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Key Moments in World History

Use the dates as a clue to what monumental event took place.
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Year
Event
Answer
4 B.C.
The birth of ___
Jesus
29 A.D.
The death of___
Jesus
570
The birth of ___
Prophet Muhammed
632
The death of___
Prophet Muhammed
1215
The ___ ___, the first document limiting the powers of King of England is signed
Magna Carta
1348-50
A devastating pandemic known as the ___ ___kills over 100 million people
Black Death
1337-1453
England and France begin a war known as the ___ ___ ___
100 years war
1492
Christopher Columbus "discovers" the ___ ___
New World
1497-98
Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route from Europe to ___
India
1665-66
Great Plague of ___ kills about 1 million people in the city
London
1666 (2-5 Sep)
The Great ___of London destroys about 70000 homes in the city
Fire
1757-1763
___years war involving the great powers of the time
Seven
1776
The declaration of ___ is signed
Independence
1789
Beginning of the___ Revolution
French
1815
Battle of ___ in which Napoleon was defeated
Waterloo
1848
The ___Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published
Communist
1859
On the Origin of Species by ___ ___is published
Charles Darwin
1865
___is abolished by the 13th Amendment in the United States of America
Slavery
1896
First modern ___ Games held at Athens
Olympic
1909
Robert Peary reached the ___Pole
North
Year
Event
Answer
1911
Roald Amundsen reached the ___ Pole
South
1912
The Republic of ___ is established
China
1914-1918
___ ___War breaks out
1st World
1917
The...Revolution ends the Tsarist autocracy
Russian
1922
The nation known as The... comes into existence
USSR
1929
Beginning of the Great ____
Depression
1939-1945
2nd ___ ___ takes place
World War
1945
Dropping of Atom Bombs on _____ and _____
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1954 – 1968
The period of the _____ _____ Movement
Civil Rights
1957
Launch of ___, marks the beginning of space age
Sputnik
1969
Landing of Apollo 11 makes ___ ___ the first man on the surface of moon
Neil Armstrong
1986
___nuclear disaster occurs
Chernobyl
1990
The World Wide ___ is invented
Web
1990
Reunification of ___
Germany
1991
Dissolution of the ___
USSR
1994
End of ____ in South Africa
Apartheid
2001
Terrorist attack on ___ ___ ___
World Trade Center
2004
Disaster caused by a ___ in the Indian Ocean
Tsunami
2011
Fukushima Daiichi ____ Disaster
Nuclear
divantilya
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Level 37
May 26, 2019
Mohammad not accepted.
islabonita
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Level 45
May 26, 2019
Thanks! Mohammad works now
WT2008
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Level 77
May 27, 2019
First World War not accepted?
islabonita
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Level 45
May 27, 2019
Thanks! First World is accepted.
TPig567
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Level 36
May 28, 2019
Technically, the Prophet's name was spelled 'Muhammad', so would it be possible to accept that variation?
islabonita
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Level 45
May 28, 2019
Thanks Muhammad is accepted.
Luprec
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Level 63
May 28, 2019
Please accept Hundred Years War.
islabonita
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Level 45
May 28, 2019
Hundred Years War is accepted
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Level 66
Jul 25, 2023
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