesters in Independence Square in Kiev Ukraine demanding and why?
What is the resignation of Ukraine's president because he failed to sign an association with the European Union and instead decided to announce that Ukraine would have closer ties to Russia.
400
Name two ways Renaissance ideas spread through northern Europe
Traders carried ideas throughout Europe as they did business Noble families in other countries invited artists and academics to visit court Wealthy families sent their children to study in Italy and those students brought ideas back to their homelands
400
By today's standards, how much money did Germany have to pay under the Treaty of Versailles?
$445 Billion
400
What was the first big incident in the Holocaust and when did it occur?
Kristallnacht, which occurred on November 9th and 10th of 1938. Nazis burned synagogues and destroyed Jewish businesses.
400
Between 1440-1450, this German man created the printing press.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
400
What was the name of the two volume book Adolf Hitler published in 1925-1926 and what does the title translate to in English?
What is Mein Kampf which means My Struggle?
500
1/3 of the population was wiped out during the plague or "black death" that hit Europe when?
1347 or (1340s)
500
After the signing of the Treaty of Versaille, the government of Germany created hyperinflation (meaning their money became almost worthless) because they started doing what?
What is the government printed more and more money
500
What are the names of the two "theaters" of battle in World War II and what is the name of the day on which fighting ended in each theater?
What is European and Pacific. V-E day (victory in Europe) May 8, 1945 and V-J day (victory in Japan) August 15, 1945.
500
This man is the current President of Ukraine--he recently decided not to sign an agreement to allow Ukraine to gain closer ties with the European Union.
Who is Viktor Yanukovych?
500
What was the name of the Italian city-state where the Renaissance is said to have begun?
Where is Florence?