Early Modern Era in Europe
This religious institution dominated Europe during the Middle Ages until the Protestant Reformation, and continues to be the largest Christian denomination today
What is the Catholic Church?
This nation/kingdom conquered much of North, Central, and South America
What is Spain?
A military leader that eventually became the first President of the United States
Who is George Washington?
During this event, European rulers "carved up" Africa and established colonial governments
What is the Scramble for Africa?
This nation was involved in both World War I and II
What is Germany?
A time of great growth in technologies and inventions which led many to abandon farming for jobs in factories
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The system of trade between Africa, Europe, and the Americas which greatly enriched Europe
What is the Triangular Trade?
During this event, King Louis the 16th was beheaded with a guillotine
What is the French Revolution?
This empire, ruled by the shogun, resisted European imperialism until threats from the United States forced it to open the country to trade
What is Japan?
This union of communist countries was led by Joseph Stalin during World War II
What is the Soviet Union?
An intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems
What is the Enlightenment?
This Portuguese colony in South America was briefly an empire in the 1800s
What is Brazil?
The largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This city was taken from the Chinese by the British at the end of the First Opium War
What is Hong Kong?
This event, which occurred between the two world wars, led to a major economic disaster and many people lost their jobs throughout the world
What is the Great Depression?
A period that stressed the use of reason and experimentation to reach a deeper understanding of the natural world
What is the Scientific Revolution?
This empire was majority Muslim, had Constantinople as its capital, and spanned three continents between the 1300s and the 1900s
What is the Ottoman Empire?
A group of people who were 1. had two Spaniard parents but were born in the colonies, or 2. mixed-race in French colonies
Who are the Creoles?
This highly addictive drug extracted from the poppy plant was sold illegally by the British in China
What is opium?
This event in Hawaii convinced many Americans that the country should declare war against Japan and join World War II
What is Pearl Harbor?
A time period in which rulers throughout Europe claimed that God gave them total control over the government and the people
What is the Age of Absolutism?
This dynasty is the believed to be the reason the West began to call that country "China"
What is the Qing dynasty?
This Venezuelan military and political leader led a large Latin American independence movement, and one South American country is named after him
Who is Simón Bolívar?
This empire in Africa retained its independence despite attempts by Italy to conquer it
What is Ethiopia?
This genocide occurred in the Ottoman Empire during World War I
What is the Armenian Genocide?