REVOLUTIONS!
THE WORLD WARS
THE COLD WAR
DECOLONIZATION & INDEPENDENCE
TECHNOLOGY
100

This 1776 document announced the thirteen American colonies' separation from Great Britain.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

100

The assassination of this Archduke in 1914 was the spark that ignited World War I.

Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

100

This symbolic structure, built in 1961, physically divided the German city of Berlin for 28 years.

What was the Berlin Wall?

100

This "jewel in the crown" of the British Empire gained its independence in 1947, led by figures like Gandhi.

What is India?

100

DOUBLE POINTS

The process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide.

What is globalization?

200

The slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" became famous during this late-18th century revolution.

What was the French Revolution?

200

This international organization was created after World War I in an attempt to maintain world peace.

What was the League of Nations?

200

This Soviet leader's policies of Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) helped lead to the end of the Cold War.

Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?

200

DOUBLE POINTS

He was the leader of the Indian independence movement, known for his philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience.

Who was Mahatma Gandhi?

200

This Weapon during WWI made it impossible to cross no mans land. 

What was the Machine Gun ?

300

This period during the French Revolution, led by Robespierre, was known for its mass executions by guillotine.

What was the Reign of Terror?

300

The 1941 aerial attack on this U.S. naval base brought America directly into World War II.

What was Pearl Harbor?

300

This policy was used by the US to stop the spread of communism.

What is containment? 

300

Nelson Mandela became the first black president of this African nation after the end of apartheid.

What is South Africa?

300

The Atomic Bomb was dropped on which 2 cities 

What was Hiroshima and Nagasaki? 

400

This 1917 revolution led to the creation of the world's first communist state, the Soviet Union.

What was the Russian Revolution (or Bolshevik Revolution)?

400

This WWII strategy of giving in to an aggressor's demands to avoid conflict was used by Britain and France with Hitler.

What was appeasement?

400

This 1962 standoff between the U.S. and USSR over missiles placed in a Caribbean country was the closest the Cold War came to nuclear conflict.

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

400

This 1997 event marked the end of British colonial rule over this major Chinese city.

What is Hong Kong?

400

This WWI Vehicle allowed troops to plow over barb wire and through No Mans Land 

What was the Tank?

500

His book, The Communist Manifesto, written with Friedrich Engels, inspired many 20th-century revolutions.

Who was Karl Marx?

500

This 1929 event created the global economic crisis that helped fuel the rise of extremist governments before WWII.

What was the Great Depression (or the Stock Market Crash)?

500

This "Iron Curtain" speech by a British leader described the division of Europe after WWII.

Who was Winston Churchill?

500

This Caribbean island, formerly known as Saint-Domingue, became the first black republic after a successful slave revolt.

What is Haiti?

500

This Death camp during the Holocaust used Zyklon B poison to kill mass jewish people. 

What is Auschwitz?