| Description |
Place |
| 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 |
