History - Facts Flashcards
How many people died or were wounded in WW1?
18 million dead. 23 million wounded.
How many people died in WW2?
50 million in the fighting. 80 million if you include disease and famine caused by it.
Where and when was the first democracy established?
The earliest democracy in the world began in Athens, in 510 BC; in Athens they let all the free adult men who were citizens vote, rich or poor.
How large was the British Empire at it height?
23.84% of the total land in the world in 1920. This is the largest empire ever in the world.
How large was the Roman Empire at its height?
3.36% of the total land in the world in 117.
How large was the Mongol empire at its height?
20% of the total land in the world in 1270 and 1309.
How many people were killed by Spanish flu in 1917?
50-100m, 3-6% of the world’s population died.
What was the world’s population in 1750?
700 million.
When did world population reach 1 billion?
In 1900.
When did the world’s population reach 7 billion?
In 2011
Who was President Tito of Yugoslavia?
A benevolent dictator, he was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad. Viewed as a unifying symbol his father was Croat and his mother Slovene.
When he died in the 1980s the country fell into civil war and Croatia and Slovenia became separate countries.
Who was Sadam Hussein?
President of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. He was originally an army general. His rule was a dictatorship. His regime was corrupt and cruel.
Who was Gandhi?
Mohandas Gandhi (October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
Who was Martin Luther King?
Martin Luther King Jr. January 10, 1957 – April 4, 1968 aged 39, was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 through 1968. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs and inspired by the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party , Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer (“Leader”) of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. As a dictator, Hitler initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September 1939, and was central to the Holocaust.
Where was democracy first created?
Athens, Athenian democracy developed around the fifth century BC in the Greek city-state (known as a polis) of Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica, and is the first known democracy in the world. Other Greek cities set up democracies, most following the Athenian model, but none are as well documented as Athens.
It was a system of direct democracy, in which participating citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills. Participation was not open to all residents: to vote one had to be an adult, male citizen i.e. neither a foreign resident, slave or a woman and the number of these varied between 30,000 and 50,000 out of a total population of around 250,000 to 300,000 or no more than 30 percent of the total adult population.
Who was Chairman Mao?
Mao was a Chinese communist leader and founder of the People’s Republic of China. He was responsible for the disastrous policies of the ‘Great Leap Forward’ and the ‘Cultural Revolution’.
Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel?
Brunel was one of the most versatile and audacious engineers of the 19th century, responsible for the design of tunnels, bridges, railway lines and ships in Britain in the industrial revolution.
Who was the main opponent of the slave trade in Britain who succeeded in getting parliament to abolish it.
William Wilberforce. Wilberforce was a deeply religious English member of parliament and social reformer who was very influential in the abolition of the slave trade and eventually slavery itself in the British empire in 1833.
What was the triangular trade?
Sale of slaves in the Americas in exchange for raw materials, cotton, sugar, cocoa etc these materials could be made into goods in Europe and some used to buy more slaves in Africa. In the way boats sailed from Africa to Americas to Europe in a never ending triangle of trade.
When did the French Revolution happen?
1789.
When did the Russian Revolution happen?
1917.
What percentage of people worldwide consider themselves to be part of a religion?
84%. One third of those are Christian.
What is a good example of dictatorship what has brought wealth and success?
Singapore.
