Empires and Civilizations
People who survive by hunting animals and gathering wild plants
What is a hunter-gatherer?
An artist, a scientist, an inventor, and a keen observer of the natural world. This person also painted the Last Supper and the portrait Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world.
What is imperialism?
A war that requires assembling and preparing all national resources and engaging civilians as well as the military.
What is a total war?
A ban on engaging in commerce with specified countries.
What is an embargo?
Human-made systems that transport water to where it is needed.
What is irrigation?
This document announced that the United States' independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independance?
A machine that quickly separated seeds from cotton.
What is the Cotton Gin?
The Treaty of Versailles ended what war?
What is World War II?
These two countries emerged as powerhouses on the global stages after World War II.
What is the United States and the Soviet Union?
Built as gigantic tombs to hold the bodies of dead pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
During the American Revolution, colonists used and formed volunteer armies.
What is a militia?
The inventor of the Cotton Gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
December 7th, 1941- a date that will live in infamy.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The current leader of North Korea.
Who is Kim Jong-un?
The form of government in which common citizens have a voice in making decision and choosing leaders.
What is Democracy?
After the French Revolution, this man delcared himself to be the Emporor of France and had a substantial global impact on the world.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
A company that has complete control of an industry.
What is a monopoly?
These countries formed the Axis Powers, an alliance that was formed during World War II.
What is Germany, Japan, and Italy?
A war in which one or both sides are supported by, and serve the interests of, another country.
What is a proxy war?
This dictator of Rome, was stabbed and killed by 60 conspirators on March 15th, 44BC. Known as the Ides of March.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Successful insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
The idea that differences in wealth and power could be explained by the superiority of some and the inferiority of others. (Hint Charles Darwin)
What is Social Darwinism?
The assassination of this Archduke and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, sparked the beginning of the First World War.
Who is Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union to see who would dominate in its ability to travel in and collect data from space.
What is the Space Race?