History

Question 1

Tell me about Charlemagne (week 1)

Answer 1

In 800 AD, during the medieval period, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor of Europe..

Question 2

Tell me about William the Conqueror (week 2)

Answer 2

In 1054, the church split into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox, William the Conqueror defeated King Harold of England in 1066 and started feudalism.

Question 3

Tell me about the Crusades (week 3)

Answer 3

Richard the Lion-Hearted, son of Eleanor of Aquitaine, fought the Turks for Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades, which occurred from 1095 to 1291.

Question 4

Tell me about the Magna Carta (week 4)

Answer 4

English King John signed the Manga Carta in 1215, limiting the king’s power. Later, England’s King Edward III claimed to be king of France and began the hundred Years’ War in 1337.

Question 5

Tell me about the Hundred Years’ War. (week 5)

Answer 5

During the Hundred Years’ War, Joan of Arc and King Charles VII led the French to defeat the English at the Siege of Orleans. In the late 1340s, fleas on rats carried the Plague, which killed one out of three Europeans.

Question 6

Tell me about the Renaissance. (week 6)

Answer 6

During the Renaissance period, from 1350 to 1600, Leonardo da Vinci was a famous inventor, Shakespeare was a famous playwright, Michelangelo was a famous artist, and Copernicus was a famous scientist.

Question 7

Tell me about the Reformation. (week 7)

Answer 7

In 1517 Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation by printing the Ninety-five Theses that made Pope Leo the 10th excommunicate him. Later, John Calvin joined the Reformation.

Question 8

Tell me about European exploration. (week 8)

Answer 8

Between the late 1400s and the mid-1500s, Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope, Amerigo Vespucci sailed to the Americas. Balboa crossed Central America to the Pacific, Magellans crew sailed around the globe, and Coronado explored the American Southwest.

Question 9

Tell me about the Age of Absolute Monarchs. (week 9)

Answer 9

Between the 1500s and 1800s, Henry the 8th of England, Louis 14th of France, Philip the 2nd of Spain, Peter the Great of Russia, and Frederick the Great of Prussia ruled during the age of absolute monarchs.

Question 10

Tell me about the history of Russia. (week 10)

Answer 10

Vladimir the 1st brought Christianity to Russia in the 900s. In the 1500s, Czar Ivan the Terrible unified Russia. Peter the Great and Catherine the Great expanded and Westernized Russia in the 1700s.

Question 11

Tell me about the French Revolution (week 11)

Answer 11

In 1789 the French Revolution began when citizens stormed the Bastille and fought for the Declaration of the Rights of Man. Later, during the Reign of Terror, the aristocrats’ heads were removed by the guillotine.

Question 12

Tell me about the Battle of Waterloo (week 12)

Answer 12

Napoleon Bonaparte of the French Empire was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by British General Wellington by British General Wellington and his allies soon after the War of 1812 in the United States.

Question 13

Tell me about the Industrial Revolution (week 13)

Answer 13

Watt’s steam engine, Cartwright’s power loom, and Whitney’s cotton gin spurred the Industrial Revolution that began in the 1760s.

Question 14

Tell me about World War 1 Leaders

Answer 14

Clemenceau of France, Lloyd George of England, Nicholas II of Russia, Wilhelm II of Germany, and Wilson of the United States were leaders during World War I, which started in 1914 and ended in 1918.

Question 15

Tell me about World War I countries.

Answer 15

During World War I, Great Britain, France, and Russia were Allies and fought against Austria-Hungary and Germany, which were called the Central Powers. In 1917, the United States entered the war, assisting the Allies.

Question 16

Tell me about how World War II began

Answer 16

World War II began in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland. Two engagements that helped the United States win the Pacific front were defeating Japan at the Battle of Midway and dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Question 17

Tell me about World War II leaders

Answer 17

World War II AXIS leaders were: Hitler of Germany, Tojo of Japan, and Mussolini of Italy. World War II Allied leaders were: Churchill of England, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and MacArthur of the United States, and Stalin of the USSR.

Question 18

Tell me about the United Nations

Answer 18

In 1945, after the League of Nations failed to prevent World War II, American President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Churchill, and Soviet Premier Stalin began the United Nations.

Question 19

Tell me about the Korean War

Answer 19

In 1950, General Douglas MacArthur led United Nations forces to stop communist North Korea from capturing all of South Korea during the Korean War.

Question 20

Tell me about the Vietnam War

Answer 20

In 1965, President Johnson sent U.S. troops to stop communist North Vietnam from capturing all of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Question 21

Tell me about the end of the Cold War.

Answer 21

In the 1980s, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and American President Ronald Reagan worked together to end the Cold War, lesson big government, and strengthen the conservative movement.

Question 22

Tell me about the fall of communism.

Answer 22

In 1989, the communist dictators began to fall in Eastern Europe when Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev refused to send them military aid.

Question 23

Tell me about the Gulf War.

Answer 23

In 1990, President George H. W. Bush sent troops to the Persian Gulf to expel Iraqui leader Saddam Hussein from Kuwait during the Gulf War.

Question 24

Tell me about the end of the apartheid.

Answer 24

In 1994, South African President de Klerk allowed free elections. Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first black president, demonstrating apartheid was ending.