Exploration
(1.10) Early explorers sailed uncharted waters and used this light and maneuverable invention to sail into the wind.
What is the caravel?
(1.06) This city became a wealthy center of Europe's wool and silk exchange and was the first to experience the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
(3.05) In Rhode Island, this man invented the United States' first water-powered textile mill. Other American people in business replicated his idea of breaking tasks down into simple steps in factories.
Who is Samuel Slater?
(4.04) On June 28, 1914, this Austria-Hungary Archduke was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
(4.15) On December 7, 1941, a surprise attack was launched on the United States by the Japanese navy on this naval base.
What is Pearl Harbor?
(1.11) The Inca Empire, weakened by smallpox and civil war, was conquered by this Spanish conquistador after taking the Inca leader, Atahualpa, hostage.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
(1.07) This true Renaissance man was a sculptor, painter, architect, engineer, scientist, philosopher, visionary, and a Florentine. His most famous paintings include The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
(3.06) At the beginning of the twentieth century, Henry Ford introduced this production method. Each worker had a particular task, and workers received parts on a conveyor belt. This method reduced production time, and the product was sold at a lower price.
What is the assembly line?
(4.06) This ship's sinking in 1915 by German U-boats killed over a hundred American citizens.
What is the Lusitania?
(4.17) After the Battle of Midway, the United States used this strategy to move toward Japan and win the war in the Pacific.
What is island-hopping?
(1.10) This French explorer journeyed along the St. Lawrence River searching for the Northwest Passage and established France's claim to the area.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
(1.08) Johannes Gutenberg's invention of this machine contributed to knowledge and learning and helped spread Renaissance ideas.
What is the printing press?
(3.05) This man built the Bridgewater Canal, the first important canal in Britain, to transport his coal to factories in an industrial city. His canal inspired an increase in canal building, including the Erie Canal in America.
Who is Francis Egerton?
(4.05) In 1915, The Ottomans blamed the Armenians for cooperating with the Russians. They executed tens of thousands of Armenian men and deported women, children, and the elderly. Over a million Armenians died in this mass murder.
What is the Armenian Massacre?
(4.17) This weapon killed thousands of Japanese civilians and ended the war quickly. The deaths of hundreds of thousands of American soldiers, and Japanese soldiers and civilians, were prevented.
What is the atomic bomb?