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History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tell me about Charlemagne | In 800, during the medieval period, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor of Europe. |
| Tell me about William the Conqueror | In 1054, the church split into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox,. William the Conqueror defeated King Harold of England in 1066 and started feudalism. |
| Tell me about the Crusades | Richard the Lion-hearted, son of Eleanor of Aquitaine, fought the Turks for Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades, from 1095 to 1291. |
| Tell me about the Magna Carta | English King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215, limiting the king's power. Later, England's King Edward III claimed to be king of France and began the Hundred Years' War in 1337. |
| Tell me about the Hundred Years' War | During the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc and King Charles VII led the French to defeat the English at the Siege of Orleans. In the late 1340s. fleas on rats carried the plague, which killed one out of three Europeans. |
| Tell me about the Renaissance. | During the Renaissance period, from 1350 to 1600, Leonardo da Vinci was a famous inventor, Shakespeare was a famous playwright, Michelangelo was a famous artist, and Copernicus was a famous scientist. |
| Tell me about the Reformation. | In 1517, Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation by printing the Ninety-Five Theses that made Pope Leo X excommunicate him. Later John Calvin joined the Reformation. |
| Tell me about the European exploration. | Between the late 1400s and the mid-1500s, Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope, Amerigo Vespucci sailed to the Americas, Balbo crossed Central America to the Pacific, Magellan's crew sailed around the globe, and Coronado explored the American Southwest. |
| Tell me about the age of absolute monarchs. | Between the 1500s to the 1800s, Henry VIII of England, Louis XIV of France, Philip II Spain, Peter the Great of Russia, and Frederick the Great of Prussia ruled during the age of absolute monarchs. |
| Tell me about the history of Russia. | Vladimir I brought Christianity to Russia in the 900s. In the 1500s, Czar Ivan the Terrible unified Russia. Peter the Great and Catherine the Great expanded and westernized Russia in the late 1700s. |
| Tell me about the French Revolution | In 1789, the French Revolution began when citizens stormed the Bastille and fought for the Declaration of Rights of Man. Later, during the Reign of Terror, the aristocrats' heads were removed by the guillotine. |
| Tell me about the Battle of Waterloo | Napoleon Bonaparte of the French Empire was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by British General Wellington and his allies soon after the War of 1812 in the United States. |
| Tell me about the Industrial Revolution | Watt's steam engine, Cartwright's power loom, and Whitney's cotton gin spurred the Industrial Revolution that began in the 1760's. |
| Tell me about World War I leaders | Clemenceau of France, Lloyd George of England, Nicholas II of Russia, Wilhelm II of Germany, and Wilson of the United States were leaders during World War I, which started in 1914 and ended in 1918. |
| Tell me about World War I countries | During 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, the United States entered the war, assisting the Allies. |
| Tell me about how World War II began | World War II began in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland. Two engagements that helped the United States win the Pacific front were defeating Japan at the Battle of Midway and dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. |
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