Modern History Questions

Fort Caroline location modern US state

As the English Parliament developed in the Middle Ages it offered all the following EXCEPT

The first Olympic Games that included women competitors was _____.

The descendents of Ferdinand and Isabella married into which non-Spanish family to create an empire extending from Austria to the Pacific?

Who were the British fighting in the Boer Wars in South Africa?

The suspension of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate by the Obama administration is an example of (blank).

What was the prize for winning in the Ancient Games?

Identify and describe the impact of WW I on the hosting, staging, and participation of countries and individuals on the modern Olympic Games between WW I and WW II.

Fort San Felipe location modern US state

Identify the background, role, and impact of the marathon, boxing, tennis &soccer events on the hosting and staging of the modern Olympic Games: TENNIS

The original Olympic games consisted of only one contest, which was?

The period of time of safe passage to the ancient games leading up to the event and directly following was known as what?

The text refers to which of the following as the most brilliant of Louis XIV's policies?

Who was charged with enforcing the safe passage period of the athletes and spectator to and from the Ancient Games?

Coubertin traveled to Much Wenlock to talk to _____ about the Games that were held there every year

The phrase raison d'état was invented by

Name of location of Ancient Olympic Games

During the first English revolution, the radicals soughtA)redistribution of property.B)voting rights for the majority of the male population.C)abolition of religious and intellectual elites.D)free lifestyles.E)all of the above

Describe the influence that various World's Fair's and other similar multi-national gatherings had on the hosting and staging of the modern Olympic Gamesup to 1932

Many nations thought that if they just had _____ they could industrialize