Absolutism
This term was used by Western European monarchs to justify their authority.
What is Divine Right?
This former Soviet satellite was invaded by Russia in February of 2022.
What is Ukraine?
This economic system is based on the exchange of raw materials and finished goods between the mother country and her colony.
What is mercantilism?
This US President is given credit for de-escalating and ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who was JFK?
This country was considered to be the weakest of the Allied Powers during WWI.
What was Russia?
This Mughal ruler was known for his religious tolerance and interest in theological diversity.
Who was Akbar the Great?
The US stance on officially recognizing the sovereignty of this East Asian island changed in 1979, nevertheless the US currently has amicable relations with this territory.
What is Taiwan?
The scramble for Africa left only these two territories unclaimed.
What are Liberia and Ethiopia?
These two countries benefitted the most from financial aid provided by the Truman Doctrine.
What are Greece and Turkey?
The Industrial Revolution began in England within this type of industry.
What is the textile industry?
During the Tokugawa Shogunate, only merchants from this European country were allowed to trade with Japan.
Who were the Dutch? What was the Netherlands?
This is the nickname for the withdrawal process that Great Britain took in January of 2020 to leave the European Union.
What is Brexit?
This famous European monarch was dubbed "The Empress of India."
Who was British Queen Victoria?
This latitudinal line has served as the DMZ zone between North and South Korea since the armistice of the Korean War in 1953.
What is the 38th Parallel?
This was the North American offshoot of the European conflict know as the Seven Years War.
What was the French and Indian War?
This enlightened Russian despot corresponded with Montesquieu and Voltaire during her reign.
Who was Catherine the Great?
This was the name of the territory of East Pakistan that established itself as an independent country in 1971.
What is Bangladesh?
This western European country imperialized Vietnam to create the colony of ______ Indochina.
What is France?
This space vehicle, that transported astronauts from the command module to the moon and back, was engineered and built in Bethpage, NY.
What was the Lunar Excursion Module - LEM or LM?
The storming of the Bastille on this date in 1789 marked the beginning of the French Revolution. It is celebrated every summer in France as Bastille Day.
This European dynasty ruled France from 1589 until 1793, and then again from 1814 to 1830, and is best know for inciting the French Revolution.
What is the Bourbon dynasty or House of Bourbon?
These are the five permanent member nations of the UN Security Council.
What are the US, France, Britain, China and Russia?
This was the second country in the Americas to win independence from Europe.
These are the two programs that Mikail Gorbachev instituted in the Soviet Union in the 1980s to help bring about an end to Soviet communism and the Cold War.
What are perestroika and glasnost?
This country was invaded by the USSR in 1979, marking an end of de'tente for the US and signifying that the Cold War would continue.
What is Afghanistan?