Ancient World & Religions
This name belongs to both a salad, and an ancient Roman general who tried to become dictator for life.
What is Caesar?
This man was hired by Spain to find a sea route to Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This brilliant French general took power at the end of the French Revolution. He conquered most of Europe, until he lost his army to the frigid Russian winter.
Who is Napoleon?
_____________________ is when a country...
1. Builds an empire by taking over other places.
2. Uses its power to control others.
3. Imposes its culture/beliefs on others.
What is imperialism?
This is the word for a planned, mass killing of a specific people by a government. It happens in steps.
What is genocide?
__________________ is the main prophet (holy messenger) in Christianity.
Who is Jesus Christ?
Name one social class from the Middle Ages.
What is a peasant, lord, knight, or king?
This monarch made England leave the Catholic Church just so he could remarry.
Who is Henry the 8th?
In the 1800s, industrial countries built ____________, giving them a big advantage over countries who didn't build them.
What are factories?
Since WW2, three new superpowers have replaced the old European Empires. Name two of them.
What are the Soviet Union, China, and USA?
__________________ is the main prophet (holy messenger) in Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
This group of fierce horse riders was responsible for bringing Chinese inventions to Europe.
Who are the Mongols?
This astronomer was put on trial by the Catholic Church, simply because he published scientific theories that the Church disagreed with.
(Someone should write a rhapsody about that)
Who is Galileo Galilei?
This communist state replaced the Russian Empire after Russia's 1917 revolution.
What is the Soviet Union?
______________ means giving into someone’s demands to avoid a conflict -- The Allied Powers tried to do this with Hitler.
What is appeasement?
After the fall of the Roman Empire, people fled to ______________, where they could be safe from barbarians and destruction.
What are castles?
The European Renaissance was a period of renewed interest in the arts and learning.
During this time, Leonardi Da Vinci painted a portrait called __________, which was later famously stolen.
What is the Mona Lisa?
This English philosopher was a very important person during the Enlightenment. He disliked absolutism, because he believed in freedom and protecting liberty at all costs.
Hint: You might say he was opposed to locking people up.
Who is John Locke?
This continent was carved up by the European powers at the 1885 Berlin Conference.
What is Africa?
This man was the first communist leader of China. Take a Great Leap Forward and guess his name!
Who is Mao Zedong?
The Holy Land is located in modern day _____________________.
What is Israel/Palestine?
This Renaissance thinker/writer is considered to be the "Father of Political Science." He wrote a famous self-help book called The Prince, in which he advised leaders to be as brutal as needed.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
King Charles the 1st of England lost his _________, because he refused to share power with ______________.
What is head? What is Parliament?
This treaty was supposed to end WW1. It was harsh enough to make Germany angry, but not harsh enough to prevent Germany from seeking revenge.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were not just dictators. They believed in a specific ideology called _________________.
What is fascism?
Nazism would also be an acceptable answer.