Modern World History
This political system that recognizes no limit to its power and has an "all-powerful leader."
What is a Totalitarianism government/ Dictatorship?
These two rivers gave Mesopotamia its name?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
She was the goddess of wisdom, war, and the crafts. She was the favorite daughter of Zeus
Who is Athena?
These are the three Abrahamic Religions
What are :Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
The First Amendment includes these five rights.
What are the Freedoms of: Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition ?
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
What is Propaganda?
This culture was the first to develop writing, also known as "cuneiform writing."
Who are the Ancient Sumerians ?
A series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that lasted from 499–449 BC: and resulted in the spread western civilization.
What are the Persian Wars?
This Holy Roman Emperor is also known as the Father of Europe.
Who is Charlesmagne ?
The Revolutionary War started with the "shot heard round" at this famous battle.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This political ideology got its name from ancient Rome's symbol of a magistrate's power: a bundle of rods with a projecting axe blade, carried by a lictor.
What is Fascism?
This Egyptian god was the inventor of writing and the scribe of the underworld
Who is Thoth?
A broken pieces of pottery used to vote a person ostracize from Athens.
What are Ostraka?
Muslims consider this place, the holiest place on earth.
What is Mecca and the Kaaba, a stone building in the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia?
This election saw a newly formed Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln win the presidency and the Civil War followed soon after.
What is the Election of 1860?
This country was invaded by Japan prior to World War II. This invasion, which began in 1931, marked a significant turning point in Japanese expansionism and set the stage for further aggression.
What is Manchuria/ China?
This pharaoh commissioned the largest pyramid ever built.
Who is Khufu?
This ancient greek historian is known as the "Father of History" or "The Father of Lies" depending ones' view point.
Who is Herodotus?
The Apostle Paul played a crucial role in the spread of Christianity, but he was known by another name before his "road to Damascus" conversion. What was his name before he became Paul?
Who was Saul of Tarsus?
The year that the Constitutional Convention finalized and adopted the United States Constitution.
What is 1787?
He was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, through whom he gained considerable influence in the final years of the Russian Empire. He was eventually assassinated; poisoned twice and shot three times.
This is the year that the 9th century BCE ends.
What is 801 BCE?
The Spartan King who created the unwritten law code of Sparta and then left Sparta!
Who is Lycurgus?
This Pope started the Crusades with one of the most influential speeches of all time, yelling "Deus Vult!"
Who is Pope Urban II?
A christian denomination that took the first collective stand against both slavery and the slave trade.
Who are the Quakers?