History Flashcards
Which south-east Asian capital city was the site of the Santa Cruz Massacre in 1991? The massacre arguably lead to the independence of its country in 1999
Dili
Which English word ultimately derives from an Italian phrase that refers to a 14th century Venetian shipping policy of barring certain ships from entering the port for a period of 40 days.
Quarantine
This Soviet rocket engineer was known for most of his later career only as the “chief designer” to protect him from any assassination atempts. He died unexpectedly in 1966, before he could implement plans for a Soviet moon landing.
Sergei Korolev
This island was the center of resistance movements led by men like Prince Dipanegara and Mohammad Hatta. The Majapahit was also based on this island.
Java
Born in 1515, which queen is famous for being both the King’s wife and his “beloved sister”?
Anne of Cleves
The first woman to be Secretary of State in the US.
Madeleine Albright
Which island was converted into a federal penitentiary in 1939? Only three inmates have successfully escaped from this prison.
Alcatraz
In 1960, this island country in the eastern Mediterranean gains its independence from the UK
Cyprus
In 1943, the first Quebec Conference in Canada began and the chief representatives are Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and this Canadian prime minister.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Which prominent Louisiana senator, assassinated in 1935, was famous for his proposed “Share Our Wealth” movement, which would have capped individual wealth at $50 million?
Huey Long
What territory was sold in 1803 for a price of fewer than three cents per acre?
Louisiana
Honiara, on the island Guadalcanal, is the capital and largest city of what Pacific nation?
Solomon Islands
Give the unofficial name for the European Recovery Program, which was signed into law by Pres. Harry S. Truman in April 1949. It granted $13 billion of foreign aid to Western European countries after WW2
Marshall Plan
The extraction of a tumor from Monica Besra was the first recognized miracle of this figure, who needs a second to be canonized. Originally a novice with the Sisters of Loreto, she cared for sufferers of leprosy and founded the Missionaries of Charity. For 10 points, name this Albanian-born nun, much beloved in Calcutta for helping the destitute.
Mother Teresa
During a conflict in this country, swordsmen called Juramentados carried out suicide attacks against occupying forces. This country’s Muslim minority was massacred by occupying troops during the Moro Rebellion. Galleons named for this country’s capital made bi-annual trading voyages to New Spain. Frederick Funston captured this country’s first president, Emilio Aguinaldo.
Philippines
As depicted in a series of paintings by Edouard Manet, which Austrian archduke and Emperor of Mexico was executed by the fired squad in June 1867.
Maximilian I
Which term describes films made in Italy rather than the US in the 1960s because it was cheaper?
Spaghetti Western
A martyred saint, arguably history’s 1st gay icon, whose wounds are best described as ‘stupid Cupid’s weapon of choice’? He appears in a painting by Mantegna housed in the Louvre.
Sebastian
A martyred saint, arguably history’s 1st gay icon, whose wounds are best described as ‘stupid Cupid’s weapon of choice? He appears in a painting by Mantegna housed in the Louvre.
Sebastian
A martyred saint, arguably history’s 1st gay icon, whose wounds are best described as ‘stupid Cupid’s weapon of choice? He appears in a painting by Mantegna housed in the Louvre.
Sebastian
Who was the only bachelor President of the US?
James Buchanan
In which country was Greenpeace founded in 1971?
Canada
French physicist, anti-fascist, and lover of Marie Curie four years after her husband’s death.
Paul Langevin
Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s 1st female PM in this country where she served three terms starting in 1960 and ending in 2000.
Sri Lanka
The Carnation Revolution of 1974 successfully overthrew an authoritarian regime in which country? The day of the revolution, the 25th of April is the national holiday in the country, known as Freedom Day.”
Portugal
Which West African empire reached its greatest extent under Askia Muhammad I, and had its capital at Gao? The empire collapsed after its invasion by Morocco in the last 16th century.
Songhai
In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard this Confederate-held fort.
Fort Sumter
In which museum does Night at the Museum take place?
Name this author of Capitalism and Slavery, a historian and politician who served for almost two decades as the first Prime Minister of an independent Trinidad and Tobago.
Eustace Williams
