Ancient
This volcano's eruption in 79 CE led to a city being preserved in ash
Mount Vesuvius
This disease swept through the world, killing upwards of 25 mil people
Black Plauge
The declaration of independence was signed on what date?
July 4th 1776
This was the codename for the allied invasion of occupied France
Operation Overlord/Neptune
This person was the first person to go into space
Yuri Gagarin
This Carthaginian general is best remembered today for leading an invasion of Italy having crossed the alps with war elephants
Hannibal
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg helped to spread ideals across the world
Printing Press
This leader led civil disobedience that caused Britain grant them independence 1947
This person was credited with 75 aerial victories and commanded the flying circus from his bright tri-wing plane
Red Baron/Manfred von Richthofen
This invention was first used by the military but in 1993 became available to the public and pushed the world into a new age
Internet/ WWW
This object found in 1799 was key in helping translate hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
This conflict was fought between European nations and would see the rise of gunpowder in future wars
100 Years War
What Venezuelan-born revolutionary fought to free Colombia, Peru, and many latin american Spanish colonial rule
Simon Bolivar
This treaty was signed between Germany and Russia at the end of the first world war
Brest-Litovsk
This person coined the term ‘Iron Curtain’ for the political and physical boundary that separated east from west
This civilization is considered the oldest known civilization in history
Mesopotamia
This person painted the sistine chapel and created the statue ‘David’
Michelangelo
What french fort/prison was stormed during the beginning of the french revolution
Bastille
This gun was first used by the germans as anti-air, however it was also very effective against tanks and was mounted on the Tiger
Flak 88, 88mm
This weapon was used by the USSR and released an equivalent explosion that was more than every explosive used WWII
Tsar Bomba
This monument is the only of the 7 original wonders that can still be visited
Pyramids of Giza
This city is considered the birthplace of the renaissance
Florence
What government was established immediately after the removal of the tsar following the first russian revolution
Provisional Government
This chain of islands was the only US HOME TERRITORY to be invaded during world war two
Aleutian Islands
This country had american nuclear weapons that were removed after the cuban missile crisis
Turkey