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100

What symbol did Christians wear during the Crusades?

What is a cross

100

Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire?

Who is Hernán Cortés

100

What are John Locke’s three natural rights?

What are life, liberty, and property

100

What treaty officially ended World War I and punished Germany?

What is the Treaty of Versailles

100

Who wrote “Romeo and Juliet”?

William Shakespeare

200

What invention spread Renaissance and Reformation ideas quickly across Europe?

What is the printing press

200

Which explorer is connected to Florida and the search for the Fountain of Youth?

Who is Juan Ponce de León

200

Government gets its power from whom, according to Enlightenment thinkers?

Who are the people (consent of the governed)

200

What organization was created after WWI to keep peace and later inspired the United Nations?

What is the League of Nations

200

Who invented the movable-type printing press?

Who is Johannes Gutenberg?

300

Who wrote the 95 Theses?

Who is Martin Luther

300

They helped find a sea route around Africa to Asia

Who are Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama

300

Which British acts punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party?

What are the Intolerable Acts

300

What do the letters in MAIN stand for?

What are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?

300

Which pope launched the First Crusade?

Who is Pope Urban II

400

Which theory stated that the Sun was at the center of the solar system?

What is the Heliocentric Theory

400

Who is associated with being the first to circumnavigate of Earth

Who was Ferdinand Magellan

400

What revolution was triggered by colonial resistance to taxation?

What is the American Revolution

400

Who ruled Russia before 1917? (Their title)

Who were the czars (tsars)?

400

Which philosopher argued for natural rights?

Who is John Locke

500

What deadly disease killed millions during the Middle Ages?

What was the Black Death

500

Which explorer traveled through the southeastern United States?

Who is Hernando de Soto

500

Name one major difference between France and the American colonies before their revolutions.

France had an absolute monarchy, while the colonies had experience with self-government

500

At what exact moment did fighting officially end in World War I?

What is the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month (11:00 a.m., November 11, 1918

500

Which Russian ruler was the last tsar before the Russian Revolution?

Who is Nicholas II