Wars/Conflicts
The conflict over land, gold and diamonds between the British and the Dutch settlers in South Africa.
The Boer Wars.
President assassinated on September 14, 1901.
Who was President William McKinley?
The General Theory of Relativity and the Theory of Relativity were "discovered" by this man.
Who was Albert Einstein?
The founder of modern Zionism.
Who was Theodore Herzl?
Made famous by Picasso, this form of art analyzes things, takes them apart, and puts them back together in odd ways.
What is Cubism?
The Boxer Rebellion.
Uprising of martial arts fighters in China, encouraged by the Empress Dowager Cixi, in order to destroy all westerners and Chinese Christians.
The woman responsible for populating the royal houses of most nations in Europe.
Who was Queen Victoria?
The prolific American inventor, who held over 1,000 U.S. patents in his lifetime.
Who was Thomas Alva Edison?
The first Aliyah.
What was the return of the Jews to the land of Israel, between 1882 and 1903?
In this mocking, sarcastic style of art, artists expressed their discontent with violence, war, and nationalism, and maintained political affinities with the radical left (communists).
What is Dada?
War between Russia and Japan over the Korean peninsula, fought at Port Arthur.
The Russo-Japanese War.
Theodore Roosevelt was responsible for the building of this corridor between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal.
This man improved a good idea by speeding up production, improving conditions for workers, and making loans available for his product. What was his name and the process he is known for?
Henry Ford and his assembly line.
General leading the British troops who wrested Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire.
Who was General Allenby.
This turn of the century "new art" is characterized by patterns, curved lines, flowers, and leaves. It had a fresh modern look and was used in all mediums from architecture to jewelry.
What is Art Nouveau?
Peaceful demonstrators, encroaching into a forbidden area near the Kremlin, are fired upon by the Czar's Imperial Guard, beginning the 1905 Revolution.
What was Bloody Sunday?
When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she was succeeded by the Prince of Whales. His name was...
Who was King Edward VII, or Berty to his family.
Men responsible for the invention of powered flight, the first flight school, contracting their product to the military, and were the "first in flight".
Who were Orville and Wilbur Wright?
The Diaspora.
What was the scattering of the Jews from their land, to all the other countries of the world?
This popular form of entertainment lasted from the 1880's through the 1930's, with musicians, dancers, comedians, magicians, acrobats and trained animals, to name a few.
What is Vaudeville?
In 1907, this convention of 46 nations meets to expand upon the 1899 Hague Convention. By modifying some parts and adding new topics, it adopts 10 conventions on rules of war with an increased focus on naval warfare.
What was the 2nd Hague Convention?
Because the royal families continually intermarried, there was a condition, once popularly called the "royal disease", among the crowns of Europe.
What is haemophelia?
Name the first subway line built, and name the busiest subway in the world.
The first subway built was in London, the busiest subway in the world is in Tokyo.
The land the Jews have returned to in the 1900's, and continue to return to today.
What is Isreal/
These two popular music styles were the forerunners of Jazz. They were originated by African Americans in the slave states as work songs and spirituals; and along the Mississippi with piano tunes in "honky-tonks", each eventually developing their own musical scale.
What is Ragtime and Blues?