WH springexam '25

What are frescoes?

What established the principle that the king's power is limited?

the name for the free world's military alliance in Europe that is headed by the US

What killed a large portion of Europe's population during this time?

The belief that if Vietnam fell to communism, other countries would follow.

Who was the Norwegian traitor?

Organizations formed to regulate the business activities of towns

the port city where Allied troops rescued by almost anything from Britain that could float

Who was the steel manufacturer who funded the Peace Palace

This inventor established a prize to further world peace

He forced the Soviets to remove their missiles from Cuba

Where was the "birthplace" of the Renaissance?

Who painted the Sistine Chapel

What term means "forbidding the sale of certain materials to a country"

What term means a temporary cessation of fighting?

What area, between the Adriatic and Black Seas, was known as the Powder keg of Europe before WWI?

The term D-day refers to

Who was the American commander in the Pacific?

What is the name of the battle that was the last German attack during World War II?

In 1939, Hitler announced a non-aggression pact with who?

"A date which will live in infamy" refers to

What metaphor, coined by Winston Churchill, represented the division between the Communist world and the free world?

The American public turned against the war effort because of the

What Ceiling Depicts The Story of Creation, The Fall, and Redemption?

Who laid the foundation for a unified England?

What term means “the elimination of weapons or arms”?

The British prime minister during most of WWII

This means restructuring

a group of Communist guerillas in South Vietnam

He was the Communist leader of the Vietnam

Who was the most versatile man of the Renaissance?

What were the primary centers of education during the Middle Ages?

What was the date for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

What was the code name for the Normandy invasion?

Who ordered the atomic bomb to be dropped?

What family were the most famous patrons of the Renaissance?

What was President Wilson’s peace plan?

Art and architecture of the Middle Ages were most influenced by the

This was the most recognizable symbol of the Cold War:

He seized power in Cuba in 1959 and allied Cuba with the Soviet Union

the most visible spokesman for the civil rights movement in the 1960s

Name the archduke of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated in Sarajevo.

What weapon greatly aided the English against the French during the Hundred Years War?

Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta?

Who motivated the French to fight in the Hundred Years’ War?

What term means “to make a country’s troops ready for battle?”

He was the czar of Russia who abdicated his throne

This was referred to as a dress rehearsal for WWII

What policy is the buying off of an aggressor by making concession?

The secular age of the Renaissance prepared the way for the...

The Entente Cordiale was a "friendly understanding" between France and...

The period in which more than one pope claimed supremacy is called the

Edward I established what English legislative body?

This was the parallel that marked the border between North & South Korea

He was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe in WWII?

Renaissance is a French word meaning

What was the most popular instrument of the Renaissance?

The name of the failed invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained Cuban exiles.

Name the Pope who called the First Crusade?

What was the name of Germany's plan to defeat France before Russia could organize for war?