1st Semester
Review
Review
He was an extremely influential Enlightenment thinker, who was credited with developing calculus and 3 laws of motion.
Sir Isaac Newton
She ruled Great Britain for 63 years & 216 days (1837-1901). This was the 2nd longest reign in British history, as her great-great granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II ruled for 70 years & 214 days (1952-2022).
Queen Victoria I
Who is best known for leading India's independence movement through nonviolence?
Mohandas Ghandi
What did the Law of Return do?
It allowed Jews from around the world to come live in Israel
He was the United States President who said "tear down this wall" while giving a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, German.
Ronald Regan
He was the first European to circumnavigate the globe. He discovered a strait in South America (which is now named after him) and he claimed it for Spain.
Ferdinand Magellan
A __________________ is someone who wants national unity based on common language, culture, religion, and a shared history.
In what year was India partitioned into India and Pakistan?
1947
Which empire ruled much of the Middle East before WWI?
Ottoman Empire
This was the date of terrorist attacks in the United States on both the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon in Washington D.C.
September 11, 2001
This woman was the Queen of France during the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette
Which country invaded the Rhineland, annexed Austria, and the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s?
Germany
What type of warfare did the Viet Cong mainly use?
This was a British statement supporting a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine.
The Balfour Declaration of 1917
In 1962, American president John F. Kennedy demanded that the Soviet Union remove their missiles from Cuba. This event led to fears of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
On July 15, 1799, while fighting in Egypt, Napoleon's men discovered this artifact.
Rosetta Stone
He is known as the true founder of the Russian Empire. He was an Enlightenment despot and the grandson of Michael Romanov.
Peter "the Great" Romanov
Who led North Vietnam starting in 1945?
Ho Chi Minh
After Israel declared independence, Arab armies attacked them and started a war that lasted until 1949. What was the name of this war?
The First Arab-Israeli War
This is the name of the organization created in 1993 with the goal to economically and politically integrate European countries.
European Union
The Muslim and Hindu Indian soldiers who were employed by the British East India Company were called ________________.
The assassination of this political figure led to the outbreak of World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Which British leader divided the country of India -- giving Pakistan to the Muslims and India to the Hindus?
Lord Mountbatten
This was a secret plan by Britain and France to divide parts of the Middle East.
The Sykes-Picot Agreement
This 21st century belief emphasizes individual thinking, autonomy to the point of relativism, and removes the idea of absolute truth. Everyone can decide their own reality.
Postmodernism