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Western Christendom, Medieval Society and the Crusades (600 – 1400 CE)
- The Birth of Western Christendom
- Medieval Culture and Feudalism
- The Crusades and Holy War
- Byzantine Civilization and Early Russia
- Rise of Islam in the Near East
- The Mongols
- India and South Asia in the Middle Ages
- China, Monarchy and Confucianism
- Japan, Buddhism and Military Aristocracies
- State formation in Southern Africa
- Trade and Development of East Africa
- Early American Civilizations
- Early Oceania Civilizations
- Trans-Atlantic Trade
- European Empires
- Asian Empires
- Exploitation and Slavery
- New Ideas: Religion, Tradition, and Trade
- Fighting for Freedom
- 19th Century Wars, Conflicts, and Revolution
- The Industrial Revolution and Urban Life
- Slavery’s Legacy
- Asia on the World Stage
- 20th Century Europe
- 20th Century Africa
- 20th Century Asia and East Asia
- 20th Century Americas
- 20th Century Wars, Conflicts, and Revolution
- What is a commissioner of oaths ?
- What are 5 famous dynasties of China?
- What happened as a result of the Opium War?
- What did Article 231 of the Versailles Treaty do to Germany?
- What was the League of Nations?
- When did the Paris Peace Conference start, and how long did they work?
- How did the French and American revolution impact the Russian revolution?
- How did foreigners begin to gain control over China?
- What happened at the Battle of Tours?
- How successful were Mao’s economic programs?
- What was the driving force behind Russia's industrial expansion?
- How was Spanish colonial society structured?
- How did Japan expand its empire to Korea?
- What country did Algeria win its independence from in 1962?
- How many Jews died in the Holocaust?
- Why did the Germans build extermination camps?
- Where were Jews forced to live in German-controlled cities?
- Where did German Jews try to migrate to find safety from Nazi terror?
- What areas did the Axis powers control at the height of their power?
- What was the "Miracle at Dunkirk", and Hitler's suprising order that helped make it possible?
- What were the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles?
- Who fought in the Korean War, and what were the three stages of the war?
- How did Communist expansion in Asia set the stage for the Korean War?
- What were the effects of the Korean war?
- In what ways did the Wall Street crash provide Hitler with his opportunity to seize power?
- How did Wendi rise to power?
- What time period did the Era Divisions compare to?
- The Indian caste system was based on what?
- Why did Mexico want to break away from Spain?
- What year did Mexico get its independence from Spain?
- What do you think the newly independent Latin American countries thought of the Monroe Doctrine?
- How does Khrushchev justify placing Soviet missiles in Cuba?
- How has Arabia’s "crossroads" location affected its culture and society?
- After the serfs were freed in 1861, what did Alexander II refuse to give them?
- How did Peter the Great earn his name?
- Who was the Russian leader who persecuted the Jews?
- What was the most important action of Alexander II?
- During the Time of Troubles in Russia, why was there much confusion?
- What factors help to explain why the United States and the Soviet Union became rivals instead of allies?
- How was the Aryan society organized?
- Why is Egypt called ”the seedbed of African cultures"?
- How did trade routes influence religion in North Africa?
- What purpose did the gulags serve in Russia?
- What country ruled Cyprus during WWI?
- What year did Columbus sail to America?
- Where did Amish culture originate and how did it diffuse to the United States?
- What Balkan state did Austria-Hungary take over in 1908?
- What are the characteristics of a classical period in history?
- Who was the first explorer to record seeing Palo Duro Canyon?
- Why did Africans engage in slave trade? Did they have a choice?
- Why did the Soviet Union view the formation of a West German state and NATO as a threat?
- What events led the UN to try to resolve the conflict over Jewish and Arab claims to Palestine? How successful was this effort?
- What was the result of the War of the Spanish Succession?
- How did the policies of Colbert and Louis XIV positively and negatively affect the French economy?
- What were the effects of the Mexican Revolution on Mexico?
- What were the causes and effects of the Tai Ping Rebellion?
- What major contribution did Confucius make to the cultural development of China?
- Who was Simon Bolivar?
- Who succeeded Benito Juarez as president of Mexico?
- Who were the mestizos?
- Who were Minamoto Yoritomo and Tokugawa Ieyasu?
- Why was the introduction of corn and potatoes to Europe and Asia so significant?
- What did the Chinese invent that revolutionized warfare?
- What were noncommunists in Russia called?
- Which new countries were created by the peace treaties from the Paris Peace Conference?
- Representatives of every Allied nation except which country attended the peace conference in Paris?
- Who did the Treaty of Versailles require to pay for the total cost of the war?
- In terms of dollars, what was the total cost of World War I?
- What name was the city of St. Petersburg renamed a second time?
- What started the Russian Revolution?
- What landforms would Allied forces in the 1942 offensive from Casablanca, Morocco to Tunisia have had to cross?
- What are the 10 most important events in world history? Justify your answer.
- What nation had to pay reparations to the alIies because R was judged to be 100% to blame for World War I?
- What does the term "Zionist" refer to?
- Who are the guardians of the imperial tomb of Shi Huangdi?
- \What role do ancestors play in Chinese society?
- Which nations were allies of North Korea before and during the Korean War?
- Tension between which two blocs caused the Cold War?
- Question #44f9e
- What were some of the ways in which the Atlantic slave trade affected African and American societies from the 1400s to the 1800s?
- What were the three goods that were essential to the triangular trade network?
- About how many people did Africa lose to the Atlantic slave trade?
- Why were Africans considered ideal laborers for the plantations and mines of the European colonists in the Americas?
- What are some ways in which slavery in African and Muslim societies was different from slavery in the Americas?
- Question #a334f
- Where was the first successful slave revolt that brought independence for a country?
- What was the problem between the US and Mexico that caused the Mexican War?
- In which dynasty was Legalism the philosophy of the Chinese government?
- What was the trade route that connected China with other cultures in the west called?
- What was built by Qin Shi Huangdi to keep invaders out of the north?
- Why did Germany propose an alliance with Mexico?
- What is the significance of the Grand Canal?
- When Russia pulled out of the war in early 1918, why did Germany almost end up winning WWI?
- What events in Europe and the Pacific helped turn the tide in favor of the Allies?
- How did Russia's treaty with Germany affect the Allied troops?
- Why did Russia struggle to obtain supplies/resources from its allies?
- What country became a communist nation in 1949 and who was the ruler?
- During the Middle Ages, most poor peasants remained poor their entire lives. Why do you think this was so?
- What cargo was carried on what is known as the middle passage of the Triangular Trade?
- What aggressive action started the Persian Gulf War?