20 Terms
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World history
Havana
History; World history
Seaport and capital of Cuba. It was founded in 1519 by Spanish conquistadors and effectively became the capital of the Spanish colony in 1592 when the governor established his residence there. It was ...
Hakodate
History; World history
Seaport in southwest Hokkaido, Japan. Scene of Commodore Matthew Perry's meeting with the Bakufu convention (1854). Together with Shimoda, it was the first port open to trade with US ships and as a ...
Diarchy
History; World history
A form of government where power is shared between two joint authorities.
Battle of Poltava
History; World history
Battle of the Great Northern War, fought 8 July 1709, when Peter the Great defeated the much smaller Swedish army of Charles XII. Only about 1,500 Swedish troops were able to follow their king when ...
Peter I the Great
History; World history
Czar of Russia, jointly with Ivan V (r.1682-96) and alone (r.1696-1725), proclaimed emperor in 1721. During his reign Russia gained territory through wars with the Ottoman Turks (1686-1700), with ...
Sputnik I
History; World history
The first artificial satellite in space, launched by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1958, shocking the West.
