Absolute Monarchs
What does Absolute mean?
Total Power
What does Renaissance Mean?
Rebirth
The U.S. entered the war after the surprise attack on this naval base in Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor
At this 1884 meeting, European leaders divided up Africa without inviting any African leaders.
Berlin Conference
What are the 3 G's?
Gold, Glory, God
This Russian Czar "Greatly" modernized his country and forced nobles to shave their beards.
Peter the Great
He painted the Mona Lisa and was a scientist, inventor, and "Renaissance Man.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Germany, Italy, and Japan made up this alliance.
Axis Powers
This Asian country was often called the "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire.
India
This was the global exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.
Columbian Exchange
This French King, known as the "Sun King," famously said, "I am the State"
Louis XIV
Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of this helped ideas and literacy spread rapidly across Europe
Printing Press
This June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
D-Day
This phrase was often used to describe the vastness of the British Empire during the 1800s.
Various answers
Explorer who "discovered" the Americas? And what country did he sail for?
Christopher Columbus. Spain
What Monarch was famous for having six wives?
Henry the 8th
What country started the European Renaissance?
Italy
He was the Prime Minister of Great Britain who famously vowed to "never surrender."
Winston Churchill
What happened in the Congo during the age of imperialism?
Genocide
What did the Europeans bring over that wiped out millions of Native Americans?
Diseases
This female monarch of Russia expanded the empire's borders and was a fan of Enlightenment ideas
Catherine the Great
This philosophy focused on human potential and achievements rather than just religious themes.
Humanism
This was the secret U.S. project to develop the first atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
Why did the Europeans start imperializing Africa and Asia? and Who was the first?
Various answers. Portugal
What Native American empire did the Europeans wipe out?
Aztecs