Monday: History Flashcards
Liberal presidents like Ismael Montes controlled this country during its switch to a tin-exporting economy, while its current president once demonstrated the difference between cocaine and its signature crop of coca by holding up a coca leaf at the U.N.
Bolivia
This war was sparked by Macon’s Bill No. 2, and Tecumseh died during its Battle of the Thames
War of 1812
The Soviet Union’s post-war boundaries were formally acknowledged at a 1975 set of accords named for this nation’s capital.
Finland
This man worked with Jules Favre to negotiate the Treaty of Frankfurt, and he sent Marshal MacMahon to restore order in the capital, resulting in the Bloody Week.
Thiers
It won the Battle of Mohacs against Hungary, but was defeated by King Jan Sobieski of Poland when it tried to capture Vienna.
Ottoman Empire
He wrote a work displayed prominently at Nuremberg rallies which advocates killing Jews.
Martin Luther
The members of this dynasty were all descended from Robert the Strong
Capetian Dynasty
Clifford Cummings headed a project investigating this body.
Moon
She interpreted a tornado as divine approval for her actions, begun after receiving a message to “Go to Kiowa,” and referred to herself as “a bulldog running along at the feet of Jesus.”
Carrie Nation
This ruler consolidated power by merging the conservative Carlist party with the Falange (fa-LON-hay) party founded by Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera.
Francisco Franco
Name this South American country that, in 1973, switched from the socialist rule of Salvador Allende (EYE-end-ay) to the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (PEE-noh-chayt).
Chile
Its bloodiest battle took place at Lundy’s Lane.
War of 1812
A curse on this country is blamed for the death of a Nazi governor during World War II.
Kingdom of Bohemia
He served as governor of two different states, and authored the declaration of rights and grievances for the Stamp Act Congress
John Dickenson
This country fought in the Continuation War after giving up control of the Hanko Peninsula.
Finland
This man was the first to use the word Megalonyx to describe a certain genus of ground sloth.
Thomas Jefferson
Name this man during whose presidency the Lewis and Clark Expedition took place.
Thomas Jefferson
The VENTRILOQUIST network was informed of this event when its planners broadcast two lines of Verlaine’s “Autumn Song” over the radio.
D-Day
Name this country that has recently been led by prime minister Romano Prodi from Rome.
Italy
In one year, this leader signed a Concordat with the Vatican and a pact with the U.S., and two years later his country entered the UN.
Francisco Franco
According to legend, anybody who illegitimately put on the crown of this kingdom would die within a year.
Kingdom of Bohemia
Under King (+) Ottokar the Great, this kingdom briefly had a coastline on the Adriatic sea, but lost it at the Battle of Marchfeld, where it was defeated by its two neighbors, Austria and Hungary.
Bohemia
The defenders in this operation had prepared for an assault on Pas-de-Calais and were commanded by General Rommel.
D-Day
Name this country that shares its name with a U.S. state
Georgia
During the Korean War, he had wanted to cross the Yalu River to attack the Chinese, and was eventually removed from command after trying to drum up support for this offensive in Congress.
Douglas MacArthur
Name this Crusade which attempted to peacefully take Jerusalem in 1212, which failed entirely after recruiting youthful members.
The Children’s Crusade
He convened the synod of Pavia in an attempt to get Victor IV elected pope over Alexander III, and after Victor’s death, he successfully placed Paschal III as antipope.
Frederick Barbarossa
This ruler promoted commerce by abolishing toll barriers and establishing a policy of free markets and open guilds in Kano.
Oda Nobunaga
He imposed crop productivity-based taxation rates in the dahsala system inspired by his former Pashtun adversary, Sher Shah Suri.
Akbar
This kingdom was first ruled by the Premyslid dynasty.
Bohemia
This republic was created when, in 1946, Victor Emmanuel III abdicated the throne.
Italy
In the 1990s, the Clementine mission studied this body.
Moon
Supported by the Ghibellines, this man named his son Henry VI as his successor before departing on the Third Crusade.
Frederick Barbarossa
With Francois Mignet he founded the anti-Bourbon daily Le National, and this leading Orleanist was the chief rival of Francois Guizot in the July Monarchy.
Thiers
This empire was known as the “sick man of Europe” before World War I.
Ottoman Empire
Along with Lucius III, he convened the synod of Verona, which condemned Waldensianism and Albigensianism
Frederick Barbarossa
Name this civil war that took place after Yakubu Gowon came to power, in which a primarily Igbo secessionist state was created in 1967 before it was reabsorbed into its larger African country in 1970.
Nigerian Civil War
Steve Biko was killed by police in this country, and a protest by people who wanted to be taught in English led to police violence in Soweto.
South Africa
He strengthened his position as a staunch abolitionist with his speech against the Compromise of 1850, in which he argued that there was “a higher law than the Constitution.”
William Sewell
During World War II, it was led by Carl Mannerheim and lost the Winter War to the Soviets.
Finland
Name this man who put down the Paris Commune and was elected as first president of the French Third Republic.
Thiers
This European country was home to the 1970s “historic compromise” between its communist party and its other political parties.
Italy
This country was the home of a member of the Oxygen Green, Marc Gonslaves, Kieth Stanwell and Thomas Howes, until Operation Jacque, was launched to rescue a person with French citizenship, Ingrid Betancourt, who supported Alvaro Uribe’s third term after years of captivity with FARC.
Colombia
Identify this nation, whose other current problems include the Medellin drug cartel.
Colombia
One of the greatest naval leaders of this empire was Hayreddin Barbarossa.
Ottoman Empire
Name this Frankish dynasty which included Charlemagne.
Carolingian Dynasty
Bayezid II paid a bribe to have his brother Cem imprisoned in this city by Pierre d’Aubusson, who had earlier defended it from a 1480 Ottoman Siege.
Rhodes
After being expelled from Jerusalem in the 14th century, the Knights of St. John made this their base, although were forced to find a new home after it was sacked in 1522 by Suleiman the Magnificent.
Rhodes
Robert Taylor wrote a work called Vessel of Wrath: The Life and Times of… this historical figure.
Carrie Nation
This country’s southwest is the autonomous province of Ajaria.
Georgia
The Maastricht Treaty required the adoption of this item for most signatories except for Denmark and England, the latter of which still uses the pound.
The Euro
This program led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act and a pair of Civil Rights Acts, as well as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Great Society
He designed the (*) Kansas-Nebraska Act before a split in his party caused John Breckinridge to receive more electoral votes than this man in the election of 1860
Stephen Douglas
Another group in this country is the Black Eagles, government combatted by using Search Bloc.
Colombia
Name this man who railed against indulgences in the 95 Theses.
Martin Luther
This country’s independence movement was helped by the Battle of Chacabuco.
Chile
Name this satellite visited by Apollo 11.
Moon
Name this Islamic empire in modern-day Turkey.
Ottoman Empire
Name this Portuguese explorer, who in 1498 became the first European to sail directly to India.
Vasco de Gama
The most recent area of contention in this country is a region in its central north centered on Tshkinvali, where forces from this country fought with Russian troops in the fall of 2008
Georgia
This thinker posits that Satan claims all unredeemed humans in On the Bondage of the Will.
Martin Luther
This man led a regiment in the Franco-Prussian War known as the Army of the Vosges
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Cavour and Victor Emmanuel II were supported by this man’s military actions.
Giueseppe Garibaldi
This country lost the copper-rich territory of Antofagasta after its defeat in a war sometimes called the Saltpeter War.
Bolivia
Give this name of the winner at the Battle of Milvian Bridge, the first Christian Roman emperor.
Constantine
This nation was defeated by Paraguay in a conflict over the supposedly oil-rich Gran Chaco, and it lost its coastline in the War of the Pacific
Bolivia
Name this kingdom whose capital was Prague, which shares its name with the major geographic region of the Czech Republic.
Bohemia
Its leaders include one nicknamed “the Magnificent,” and under Mehmet II, this empire captured Constantinople in 1453 and renamed it Instanbul.
Ottoman Empire
A group called the Activists assassinated Nikolay Bobrikov during this country’s struggle for independence.
Finland
It also included the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act and the creation of Upward Bound, which were both part of its War on Poverty.
Great Society
One ruler of this empire was Suleiman the Magnificent.
Ottoman Empire
The planners of this military action marked out beaches called “Juno,” “Gold,” “Sword,” and “Omaha
D-Day
ne group in this country is Joint Task Force OMEGA, that was part of Operation JM
Colombia
He allied with Tokugawa Ieyasu to win the Battle of Nagashino, but was killed by Akechi Mitsuhide in 1582
Oda Nobunaga
In his most famous post, he successfully resolved the Trent Affair and secured that the Confederacy would not gain foreign recognition
William Sewell
Name this Jamaican-born black nationalist who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and was a leader of the “Back to Africa” movement.
Marcus Garvey
Victories for this man came during an expedition against the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Name this set of social reforms enacted by Lyndon Johnson.
Great Society
Succeeding the Carolingian dynasty, it held power for over three hundred years before being replaced by the Valois dynasty.
Capetian Dynasty
A group commanded by this man fought in and won the Battles of Milazzo and Volturno.
Giuseppe Garibaldi
The northwestern extension of this country is another ethnic enclave called Abkhazia.
Georgia
A king of this dynasty who defeated the forces of emperor Otto IV at Bouvines was named Phillip Augustus
Capetian Dynasty
