Froggy Jumps
Test your knowledge of key figures and dates in world history!
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what year was the easter/great schism
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what year was the fall of constantinople
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what year did columbus find america
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what year was the glorious revolution
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what year was the french revolution
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what year did the congress of vienna take place
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what year was the Franco Prussian war aka the creation of Germany?
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what time frame did WWI take place
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What year was the treaty of Versailles
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What year did the US stock market crash
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What time frame did WWII take place
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When were the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan
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What year did peal harbor take place
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When was the Berlin airlift/beginning of the cold war
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When was the fall of communism
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who was the richest man in the world until recently and is responsible for the spread of islam in North Africa and made mali one of the richest kingdoms in the world
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Who united the mongols
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Who was the founder of the ottoman empire saved Byzantine architecture and created the largest land empire in europe at the time
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who ruled the ottoman empire during its golden age, created the devshirme system, created jainsarries, improved the justinian law code, listened to his advisors and had absolute power
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who converted to Christianity in 989 for trade benefits with Constantinople,
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who killed all his brothers to become Tsar of Russia, created the Russkaya Pravda (first Russian law system), first Russian patriarch of Kiev, and is responsible for the decline of Constantinople and Kiev
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who were the leaders of one of the frequent peasant rebellions in Vietnam against Chinese rule
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who was the explorer that brought the Polynesians to Easter Island
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What was the Germanic tribe that put the final coffin on the Roman Empire in 476 AD
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Who was the king of England created the King James Bible, complained about Parliament a lot but abiding by its rules
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Who was the Son of King James I, did not like Parliament, continually tried to find loopholes.
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Who was the brother of charles II, became king because Charles II failed to have any legitimate children
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Who was the empress of Russia
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Who was the the well rounded and progressive ruler of Prussia
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who was the Russian ruler who tried to drag Russia out of its dark times
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who was king of France from 1774-1792. He was incompetent, unpopular in leadership, cared little for the common people, brought french finance to bankruptcy, refused to tax the privileged class, maintained a lavish palace in Versailles
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Who was Portuguese, trained ship captains, funded and encouraged sailors, furthered cartography, set the stage for African colonization
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Who was A Portuguese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean. Made a huge profit, but most of his crew died
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Who were the islamic rulers of india
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Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe
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Who wa a proponent of conservatism
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Who was famous for establishing an absolute monarchy in France, building the lavish Palace of Versailles, and leading France to become a dominant European power and a strong believer n divine right
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Who was A snobbish and frivolous Hapsburg from Austria who married Louis XVI and became Queen of France when she was 14. Her extravagant and excessive spending sent France deeply into debt
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Who was a french general became emperor of the French. Known for his military strategy, abolished serfdom, fixed France's economy through the Bank of France, stabilized France, and allowed religious freedom. Napoleonic Code,
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who was The leader of the Jacobins responsible for the “Reign of Terror”, he died by the guillotine
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who was the person who is responsible for he killing of archduke franz ferdinand in order to make a political statement
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who was the archduke of serbia and or austria who was assassinated by a serbian which began world war one
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Who started communism in Russia
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Who were the leaders of america during World War II
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Who was the leader of the UK during WWII
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Who was the french militry commander during WWII
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Who was the leader of the soviet union during WWII
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Who was the leader of Japan during WWII
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Who was the leader of Italy during WWII
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Who was the leader of Germany during WWII and solely responsible for WWII
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Who was the leader of great britain during WWII
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Who was a a Prussian diplomat that started war with France to unite all the germanies together
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