| Description |
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| Place |
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| place where Hinduism began |
India |
| Jewish homeland state; conflict exists here between Muslims and Jews |
Israel |
| country where Buddhism began |
India |
| holiest city of Islam; where Muslims pray |
Mecca |
| holy city of Christians, Jews, and Muslims |
Jerusalem |
| Country of the Anglican Church |
England/Britain |
| Country of the Thirty Years War |
Germany/Holy Roman Empire |
| head of the Catholic Church is in this country |
Italy |
| Renaissance began in this country |
Italy |
| Shakespeare was from this country |
England |
| where the Renaissance spread to |
Northern Europe |
| Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, and Pizarro sailed from this country |
Spain |
| Da Gama, Prince Henry the Navigator where from this country |
Portugal |
| Drake sailed from this country |
England |
| Cartier sailed from this country |
France |
| Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Chales II, William and Mary, Winston Churchill are all from this country |
England/Great Britain |
| where most slaves were sent to in the New World |
Caribbean |
| Modern day country where the Incas lived |
Peru |
| Modern day place where the Aztecs lived |
central Mexico |
| Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Napoleon were leaders of this country |
France |
| Peter the Great and Nicholas II was a leader of this country |
Russia |
| Frederick the Great, Otto von Bismarck, and Hitler were leaders of this country |
Prussia/Germany |
| Country of the Glorious Revolution |
England |
| only Asia country not taken over by European powers during the age of imperialism |
Japan |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture led a slave revolt in this country |
Haiti |
| Simon Bolivar led revolutions on this continent |
South America |
| Place built by Louis XIV to show off his wealth |
Palace of Versailles |
| Place built by the Mughals in India |
Taj Mahal |
| Two countries unified between 1850 and 1880 |
Germany and Italy |
| Italy is centrally located on this body of water |
Mediterranean Sea |
| Slaves sailed across this ocean on the Middle Passage |
Atlantic Ocean |
| Strait at the tip of South America |
Strait of Magellan |
| place of Napoleon's defeat |
Waterloo |
| the Mughal Empire was located primarily in the northern part of this country |
India |
| The capital of the Ottoman Empire; formally known as Constantinople |
Istanbul |
| One of the World Empires c. 1500; exported silk and tea; invented the compass; set up foreign enclaves for trade |
China |
| Germany and Austria were formally part of this Empire |
Holy Roman Empire |
| World Empire c. 1500; military leader was a shogun; followed a policy of isolationism |
Japan |
| Istanbul is a bridge between these two continents |
Asia and Europe |
| place of the Songhai Empire who traded gold, raw materials, and slaves |
Africa |
| modern day place where the Mayans were from |
Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico |
| two countries to fight in the 7 Years War |
Austria and Prussia |
| two countries to fight in the Franco-Prussian War |
Prussia and France |
| country where there is no conflict between Protestants and Catholics; part of the United Kingdom (Great Britain) |
Ireland |
| D-Day; or Normandy Invasion occurred in this country |
France |
| country where the atomic bomb was dropped in World War II |
Japan |
| Muslim country formally part of India; created after the British gave up power in India |
Pakistan |
| the Panama Canal connects these two bodies of water |
Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean |
| Suez Canal connects these two seas; allowing for shorter travel time from Europe to Asia |
Mediterranean and Red |
| place of genocide in Africa in 1994; Hutus vs. Tutsi |
Rwanda |
| country of the Sepoy Rebellion |
India |
| French Indochina is today known as this country |
Vietnam |
| country of the Boxer Rebellion |
China |
| only Asian country not taken over by European powers during the age of imperialism |
Japan |
| Where the Industrial Revolution began |
Great Britain (England) |
| First communist state in the world |
Russia/Soviet Union (USSR) |
| spheres of influence existed in this country |
China |
| This European country was divided after World War II |
Germany |
| Pol Pot ruled this country |
Cambodia |
| Ho Chi Minh ruled this country |
Vietnam |
| Vietnam under French rule |
French Indochina |
| Italy is centrally located on this sea |
Mediterranean |
| slaves sailed across this ocean on the Middle Passage |
Atlantic |
| one of the two countries NOT controlled by Europe during Imperialism |
Ethiopia or Liberia |
| Nelson Mandela was President of this country |
South Africa |
| Jumo Kenyatta led a protest for indepednece in this country |
Kenya |
| place of Napoleon's defeat |
Waterloo (in Belgium) |
| empire that ended after World War I |
Ottoman |
| Chiang Kai Shek's "China" was set up on this island |
Taiwan |
| the Mughal Empire was primariily in the northern part of this country |
India |
| the capital of the Ottoman Empire; formally known as Constantinople |
Istanbul |
| Germany and Austrial were formally part of this Empire that experienced the 30 Years War |
Holy Roman Empire |
