Historical Regime Changes
The Storming of the Bastille and the Reign of Terror were iconic moments in this 1789 upheaval.
What is the French Revolution?
The 1813 romance novel Pride and Prejudice was published anonymously "By a Lady.” What was their real name?
Who is Jane Austen?
This ancient Egyptian artifact helped scholars decode hieroglyphics after its discovery in 1799.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
He was the commander of the Continental Army and later became the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
By the time its ruler died in Babylon at age 32, this empire stretched from Greece and Egypt all the way to the Indus River in India.
What is the Macedonian Empire (Empire of Alexander the Great)?
In 1979, mass demonstrations and the return of Ayatollah Khomeini led to the overthrow of the Shah during this transformative event.
What is the Iranian Revolution (1979)?
This American satirist drew on his experience as a POW in Dresden to write the novel Slaughterhouse-Five.
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
This cracked American symbol was rung on July 8, 1776 to mark the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Liberty Bell?
He famously declared, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Who is Patrick Henry?
This dynasty was founded by the Manchus in 1636 and largely defined what modern China’s borders would be.
What is the Qing Dynasty (1636-1912)?
Led by Toussaint Louverture, this uprising that began in 1791 is celebrated as the most successful slave rebellion in history.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This Russian literary giant went on to write psychological masterpieces like The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment.
Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?
This famous fossil discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 helped redefine what scientists knew about early human evolution.
Who is Lucy?
The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at these two Massachusetts towns in 1775.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This empire reached its zenith under Suleiman the Magnificent but was later known as the "Sick Man of Europe."
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This 1974 military coup in Lisbon is known for being very peaceful.
What is the Carnation Revolution (Portugal)?
Marie-Henri Beyle used this German-sounding pseudonym to pen the French realist classics The Charterhouse of Parma and The Red and the Black.
Who is Stendhal?
This ancient Egyptian stone monument is covered in hieroglyphics and stands in Paris’s Place de la Concorde.
What is the Luxor Obelisk?
This American traitor attempted to surrender West Point to the British.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
During this isolationist era from 1603 to 1867, Japan was ruled by a military Shogunate while the Emperor remained a figurehead in Kyoto.
What is the Edo or Tokugawa Period (Japan)?
This 1978 communist coup resulted in the death of President Daoud Khan.
What is the Saur/April Revolution (Afghanistan)?
While recovering from an ankle injury in Atlanta, this former journalist wrote her only major novel, a Civil War epic that won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Margaret Mitchell?
This Ethiopian artifact, taken by British forces in 1868, is said to contain the original tablets of the Ten Commandments.
What is the Ark of the Covenant?
This 1774 meeting brought colonial leaders together to protest British policies.
What is the First Continental Congress?
Under King Gustavus Adolphus, this power became known as the "Lion of the North."
What is the Swedish Empire?