Renaissance/ Reformation
The Enlightenment
Victorian Era/ Industrial Revolution
WWI-WWII
Cold War and Beyond
100
He wrote the 95 theses and nailed them to a church door.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
A scientific field that attempts to explain the world around us in mathematical and empirical terms. Created by Isaac Newton.
What is Physics?
100
New form of power that revolutionized modern technology, created from the transfer from water vapor to kinetic energy.
What is steam power?
100
Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin
What is the Big Three?
100
Philosophical and Ideological conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
What is the Cold War?
200
He is a world class sculptor and painter. His notable works include The David and the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
200
A major turning point in European history led by a frustrated people revolting against an absolute monarchy.
What is the French Revolution?
200
Rich are waited upon and live in estates. Middle class attempt to live social lives like the rich. Poor serve the rich and work in factories and live in the cities.
What is Victorian Social Structure?
200
The three nations known as the Central Powers in WWI.
What is Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey?
200
The universal form of currency between all members of the Eurozone.
What is the Euro?
300
A well rounded, well educated individual involved in the arts and sciences.
What is a Renaissance Man?
300
Rulers such as Catherine the Great and Frederick II that supported the arts and other enlightenment ideals.
What are Enlightened Monarchs?
300
Used to house The Great Expedition of 1851. Built in Hyde Park.
What is The Crystal Palace?
300
Europe's early reaction to the re-militarization of the Rhineland, and Hitler's annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland.
What is appeasement?
300
Diplomatic and military confrontation between Egypt on one side, and Britain, France, and Israel on the other over a key strategic location.
What is the Suez Crisis?
400
The wealthy banking family centered in Florence who heavily supported the arts.
What is the Medici Family?
400
The style of art and literature that focused on the the over-expression of emotion and feeling.
What is Romanticism?
400
English author born in Hampshire who wrote Hard Times, Great Expectations and other notable works.
Who is Charles Dickens?
400
Form of government where one leader dictates every aspect of a country's functions.
What is totalitarianism?
400
A major symbol of the fall of communism on November 9, 1989.
What is the fall of Berlin Wall?
500
The meeting of church officials that addressed issues in the Catholic church and started the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
What is the Council of Trent?
500
A leader of the Scottish Enlightenment who preached economic principles such as laissez-faire. Wrote the Wealth of Nations.
Who is Adam Smith?
500
British legislation passed to deal with trade of grains in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Era and finally repealed in 1846.
What are the Corn Laws?
500
The Ottoman government's systematic extermination of some of its minority subjects.
What is the Armenian Genocide?
500
Combined Research facility located in Geneva, Switzerland. Home to the worlds largest particle accelerator.
What is CERN?