History Cycle 2

Question 0

Tell me about apartheid ending.

Answer 0

In 1994, when South African president de Klerk allowed free elections Nelson Mandela became the first black president, demonstrating apartheid was ending.

Question 1

Tell me about the Gulf War.

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Tell me about the end of the Cold War.

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Tell me about the fall of communism.

Answer 3

In 1989 the communist dictators began to fall in Eastern Europe when Soviet Pres. Gorbachev refused to back them up with military force.

Question 4

Tell me about the Vietnam War.

Answer 4

In 1965 Pres. Johnson sent US troops to stop coming communist North Vietnam from capturing all of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Question 5

Tell me about the Korean War

Answer 5

In 1950 Gen. Douglas MacArthur led UN troops to stop Communist North Korea from capturing all of South Korea during the Korean War

Question 6

Tell me about World War II leaders.

Answer 6

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 MacArther of the US, and Stalin and the USSR.

Question 7

Tell me about the united nations

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Tell me about World War I countries

Answer 8

Dear 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, US entered the war assisting the Allies.

Question 9

Tell me how World War II began

Answer 9

World War II began in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland. Two engagements that helped the US win the Pacific front were the battle of Midway and dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Question 10

Tell me about the industrial revolution

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Tell me about World War I

leaders.

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Tell me about the Crusades.

Answer 12

Eleanor of Aquitaine
and her son Richard the lion-hearted fought the Turks for Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades, which occurred from 1095 to 1291.

Question 13

Tell me about the Magna Carta

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Tell me about Charlemagne

Answer 14

In 880, during the medieval period, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor of Europe.

Question 15

Tell me about William the Conqueror

Answer 15

After the church split into Roman Catholic and eastern orthodox William the Conqueror defeated King Harold of England in 1066 and started feudalism

Question 16

Tell me about the Reformation

Answer 16

In 1517 Martyn Luther began the Protestant Reformation by printing the 95 theses that made Pope Leo the 10th excommunicate him later John Calvin joined the Reformation

Question 17

Tell me about European exploration

Answer 17

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, Magellan’s crew sailed around the globe and Coronado explored the American Southwest.

Question 18

Tell me about the hundred years war

Answer 18

During the hundred years war, Joan of arc and King Charles the seventh led the French to defeat England at the Battle of Orleans. in the late 1340s, fleas on rats carried the plague, which killed one out of three Europeans.

Question 19

Tell me about the Renaissance

Answer 19

During the Renaissance period, From 1352 1600, da Vinci was a famous inventor, Shakespeare was a famous playwright, Michelangelo was a famous artist, and Copernicus was a famous scientist.

Question 20

Tell me about the French Revolution

Answer 20

In 1789 the French Revolution began when citizens stormed the Bastille and fought for the for the declaration of the rights of man. Later, during the reign of terror, Aristocrats heads were removed by the guillotine.

Question 21

Tell me about the battle of Waterloo

Answer 21

Napoleon Bonaparte of the French empire was defeated at the battle of Waterloo by British Gen. Wellington soon after the war of 1812 in United States

Question 22

Tell me about the age of absolute monarchs

Answer 22

Between the 1500s two 1700s Henry VIII of England Louis the 14th of France Philip the second of Spain Peter the Great of Russia and Frederick the great of Prussia ruled during the age of absolute monarchs

Question 23

Tell me about the history of Russia

Answer 23

Vladimir the first brought Christianity to Russia inthe 900s. In the late 1400s Czar Ivan the Great built the Kremlin in Moscow. Catherine the great expanded and westernized Russia in the late 1700s.