Dates
Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin?
895
First Roman Emperor?
Augustus
Jihad?
Holy war
"Veni, vidi, vici"
Julius Caesar
What was the name of the epidemic that swept through Europe in the 14th century?
The Black Death
Foundation of Austria-Hungary?
1867
Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip
Despotism?
a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power
"History is written by the victors."
Winston Churchill
Which ancient Mesopotamian ruler created one of the world’s earliest legal codes?
Hammurapi
Fall of the Western Roman Empire?
476 AD
Leader of the Golden Horde in the 13th century?
Batu Khan
Primogeniture?
The emperor's oldest son inherit the throne
"Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness."
Lajos Kossuth
What event triggered the U.S. entry into World War II?
The attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
Reign of Louis I of Hungary?
1342–1382
"Greatest Hungarian"?
István Széchenyi
Three-field system?
The three-field system is a regime of crop rotation in which a field is planted with one set of crops one year, a different set in the second year, and left fallow in the third year
"Whatever the future may bring, I beg and pray all Magyars worthy of that name... to hold together, to forget party strife, and to keep before their eyes a single purpose: the restoration of Hungary’s freedom."
Miklós Horthy
Which English document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the king and is considered a foundation of modern democracy?
Magna Carta
Reign of Gabriel Bethlen?
1613–1629
Prime Minister of Hungary from 1939-1941, who committed suicide?
Pál Teleki
Predestination?
all events have been willed by God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual soul.
"I am the state"
Louis XIV
Who was Hungary’s first Prime Minister after the compromise of 1867?
Count Gyula Andrássy