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Mediaeval World and Reformation
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100

The Ottoman Empire relied on Christian boys who were converted, recruited, and trained into this elite soldier class?

Janissary

100

In what year did Columbus "discover" America?

1492

100

The leader of the Revolution who oversaw the Terror. He was executed for going mad with power. 

Robespierre 

100
The process of people moving from the countryside into the cities.

Urbanisation

100

The leader of the Bolsheviks who led the Russian Communists to victory in the Civil War.

Lenin

200

The Safavid Empire was known for producing what?

Rugs

200

Name the two significant Empires in America that were conquered by the Spanish Conquistadors. 

Aztec and Inca

200

The wealthy bourgeois was part of which estate? 

Third

200

The Austrian diplomat who organized the post-war peace after Napoleon. 

Metternich

200

The assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Gavirlo Princip 

300

This system was the basis of Mediaeval European politics.

Fuedalism 

300

Zheng He led his treasure fleet across the ocean in order to promote the glory and trade of which Chinese Dynasty? 

Ming Dynasty China

300

The device used to execute thousands of people, including the King and Queen. 

Guillotine 

300

In this year in the 19th century, many revolutions flared up across the continent, though they mostly failed. 

1848


300

What were the three main countries that made up the Central Powers?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire (Bulgaria is also an answer)

400

This monk nailed the 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral in an event that kicked off the Protestant Revolution was known as....

Martin Luther

400
During the Englightenment, individuals would come to these locations to drink coffee and discuss philosophy and politics.

Salons.

400

While the French Revolution was ongoing, this island colony's slaves rebelled and attacked their masters. 

Haiti

400
In 1871, a new political movement launched a revolution in Paris that stood for workers' rights and internationalism, what ideology were they?

Socialism

400

Alexander Kerensky and Pyotr Wrangle (The Black Baron) were part of what faction in the Russian Civil War?

The White Army

500

How many wives did King Henry VIII have?

6

500

Descartes, when questioning if he really knew anything, uttered this phrase to prove to himself that he was capable of rational deduction.

"I think therefore I am!"

500

Napoleon was exiled to these two islands. Name them in order. 

Elba and St Helena

500
Who was the Prussian statesman who helped guide the nation to form Germany through unification? 
Otto Von Bismarck
500

The name of the Telegram which, when published, was a deciding factor in the USA entering the war on the side of the Allies.

Zimmerman Telegram