World Wars
What was the name of the alliance of France, Russia, and Britain that was formed in 1907 before the first world war?
Triple Entente
Absolute monarchs believed in ____________, the idea that God created the monarchy to act as His representative on Earth.
divine right
In Ancient Mesopotamia, Sumerians used a pictograph writing called ________.
Cuneiform
After the death of Magellan, King Philip II sent out ____________ to the Philippines, who then later established the first permanent Spanish settlement.
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
Composer of the Philippine National Anthem
Julian Felipe
On June 6, 1944, the allied forces launched the largest land and sea attack, and they fought their way into Normandy. This day is marked as the _______.
D-Day
The first emperor of France and played a key role in the French Revolution
Napoleon I
When the Amorites invaded Mesopotamia, they established a capital in Babylon under the rule of Hammurabi. He wrote laws to unify the diverse group within his empire. These laws are called _______.
Hammurabi's Code
Under Spanish rule, Filipinos were forced to work for the government under the colonial policy named _________, which means “forced labor”.
polo y servicios
The disease that caused Mabini’s paralysis
Polio
What did the Germans call the war strategy involving fast-moving airplanes and tanks, followed by massive infantry forces?
Blitzkrieg
“The most powerful ruler in French history”. He reportedly said “L’etat, c’est moi,” which means “I am the state.”.
Louis XIV
It is a polished black stone found near the delta village of Rosetta in 1799 with inscriptions written in three languages, Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Ancient Greek.
Rosetta Stone
In December 1888, Filipinos in Barcelona established ____________, an organization that published newspapers to communicate the demands of the Philippines for equality and freedom towards Spain.
La Solidaridad
To hide his identity, Rizal used the pen names ___, ___, and ___.
Dimasalang, Laong Laan, May Pagasa
On November 9, 1938, the Nazis launched an attack on the Jewish community after a Jew shot a German diplomat in Paris which started the holocaust. This event was also known as ________.
Kristallnacht/Night of the Broken Glass
An apparatus used during the French Revolution to efficiently carry out executions by beheading
The Guillotine
These are animal bones and tortoise shells where the Shang kings of ancient China engraved their questions to the gods.
Oracle Bones
The event where Andres Bonifacio, together with the rest of Katipuneros, tore apart their cedulas and marked the beginning of a revolution.
Cry of Balintawak/Cry of Pugad Lawin/Sigaw ng Pugad Lawin
An Ilocana warrior who substituted the leadership of the Ilocano wing of the Katipuneros after her husband died in battle.
Gabriela Silang
Who assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, Sophie when they visited the capital of Bosnia on June 28, 1914? This assassination sparked the first fused of WWI.
Gavrilo Princip
To make clear the limits of royal power, Parliament drafted a ______________, a document which listed things that a ruler could not do.
bill of rights
: In Ancient Mesopotamia, Sumerians had pyramid-shaped temples or monuments. It is called a ________ which means “mountain of god”.
Ziggurat
In 1897, Emilio Aguinaldo established the first constitutional Republican government named ___________.
Biak-na-Bato
He assumed command of the Philippine revolutionary forces during the capture of Emilio Aguinaldo in 1901.
General Miguel Malvar