World History

A dating app in this modern nation utilizes a chronology of early settlers by Ari the Wise to make sure residents do not date their cousins. Fishermen from this nation fought in an economic war with the British in the Cod Wars. Erik the Red travelled from this nation to settle Greenland in the late 10th century. , name this former Danish holding centered in Reykjavik.

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This leader’s comment that one should check their complacency as often as washing their face is quoted in a chapter called “Criticism and Self-Criticism.” This man succeeded Otto Braun after a disagreement in strategy at the Zunyi Conference. This leader, who used the Battle of Luding Bridge as propaganda, took power in a campaign that included the Long March and attempted to purge Western ideals through the Cultural Revolution. For the point, name this founder of the communist People’s Republic of China.

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This man leased the Bastrop Tract in Louisiana and Arkansas for a militia he was developing to attack colonial Spanish territory. This man lost the governorship of New York to the then unknown Morgan Lewis, in part due to former governor George Clinton campaigning against him. In Weehawken, New Jersey, this figure gunned down his political rival Alexander Hamilton. , name this Vice President of Thomas Jefferson.

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As governor, this politician placed the first portrait of MLK in the State Capitol of their shared home state where he worked as a farmer. This man was elected president as the last Democrat to carry the Deep South, but later lost to Ronald Reagan in a bid for re-election. For the point, name this Georgian who served as the 39th president.

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A panel of three theologians including Melchior Inchofer, Agostino Oreggi, and Zaccaria Pasqualigo were convened to evaluate writings connected to this event. The central figure in this event had previously shaken the scientific world with his telescopic observations published in Sidereus Nuncius. His publication of Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems directly provoked the authorities who initiated this event. The defendant was ultimately condemned as 'vehemently suspect of heresy' by the Roman Inquisition and forced to recant, reportedly whispering 'and yet it moves' under his breath. , name this landmark 1633 ecclesiastical proceeding against an Italian astronomer who championed heliocentrism.

Hint: The Inquisition put the telescope's champion on trial — Galileo recanted but Earth still moved.

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