13431564793 | Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward Tudor, Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary), Elizabeth Tudor (I), James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, James II, William and Mary of Orange, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II | Important British monarchs in order from 1485 onward | 0 | |
13431580212 | Louis XI, Francis I, Henri III, Henry IV (Henry Navarre), Louis XIV, Louis XVI, French First Republic, Napoleon I, Louis-Philippe, Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III), French Third Republic (challenged by the Paris Commune), Vichy Regime, French Fourth Republic, French Fifth Republic (Charles DeGaulle) | Important French rulers and governments in order from 1461 onward | 1 | |
13432746575 | Ivan III, Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible), Mikhail I, Peter I (Peter the Great), Catherine II (Catherine the Great), Alexander I, Alexander II, Alexander III, Nicholas, II, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Chernenko, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin | Important Russian rulers in order from 1547 onward | 2 | |
13432834766 | Maximilian I, Charles V, Ferdinand II, Charles VI, Maria Theresa, Joseph II, Frederick II (Frederick the Great), Wilhelm I, Wilhelm II, Weimar Republic, 3rd Reich/ Nazi Germany (Adolph Hitler), German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), Federal Republic of Germany, Gerhard Schroeder, Angela Merkel | Important German (Prussia and HRE) rulers and governments in order | 3 | |
13436143451 | Franz I, Ferdinand I, Franz Joseph I | Important Austrian rulers in order | 4 | |
13433160804 | Robert Walpole, William Pitt the Elder, William Pitt the Younger, Robert Peel, Benjamin Disraeli, Arthur James Balfour, David Lloyd George, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Theresa May | Important British Prime Ministers in order | 5 | |
13436492406 | Isabella d'Este, Caterina Sforza, Isabella of Spain, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Teresa de Avila, Maria Winklemann, Catharine Mathaulay, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Astell, Catherine the Great, Maria Theresa, Marie Antoinette, Olympe de Gouges, Flora Tristan, Bertha von Suttner, Florence Nightingale, Maria Montessori, Emmeline Pankhurst, Tsarina Alexandra, Rosa Luxembourg, Simone de Beauvoire, Betty Friedan, Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel | Important women | 6 | |
13436519492 | Katherine of Aragon (Mary), Anne Boleyn (Elizabeth), Jane Seymour (Edward), Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard (alleged adultery), Catherine Parr | Wives of Henry VIII in order | 7 | |
13436698519 | Renaissance Art, High Renaissance Art, Realism, Northern Renaissance, Mannerism, Neoclassicism, Baroque, Rococo, Romanticism, Orientalism, Impressionism, Pointillism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism | Art movements in order from 1300 | 8 | |
13450485990 | Tof Tordesillas (1494), Tof Augsburg (1555), Edict of Nantes (1598), Tof Westphalia (1648), Tof Utrecht (1713), Tof Pyrenees (1659), Tof Karlowitz (1699), Pragmatic Sanction (1713), Tof Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), Tof Paris (1763), Tennis Court Oath (1789), Congress of Vienna (1814-1815), Frankfurt Assembly (1848-1849), Tof Paris (1856), Emancipation Act (1861), Tof Frankfurt (1871), Congress of Berlin (1878), 2nd Berlin Conference (1885), Tof Brest-Litovsk (1918), Tof Versailles (1919), Locarno Pact (1925), Munich Agreement (1938), Non Aggression Pact (1939), Tehran Conference (1943), Yalta Conference (1945), Potsdam Conference (1945), Tof Paris (1951), Tof Rome (1957), Maastricht Treaty (1991), Dayton Accords (1995) | Important treaties and pronouncements in order from 1494 | 9 | |
13451867433 | Global Empire of Charles V | 10 | ||
13451914902 | Empire of Louis XIV | 11 | ||
13452016874 | Partition of Poland | 12 | ||
13452084268 | Expansion of Russia under Peter the Great | 13 | ||
13452090514 | Europe under Napoleon | 14 | ||
13452123642 | Europe after the Congress of Vienna | 15 | ||
13452128955 | Europe after Italian and German unification | 16 | ||
13452195373 | British Empire 1900 | 17 | ||
13452199730 | French Colonial Empire (1600) | 18 | ||
13452267072 | African colonization (1914) | 19 | ||
13452291574 | Europe between 1919 and 1929 | 20 | ||
13474194361 | Europe after 1945 | 21 | ||
13474199823 | Europe after the fall of communism | 22 | ||
13631891133 | Estates General, Tennis Court Oath, National Assembly, Storming of the Bastille, Flight to Varennes, National Legislative Assembly, Execution of Louis XVI, National Convention, Reign of Terror, Directory, Rise of Napoleon | Stages of the French Revolution of 1789 | 23 | |
13632033796 | Catholicism, Lutheranism, Calvinism, | Religions in order from 1520 onward | 24 | |
13637610738 | Orientalism | style, artifacts, or traits considered characteristic of the peoples and cultures of Asia. | 25 | |
13637648021 | Wilhelm von Humboldt | Prussian minister of education, architect of the Prussian education system (created two types of educational tracks: preparatory and trade schools). Most closely associated with the role of education in shaping national identity, language as identity, the relationship of the state to individual, the "harm principle" & author of "The Limits of State Action". | 26 | |
13639100818 | Suez Crisis | July 26, 1956, Nasser (leader of Egypt) nationalized the Suez Canal, Oct. 29, British, French and Israeli forces attacked Egypt. UN forced British to withdraw; made it clear Britain was no longer a world power | 27 | |
13647609663 | Jean Bodin | A writer in 16th century England who wrote The Six Books of the Commonwealth (1576), which strongly supported the divine right of kings. | 28 | |
13647668432 | France (they did this during the revolution of 1789. The most radical Jacobins pushed for this. It is one of the reasons the revolution was so revolutionary) | What was the first European nation to emancipate its Jews and offer then citizenship? | 29 | |
13647668433 | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti | Launched Futurism after WWI- Italian who glorified machine age which is the key to an enlightened. Sought to replace "old art" because it held back from new art to be created. Wanted to raise audience interaction | 30 | |
13647675177 | Wilhelm Marr | German writer who coined the word anti-semitism, arguing that Jews posed a major threat to European peoples and culture | 31 | |
13648183257 | Auguste Comte | French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism. Saw human history as 3 stages: theological, metaphysical and scientific. Founded "sociology." Influenced Realpolitik | 32 | |
13648303772 | Neoliberalism | A strategy for economic development that calls for free markets, balanced budgets, privatization, free trade, and minimal government intervention in the economy. | 33 | |
13664921596 | Francis I | Continued the policies of Louis XI, further increased the power of the King & strengthened the army/Concordat of Bologna (1516) gave French kings power over church appointments in France/Continued military expeditions into Italy began under Louis XII bringing French forces into conflict with the forces of HRE Charles V/This begins the long conflict between the Valois & Habsburgs | 34 | |
13713049515 | Utilitarianism | idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people | 35 | |
13714097508 | Renaissance (Raphael) | What art movement is this from? | 36 | |
13714113535 | Renaissance (Donatello) | What art movement is this from? | 37 | |
13714122274 | Renaissance (Michelangelo) | What art movement is this from? | 38 | |
13714129150 | Renaissance (Brunelleschi) | What art movement is this from? | 39 | |
13714143674 | Classical Greek/Roman style(s). Humanism. Illusionistic. Realism | Key features of Renaissance art | 40 | |
13714184487 | Realism | What art movement is this from? | 41 | |
13714192415 | Realism | What art movement is this from? | 42 | |
13714200663 | Everyday life. Ordinary scenes | Key features of Realist art | 43 | |
13714209724 | Northern Renaissance (van Eyck) | What art movement is this from? | 44 | |
13714219950 | Oil Paintings. Christian themes | Key features of Northern Renaissance art | 45 | |
13714285075 | Renaissance (Botticelli) | What art movement is this from? | 46 | |
13714290614 | Mannerism | What art movement is this from? | 47 | |
13714297067 | Elongated body parts/limbs | Key features of Mannerist art | 48 | |
13714312646 | Neoclassicism | What art movement is this from? | 49 | |
13714329291 | Neoclassicism | What art movement is this from? | 50 | |
13714338709 | Greek and Roman themes. Heroic male nude. Dramatic lighting and sharp edges between color | Key features of Neoclassical art | 51 | |
13714362993 | Baroque | What art movement is this from? | 52 | |
13714366334 | Baroque | What art movement is this from? | 53 | |
13714372530 | Baroque | What art movement is this from? | 54 | |
13714387576 | Exaggerated motion. Clear detail to create drama. | Key features of Baroque art | 55 | |
13714403890 | Baroque (El Greco) | What art movement is this from? | 56 | |
13714414251 | Rococo | What art movement is this from? | 57 | |
13714417666 | Rococo | What art movement is this from? | 58 | |
13714419995 | Rococo | What art movement is this from? | 59 | |
13714425849 | Flying babies. Couples in love. Pastel colors. Elaborate ornamentation in architecture | Key features of Rococo art | 60 | |
13714438350 | Romanticism (Delacroix) | What art movement is this from? | 61 | |
13714448764 | Romanticism | What art movement is this from? | 62 | |
13714452124 | Romanticism | What art movement is this from? | 63 | |
13714455567 | Romanticism | What art movement is this from? | 64 | |
13714525212 | Exotic, occult, macabre. Nationalism. Dangers of science. Nature. Heroic individualism. Desire of the past. Feelings, emotion, imagination. Neogothic architecture | Key features of Romantic art | 65 | |
13714506594 | Orientalism | What art movement is this from? | 66 | |
13714581567 | Orientalism | What art movement is this from? | 67 | |
13714637867 | Interest in exotic lands | Key features of Oriential art | 68 | |
13714630889 | Impressionism | What art movement is this from? | 69 | |
13714643340 | Impressionism (Monet) | What art movement is this from? | 70 | |
13714648737 | Impressionism (Cezanne) | What art movement is this from? | 71 | |
13714659624 | Everyday life. Light. Brushstrokes. Outside/outdoors. Weather (ELBOW) | Key features of Impressionist art | 72 | |
13714674059 | Pointillism | What art movement is this from? | 73 | |
13714629041 | Pointillism | What art movement is this from? | 74 | |
13715248928 | Dots and small strokes | Key features of Pointillist art | 75 | |
13715368912 | Post-Impressionism | What art movement is this from? | 76 | |
13715385822 | Post-Impressionism | What art movement is this from? | 77 | |
13715404125 | Vivid colors, often thick application of paint, and real-life subject matter. Emphasized geometric forms, distorted form for expressive effect, and used unnatural or arbitrary color. More colorful than Cubism and more exaggerated than Impressionism | Key features of Post-Impressionist art | 78 | |
13715417862 | Cubism | What art movement is this from? | 79 | |
13715423000 | Cubism | What art movement is this from? | 80 | |
13715432560 | Like looking through broken glass | Key features of Cubist art | 81 | |
13715452314 | Dadaism | What art movement is this from? | 82 | |
13715468646 | Dadaism | What art movement is this from? | 83 | |
13715475762 | Nonsensical and bizarre | Key features of Dadaist art | 84 | |
13715492725 | Surrealism | What art movement is this from? | 85 | |
13715496593 | Surrealism | What art movement is this from? | 86 | |
13715507752 | Put objects together that are not normally together | Key features of Surrealist art | 87 | |
13715522459 | Pop Art | What art movement is this from? | 88 | |
13715526468 | Pop Art | What art movement is this from? | 89 | |
13715532597 | Attempts to bled the disparity between "high" and "low" art culture | Key features of Pop Art | 90 | |
13715553670 | Abstract Expressionism | What art movement is this from? | 91 | |
13715570381 | Abstract Expressionism | What art movement is this from? | 92 | |
13715615022 | Aggressive mingling of colors. Random shapes and colors | Key features of Abstract Expressionism | 93 | |
13799766613 | Futurism | early 20th-century artistic and social movement that promoted radical transformation through the destruction of existing institutions. It had a direct influence on the fascist hope to create a new society by dismantling the existing state system | 94 | |
13799794258 | Syndicalism | theory of anarchism that views revolutionary industrial unionism as a method for workers in capitalist society to gain control of an economy and thus control influence in broader society | 95 | |
13799844889 | Belgian Congo | Exploited by Leopold II at Belgium under the Berlin Act, Leopold was supposed to act as a trustee. He violated the agreement and stripped the country of its resources. Considered to be the most exploitative and abusive towards its native population | 96 | |
13799884069 | German East Africa | Fighting occurred between British-led Indian and South African troops on one side, and German-trained east African troops on the other. Never economically exploited by their imperialist Empire | 97 | |
13799979889 | French Equatorial Africa | the group of French African colonies from the Congo River north of Central Africa to the southern border of present-day Libya; at its height it included the French Congo, Gabon, Oubangui-Chari, Chad, and French Cameroon. Was a federation of colonial possessions first established in 1910 | 98 | |
13799993525 | British Rhodesia | Was the region of southern African administered by the British South Africa Company and named for the company's founder, Cecil Rhodes | 99 | |
13800022179 | Chinua Achebe | was a 20th-century Nigerian novelist who criticized European representations of Africa | 100 | |
13800063135 | Owenism | Socialist tradition created by Robert Owen which stated that if human beings were placed in the correct surroundings, they and their character could be improved. He founded a few industrial communities to test his philosophies such as New Lanark | 101 | |
13874424599 | 1598 | Edict of Nantes passed | 102 | |
13874424600 | 1572 | St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre begins French Wars of Religion | 103 | |
13874424601 | 1685 | Edict of Fontainebleau revokes Edict of Nantes | 104 | |
13874479167 | 1629 | Edict of Restitution passed | 105 | |
13882555044 | Max Weber | German political economist and sociologist renowned for his theory of how Protestantism led to the development of capitalism and his critiques of German domestic and foreign policies during WWI | 106 | |
13882570357 | Johann Gottfried Herder | Influential German Writer (1744-1803) he wrote Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind in which he said that each country should have its own national identity not one borrowed from another country, he called it Volksgeist. German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason. Father of German nationalism. | 107 | |
13882629787 | Scientific Socialism | The term Marx and Engels used to stress to that their ideology was based on an analysis of class conflict (they used the scientific method according to them) | 108 | |
13882662335 | Socialist Communism | Marxist-Leninist discipline taught in all the higher educative institutions of the Soviet Union. Students learned about subjects such as socialism, communism, revolution, and laws | 109 | |
13882716155 | Protofeminism | early feminism (around the 18th century) | 110 | |
13882755011 | First Wave Feminism | The feminist movement during the 19th and early 20th century that focused on inequalities, primarily on gaining women's suffrage, education, improvement of working conditions, and wages. | 111 | |
13882780870 | Second Wave Feminism | The feminist movement between the 1960s and 80s, particularly in America, where women campaigned for the abolition of cultural inequalities | 112 | |
13882800417 | Global Feminism | developed after World War II, when the United Nations (UN) decided to intervene in favor of women's rights all across the world | 113 | |
13882837255 | Ecofascism | the political ideology that maintains that a totalitarian government is needed to protect the environment | 114 | |
13882848421 | Ecofeminism | the ideology that argues that society has subjected both the environment and women to exploitation and therefore advocates for the rights of both | 115 | |
13882853209 | Ecocentrism | belief that whole ecological systems have value | 116 | |
13882878262 | Henry David Thoreau | prolific scholar who made great contributions to natural philosophy and history. In addition, he was an early conservationist who promoted the preservation of natural resources and the wilderness | 117 | |
13882913484 | John Ruskin | published his influential work Unto This Land in 1862, in which he condemned the unrestricted industrial expansion of the environment and society | 118 | |
13882920410 | George Perkins Marsh | published the Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action in 1864, which became the first analysis of how humanity is negatively impacting the natural environment | 119 | |
13882927140 | Green-Red Coalition | when a red democrat socialist or social democratic party forms an alliance with a green environmentalist or Nordic agrarian party. The common ground among these parties is their distrust of capitalist institutions | 120 | |
13882929958 | Lofven Cabinet | Coalition in the Swedish government between the Green Party and the Swedish Social Democratic Party | 121 | |
13882961781 | Thorning Schmidt Cabinet | composed of members from the Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party | 122 | |
13882979290 | Darya Saltykova | Russian noble and serial killer from Moscow. She tortured and killed more than 100 of her serfs, the majority of whom were girls and women | 123 | |
13882989168 | Emperor Paul II | passed An Imperial Edict Forbidding Sunday Labor by Serfs, known as the Manifesto of Three-Day Corvee, in 1797 | 124 | |
13883015323 | Positivism | a scientific approach to knowledge based on facts as opposed to mere speculation | 125 |
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