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What Sparked World War II?

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What Was the Columbian Exchange?

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Who Wrote the 95 Theses Criticizing the Catholic Church?

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What Economic Crisis Began in 1929?

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Who Conquered the Inca Empire?

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What Is Genocide?

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Who Was the First Emperor of Rome?

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What Weapon Ended World War II in the Pacific?

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What Explorer Is Credited With Circumnavigating the Globe?

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What Was the Holocaust?

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What Was the Berlin Wall?

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Who Led the Bolsheviks During the Russian Revolution?

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What Document Limited the Power of the English Monarch in 1215?

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What Conflict Divided Korea Into North and South?

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Who Painted the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

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What Global Organization Was Founded After World War II to Promote Peace?

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What Invention Helped Spread Renaissance Ideas Throughout Europe?

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What Ancient Code Is One of the First Written Legal Systems?

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What Was the Middle Passage?

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What Triggered the Great War (World War I)?

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What U. S. President Issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

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What Invention Powered Much of the Industrial Revolution?

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What Was the Cold War?

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Who Was the First President of Independent South Africa?

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What Was the Main Goal of the Crusades?

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What Treaty Ended World War I?

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What Was the Renaissance?

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Who Founded Islam?

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Who Was Known as the “Father of History”?

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What Document Announced American Independence From Britain?

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What Was the Goal of the Civil Rights Movement in the U. S.?

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Who Painted the Mona Lisa?

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What Was the Primary Language of the Roman Empire?

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What Empire Used Quipus for Record Keeping?

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What System Dominated Medieval European Society?

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Who Wrote “The Republic”?

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Who Unified Germany in the 19th Century?

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What 20th-Century Event Marked the Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe?

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What Was the Green Movement About?

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What Is the Torah?

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Who Was the Leader of Nonviolent Resistance in India?

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What Ancient Civilization Built Ziggurats?

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What Is Nationalism?

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What Wall Was a Physical Symbol of the Cold War?

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Who Discovered Penicillin?

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What Was the Name of Hitler’s Political Party?

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What Was the Silk Road?

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What Was the Goal of Labor Unions?

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Who Invented the Printing Press?

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What African Empire Was Ruled by Mansa Musa?

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What Pandemic Devastated Europe in the 1300s?

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Who Led the Reign of Terror in France?

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What Conflict Was Most Protested in 1960s America?

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What Was the Primary Religion of the Byzantine Empire?

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What River Was Essential to Ancient Egyptian Civilization?

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What Philosophy Emphasizes Harmony With Nature in Ancient China?

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What Event Occurred on September 11, 2001?

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What Sparked the Protestant Reformation?

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Who Issued the Edict of Milan Legalizing Christianity?

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What Alliance Was Formed in 1949 to Oppose Soviet Power?

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What System Divided European Society Into Classes During the Middle Ages?

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What War Involved Trench Warfare and Poison Gas?

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What Political Ideology Opposes Capitalism and Promotes a Classless Society?

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Who Wrote “The Social Contract”?

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What Empire Ruled Persia Before Islam’s Rise?

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What Asian Empire Used Samurai as Warrior Class?

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What Chinese Philosophy Emphasizes Filial Piety and Respect for Elders?

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What Is the Primary Sacred Text of Islam?

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What African Region Did European Powers Scramble to Colonize?

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What Empire Built the Hagia Sophia?

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Who Developed the Theory of Gravity?

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What Sparked the Age of Exploration?

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Who Was the Emperor of France After the Revolution?

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What Ancient Civilization Created Democracy?

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Who Discovered America for Spain in 1492?

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Who Was the First Man to Walk on the Moon?

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What Cold War Race Focused on Space Exploration?

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What Global Health Crisis Emerged in the 1980s?

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Invasion of Poland

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Fall of France

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

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Annexation of Austria

Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939 prompted Britain and France to declare war, starting WWII.

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A peace treaty

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Transfer of goods between the Old and New Worlds

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An Atlantic slave route

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A European stock market

The Columbian Exchange introduced new crops, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas.

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John Calvin

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Henry VIII

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Erasmus

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Martin Luther

Martin Luther’s 1517 theses sparked the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

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José de San Martín

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Antonio López de Santa Anna

3

Simón Bolívar

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Miguel Hidalgo

Bolívar played a key role in liberating Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

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Bombing of Hiroshima

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Allied invasion of Normandy

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Formation of NATO

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Start of WWI

On June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed in Normandy to begin liberating Western Europe from Nazi control.

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Great Depression

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Oil Crisis

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Reconstruction Era

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Panic of 1907

The Great Depression began with the U.S. stock market crash and led to worldwide economic collapse.

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Hernán Cortés

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Pedro Álvares Cabral

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa

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Francisco Pizarro

Pizarro captured Incan ruler Atahualpa and claimed the empire for Spain in the 1530s.

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Religious festival

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Systematic killing of a group

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Military occupation

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Cultural revival

Genocide is the deliberate extermination of a national, racial, or ethnic group.

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Religious revival

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Intellectual movement emphasizing reason and individualism

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Military conquest

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Political coup

The Enlightenment championed rational thought, liberty, and progress during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Racial segregation in South Africa

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German legal system

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Cold War treaty

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French voting policy

Apartheid was South Africa’s legal system of racial separation, lasting until the early 1990s.

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Augustus

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Caligula

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Nero

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Julius Caesar

Augustus, formerly Octavian, became the first Roman Emperor in 27 BCE, ending the Roman Republic.

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Battleship

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Atomic bomb

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Torpedo

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Chemical gas

The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, forcing Japan to surrender in 1945.

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Vasco da Gama

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Christopher Columbus

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Ferdinand Magellan

Although he died during the journey, Magellan’s expedition was the first to sail around the world.

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Post-war recovery

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Systematic genocide of Jews by Nazis

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Jewish migration to Israel

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Cold War conflict

The Holocaust saw the state-sponsored murder of 6 million Jews during World War II.

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Ancient Roman fortification

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Symbol of Cold War division

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Wall between Korea and China

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Part of Versailles

The Berlin Wall physically and ideologically divided East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.

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Vladimir Lenin

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Joseph Stalin

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Leon Trotsky

Lenin led the 1917 revolution and founded the Soviet Union based on communist principles.

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Magna Carta

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Act of Supremacy

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English Bill of Rights

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Treaty of Westminster

The Magna Carta required King John to recognize certain rights of nobles and commoners.

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Cold War

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Vietnam War

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Sino-Japanese War

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Korean War

The Korean War (1950–53) ended in an armistice that left Korea split along the 38th parallel.

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Michelangelo

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Raphael

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Donatello

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Leonardo da Vinci

Michelangelo completed the Sistine Chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512 in Vatican City.

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European Union

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League of Nations

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United Nations

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NATO

The UN was founded in 1945 to prevent future wars and promote international cooperation.

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Steam engine

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Mechanical clock

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Compass

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Printing press

Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press revolutionized the spread of knowledge by making books more accessible.

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Canon Law

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Twelve Tables

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Code of Hammurabi

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Justinian Code

Babylonian King Hammurabi introduced one of the earliest written legal codes around 1754 BCE.

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Route through the Alps

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Silk Road junction

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Slave voyage from Africa to the Americas

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Ocean current

The Middle Passage refers to the brutal transatlantic journey enslaved Africans endured en route to the Americas.

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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Sinking of the Lusitania

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Invasion of Belgium

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Zimmermann Telegram

The 1914 assassination of Austria-Hungary's heir sparked alliances into action, starting World War I.

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George Washington

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Abraham Lincoln

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Andrew Jackson

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Ulysses S. Grant

Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Confederate-held territories.

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Steam engine

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Telegraph

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Spinning wheel

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Reaper

The steam engine powered factories, trains, and ships, transforming economies across Europe and America.

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Global climate event

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Naval blockade

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Tension between U.S. and USSR

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Trade war

The Cold War was a decades-long geopolitical standoff between capitalist and communist blocs.

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F.W. de Klerk

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Jacob Zuma

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Thabo Mbeki

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Nelson Mandela

Mandela became South Africa’s first Black president after apartheid ended in 1994.

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Defeat the Mongols

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Trade with Asia

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Convert pagans in Europe

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Recapture the Holy Land

The Crusades were religious wars aimed at reclaiming Jerusalem and surrounding areas from Muslim rule.

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Treaty of Ghent

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Treaty of Paris

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Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles officially ended World War I in 1919 and imposed harsh penalties on Germany.

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Religious schism

2

Age of exploration

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Industrial boom

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Rebirth of art and learning

The Renaissance was a cultural revival of Greco-Roman art, science, and humanism beginning in Italy.

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Modernization of Japan

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Surrender to the U.S.

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Colonization of Korea

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Fall of the Chinese Empire

The Meiji Restoration rapidly industrialized and modernized Japan starting in 1868.

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Muhammad

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Moses

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Ali

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Jesus

Muhammad is regarded as the final prophet and founder of Islam in the 7th century.

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Promote African independence

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End slave trade

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Unite European monarchies

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Divide Africa among European powers

The Berlin Conference formalized the colonial division of Africa without African input.

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Plato

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Socrates

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Herodotus

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Aristotle

Herodotus was a Greek historian who documented major events like the Greco-Persian Wars.

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Declaration of Independence

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U.S. Constitution

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Treaty of Paris

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Articles of Confederation

The Declaration of Independence, authored by Jefferson, was adopted on July 4, 1776.

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Achieve racial equality

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Lower taxes

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End monarchy

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Expand territory

The civil rights movement sought equal rights and protections for African Americans in the 1950s–60s.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Donatello

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Raphael

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Michelangelo

Leonardo’s Mona Lisa is one of the most recognized and analyzed paintings in art history.

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Arabic

2

Hebrew

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Latin

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Greek

Latin was the official language of administration and literature in the Roman Empire.

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Aztec

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Olmec

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Maya

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Inca

The Inca used knotted cords called quipus to store numeric and other data.

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Feudalism

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Oligarchy

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Democracy

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Capitalism

Feudalism was based on the exchange of land for military service and loyalty.

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Plato

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Socrates

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Euripides

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Aristotle

Plato’s “The Republic” outlines his vision for a just and philosophical society.

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Napoleon

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Frederick the Great

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Otto von Bismarck

Bismarck used military power and diplomacy to unite the German states.

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Yalta Conference

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Start of World War II

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Sputnik launch

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Collapse of the Soviet Union

The USSR’s collapse in 1991 ended communist control over much of Eastern Europe.

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Military expansion

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Environmental protection

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Religious reform

4

Currency unification

The Green Movement advocated sustainability and raised awareness about pollution and climate change.

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Sacred text of Judaism

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Buddhist scripture

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Islamic prayer ritual

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Christian prayer book

The Torah contains the foundational laws and teachings of Judaism.

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Indira Gandhi

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Jinnah

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Nehru

Gandhi led India’s movement for independence using civil disobedience and nonviolence.

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Greeks

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Romans

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Phoenicians

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Sumerians

Sumerians built massive ziggurats as temples in ancient Mesopotamia.

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Social equality

2

Global cooperation

3

Religious tolerance

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Loyalty to one’s nation

Nationalism emphasizes shared identity, culture, and loyalty to a nation or people.

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Berlin Wall

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Hadrian’s Wall

3

Iron Curtain

4

Great Wall

The Berlin Wall separated East and West Berlin and symbolized Cold War tensions.

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Albert Einstein

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Alexander Fleming

3

Isaac Newton

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Marie Curie

Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin in 1928, revolutionizing medicine.

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Nazi Party

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Fascist Party

3

Social Democratic Party

4

Communist Party

The Nazi Party ruled Germany under Hitler’s leadership from 1933 to 1945.

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Spiritual path in India

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Migration route to the Americas

3

Military road in Rome

4

Trade route from China to Europe

The Silk Road was a network of trade routes linking East and West for centuries.

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Create global currency

2

Improve working conditions

3

Cut government budgets

4

Overthrow monarchies

Labor unions demanded safer workplaces, better pay, and shorter hours.

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Galileo

2

Isaac Newton

3

Leonardo da Vinci

4

Johannes Gutenberg

Gutenberg’s press around 1440 made books affordable and spread literacy in Europe.

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Benin Empire

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Mali Empire

3

Songhai Empire

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Ghana Empire

Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire and was famed for his pilgrimage to Mecca and immense wealth.

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Typhoid

2

Black Death

3

Spanish Flu

4

Smallpox

The Black Death killed roughly one-third of Europe’s population in the mid-14th century.

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Louis XVI

2

Robespierre

3

Napoleon

4

Voltaire

Robespierre led a period of mass executions during the most radical phase of the French Revolution.

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World War II

2

Persian Gulf War

3

Korean War

4

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War faced widespread protests over conscription and U.S. involvement.

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Catholicism

2

Eastern Orthodox Christianity

3

Zoroastrianism

4

Islam

The Byzantine Empire was centered on Orthodox Christianity after the Great Schism.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

2

John F. Kennedy

3

Richard Nixon

4

Harry Truman

Kennedy managed the 1962 standoff with the USSR, avoiding nuclear war.

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Tigris

2

Nile

3

Danube

4

Amazon

The Nile provided water, fertile land, and transport, forming the basis of Egyptian society.

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Confucianism

2

Legalism

3

Daoism

4

Zoroastrianism

Daoism teaches that harmony with the natural world leads to peace and balance.

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Hurricane Katrina

2

Terrorist attacks on the U.S.

3

Collapse of USSR

4

Wall Street crash

Terrorists hijacked planes and attacked the U.S., killing thousands and sparking the War on Terror.

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Corruption in the Catholic Church

2

Discovery of the New World

3

Fall of Rome

4

Creation of Islam

Martin Luther challenged church abuses, leading to religious reform across Europe.

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Constantine

2

Nero

3

Diocletian

4

Augustus

In 313 CE, Constantine legalized Christianity across the Roman Empire.

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Warsaw Pact

2

League of Nations

3

NATO

4

SEATO

NATO was formed by Western powers to provide collective defense against the USSR.

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Imperialism

2

Capitalism

3

Feudalism

4

Communism

Feudalism structured medieval society around land ownership and service.

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Boer War

2

Crimean War

3

World War I

4

Napoleonic Wars

World War I introduced brutal trench conditions and new chemical weapons.

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Fascism

2

Anarchism

3

Feudalism

4

Communism

Communism advocates a stateless, classless system based on communal ownership.

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John Locke

2

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

3

Voltaire

4

Montesquieu

Rousseau’s work argued that governments derive legitimacy from the people’s will.

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Byzantine Empire

2

Roman Empire

3

Ottoman Empire

4

Sassanid Empire

The Sassanid Empire was a dominant Persian power before Islamic conquests.

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Islam

2

Judaism

3

Hinduism

4

Zoroastrianism

Hinduism, one of the world’s oldest religions, originated in India over 3,000 years ago.

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Japan

2

Vietnam

3

China

4

Mongolia

Feudal Japan employed samurai who followed the code of Bushido.

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Buddhism

2

Legalism

3

Confucianism

4

Daoism

Confucianism stressed family loyalty, education, and respect for authority.

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Herbert Hoover

2

Harry Truman

3

Woodrow Wilson

4

Franklin D. Roosevelt

FDR led the U.S. through most of WWII before dying in 1945.

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Qur'an

2

Vedas

3

Bible

4

Torah

Muslims believe the Qur'an is the revealed word of God through the prophet Muhammad.

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The Sahel

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North Africa only

3

All of sub-Saharan Africa

4

Southern Africa

European nations rapidly colonized Africa during the late 19th-century "Scramble for Africa."

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Judaism

2

Zoroastrianism

3

Christianity

4

Islam

The Ottoman Empire was an Islamic state that spanned parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Persian Empire

2

Roman Empire

3

Byzantine Empire

4

Ottoman Empire

The Hagia Sophia was constructed in Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I.

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Copernicus

2

Isaac Newton

3

Descartes

4

Galileo

Newton formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation in the 1600s.

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War with China

2

Crusades

3

Desire for new trade routes

4

Industrialization

European nations sought alternative trade routes to Asia, sparking maritime exploration.

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Louis XVI

2

Jacques Necker

3

Napoleon Bonaparte

4

Robespierre

Napoleon rose from general to emperor after the French Revolution.

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Athens

2

Rome

3

Egypt

4

Persia

Athens developed the earliest form of direct democracy around 500 BCE.

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Marco Polo

2

Christopher Columbus

3

Leif Erikson

4

Ferdinand Magellan

Columbus crossed the Atlantic and landed in the Caribbean in 1492.

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John Glenn

2

Yuri Gagarin

3

Neil Armstrong

4

Buzz Aldrin

Armstrong took the historic step on July 20, 1969 during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.

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Space Race

2

Nuclear Race

3

Oil War

4

Arms Race

The Space Race was a technological competition between the U.S. and USSR during the Cold War.

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Olmec

2

Aztec

3

Maya

4

Inca

Machu Picchu was a mountain city of the Inca Empire in modern Peru.

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Leipzig

2

Austerlitz

3

Trafalgar

4

Waterloo

The 1815 Battle of Waterloo marked Napoleon’s final defeat.

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COVID-19

2

HIV/AIDS

3

Bird flu

4

SARS

HIV/AIDS became a major international epidemic beginning in the early 1980s.

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