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The man responsible for unifying Germany in the 1800's...
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
The man considered the "father" of modern communism who authored "Das Kapital" and the "Communist Manifesto"...
Who was Karl Marx?
This is the location in Europe where Protestants and Catholics had conflicts that still bubble up today...
What is Northern Ireland?
The period of history that John Locke gave us his opinions on "natural rights" of life, liberty and property...
What was the Enlightenment?
What was "westernization"?
Who was Henry Bessemer?
During the Cold War, this event brings the world closest to nuclear war...
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The location of the Boxer Rebellion...
What is China?
This World War II battle was a major turning point for the Allies because Germany is denied access to Soviet oil fields...
What was Stalingrad?
The transfer of crops and livestock between Europe and the Americas was called this...
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The man who posted the 95 Thesis on the church doors in Germany and started the Protestant Revolution...
Who was Martin Luther?
The author of the "Wealth of Nations" and the opposing view to communism - capitalism - came from....
Who was Adam Smith?
What is Britain/England/UK and India?
The bloodless changing of the monarchy in England that resulted in the English Bill of Rights and William & Mary becoming the new leaders...
What was the Glorious Revolution?
During the Reign of Terror, the most common method of execution by Robespierre's Committee of Safety was this...
What is the guillotine?
The man who conquered southern Italy and later united southern and northern Italy to form the nation we know today...
Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?
The reason that Russia dropped out of World War I...
What is the Russian Revolution OR the Bolshevik Revolution?
The Monroe Doctrine issued by the United States said that nations HERE were off limits to European influence and colonization...
What is the Western Hemisphere?
This document (later revoked by Cardinal Richelieu) gave freedom of religion to the Huguenots (French Protestants)...
What was the Edict of Nantes?
This female British monarch was responsible for creating the Anglican Church and defeating the Spanish Armada...
Who was Elizabeth I?
The Scientific Revolution scientist who was brave enough to state the heliocentric theory - Earth is NOT at the center of the universe...
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
The first communist leader of China...
Who was Mao Zedong?
During the Age of Exploration, Prince Henry the Navigator made strides on behalf of this nation...
What is Portugal?
The two leaders (one from the US and one from the USSR) who most helped bring the Cold War to a close...
Who were Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev?
The leader of the Hapsburg Empire at its largest, Charles V, abdicated the throne for this reason...
What was he managed it poorly / did not do a good job?