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Enlightenment and Revolutions
Industrial Revolution and Imperialism
World War I
Postwar World
World War II and Cold War
100
I was the first to argue for heliocentrism rather than geocentrism in a scientific way.
Who is Copernicus?
100
These allowed for the production of goods to move outside of people's homes and often harnessed the power of water or coal to run large-scale machines.
What are factories?
100
The war was marked by this new type of battle.
What is trench warfare?
100
Angry at the lack of food and supplies, poor leadership, and their disastrous war record, the people of Russia eventually supported this communist party's revolution.
What is the Bolshevik Party?
100
This attack on December 7, 1941 brought the US into the war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
200
After the Estates General's meeting fell into disarray a group from the Third Estate, locked out of the meeting hall, met to make this declaration.
What is the Tennis Court Oath.
200
This meeting involved the countries of Europe meeting to split up Africa; African leaders were not invited.
What is the Berlin Conference?
200
Give two technological weapons advances during World War I.
What are: tanks, submarines, machine guns, poison gas, airplanes for surveying/fighting?
200
This term refers to the young people who reached maturity during or just after the Great War; it has many layers of significance.
What is the Lost Generation?
200
Neville Chamberlain advocated for this policy which promised "peace in our time"
What is appeasement?
300
Taking control after the Directory fell into disarray, he extended French power over a great deal of Europe before eventually facing exile (twice!)
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
300

These economists argued that there would be an uprising of the proletariat and that class was the root of all war.

Who was Karl Marx?

300
While I originally had signed an alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary, I ended up fighting on the Allied side rather than with the Central Powers.
What is Italy?
300
He led the Salt March and advocated the principles of ahimsa and satyagraha.
Who is Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi?
300
He tried to be a totalitarian leader but was never fully able to wrest control from the pope or the king.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
400
He is best known as the leader of the Haitian Revolution
Who is Touissant L'Overture?
400
This Scottish economist argued for the ideas of laissez-faire, noting that man is "led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention."
Who is Adam Smith?
400

This group in Serbia and Bosnia was responsible for the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.

What is the Black Hand?

400

The year of protests and uprisings throughout the US and other parts of the world.  Chill Man!

What is 1969?

400
After having established the mandate system and promised an independent state to two different groups, this colonial power left Palestine's division to the United Nations.
What is Britain?
500

Under his rule, France went through a ¨Reign of Terror¨.

Who was Robespierre?

500
This tree bark, which came from South America, was discovered to prevent and soothe malarial symptoms, helping European colonialism.
What is quinine (or Jesuit bark)?
500

Woodrow Wilson advocated for the establishment of key ideas that would make the world a safer and more peaceful place, including self-determination.

The Fourteen Points?

500
Movement founded by Wangari Maathai that encouraged women to work together to plant trees, improve the soil and collect rainwater.

What was the Greenbelt Movement?

500
When the Soviet Union cut off Western access to Berlin, this operation kept them fed, clothed, and warm.
What is the Berlin Airlift?