A classic Greek philosopher from Athens, he is known as a founder of Western philosophy and as a contributor to modern ethics.
What is Socrates
100
A form of Confucianism developed during the Song and Ming Dynasties that incorporated aspects of Buddhism and Daoism.
What is Neoconfucianism
100
A European country that focused it's colonies in Midwestern America and North and West Africa. During this period, they experienced a revolution in reaction to rising taxes.
What is France
100
The 16th President of the United States. He was the leader of the Union during the Civil War and helped to advance the abolitionist movement.
What is Abraham Lincoln
100
An Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and who helped to create Fascism. He became the 40th Prime Minister of Italy in 1922.
What is Mussolini
200
The student of Plato, he contributed to the study of physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology.
What is Aristotle
200
The feudal lords and warriors in Japan who owned the land and were supposed to protect the peasants who lived off the land.
What is Samurai
200
A German priest and professor who disputed the claim that sin could be erased with money, and said that the Bible was the only source of divinely revealed knowledge. His teachings sparked the Protestant Reformation.
What is Martin Luther
200
An economic theory that states that the economy runs best with no governmental or societal interference. It discouraged aid to the poor and regulation.
What is Laissez-Faire
200
A German politician who lead the National Socialist German Workers Party and who became Chancellor of Germany in 1933. He began WWII and the Holocaust.
What is Adolf Hitler
300
Societies that got their food directly from the wild by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants. While they did not farm, many societies did change their environment to better suit edible plants. Many societies were nomadic.
What is Hunter-Forager Societies
300
A Christian merchant from Venice who traveled to Central Asia and China and who's travels are recorded in "Il Milione."
What is Marco Polo
300
Reformed Russia and made many societal changes in order to make Russia modern. He also expanded the Russian Empire.
What is Peter the Great
300
A Commodore in the U.S. Navy who opened Japan to the West in 1854 with the Convention of Kanagawa.
What is Commodore Perry
300
An Axis country, it started WWII by invading Poland and perpetrated the Holocaust.
What is Germany
400
Usually nomadic, they mainly raised domesticated animals and farmed on small plots of land. They first appeared around 12,000 to 15,000 years ago.
What is Pastoral Societies
400
A Moroccan Arab Islamic scholar and traveller who journeyed almost the entire Islamic world and published "Rihla."
What is Ibn Battuta
400
The first European country to round the Cape of Good Hope and to set up trade in the Indian Ocean They used their superior cannons to gain a place in trade and spread Christianity.
What is Portugal
400
In this time period, this country gained independence from England, fought in several wars with European countries and colonies, such as the Spanish-American War, the Seven Years War and the War of 1812.
What is United States
400
After the invasion of France, this country remained the last Allied power standing before the USSR and the United States began to fight Germany.
What is Great Britain
500
A system in which people vote, either directly or through proxy, on issues of government. The city-state of Athens was one of the few large societies that had a successful direct democracy (though voting populous was limited).
What is Democracy
500
Lords, known as Knights in Europe and Samurai in Japan, controlled both patches of land and estates as well as the peasants living and working on said land and estates. A central ruler partially controlled the Lords and often used them to fight in wars.
What is Decentralized Government in Europe and Japan/The Feudal System
500
A political theory holding that all power should be put with one ruler or authority.
What is Absolutism
500
In this time period, this country gained independence from France and became the first and only country to have a successful slave-lead revolution.
What is Haiti
500
A war fought in October 1973 between a coalition of Arab States and Israel. It begun with a joint surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur.