• 1. 
    Which holiday commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution?

  • Independence Day
  • Bastille Day
  • Republic Day
  • Bloody Sunday
  • 2. 
    Which radical leader of the French Revolution was assassinated in his bath?

  • Robespierre
  • Jean-Paul Marat
  • Georges Danton
  • Marquis de Lafayette
  • 3. 
    Which of the following battles played an important role in the unification of Italy?

  • Battle of Solferino
  • Battle of Trafalgar
  • Battle of Marengo
  • Battle of Austerlitz
  • 4. 
    Who launched the Cultural Revolution in China?

  • Jiang Qing
  • Liu Shaoqi
  • Mao Zedong
  • Deng Xiaoping
  • 5. 
    Which staunch Puritan and principal secretary of Queen Elizabeth I uncovered a conspiracy against the queen involving Mary, Queen of Scots?

  • Robert Catesby
  • Nicholas Throckmorton
  • John Wright
  • Francis Walsingham
  • 6. 
    Which leader endured a long prison term and later became his country’s president and a Nobel Prize winner?

  • Nelson Mandela
  • Jonas Savimbi
  • Desmond Tutu
  • Jimmy Carter
  • 7. 
    Which South African president ended apartheid?

  • P.W. Botha
  • Nelson Mandela
  • F.W. de Klerk
  • Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
  • 8. 
    Holiday trips in Latin America inspired which Latin American leader to support violent revolution?

  • Che Guevara
  • Jacobo Arbenz
  • Juan Perón
  • Fidel Castro
  • 9. 
    Who popularized the term Industrial Revolution?

  • John Cockerill
  • Arnold Toynbee
  • John Stuart Mill
  • William Cockerill
  • 10. 
    Which leader of the Russian Revolution traveled across Germany in a special security train before reaching Russia?

  • Joseph Stalin
  • Aleksandr Kerensky
  • Leon Trotsky
  • Vladimir Lenin
  • 11. 
    Which was the first U.S. military decoration, instituted by General George Washington in 1782 as an award for bravery in action but now awarded to those wounded or killed in service of their country?

  • Purple Heart
  • George Cross
  • Sacred Heart
  • Iron Cross
  • 12. 
    When did the Glorious Revolution take place in England?

  • 1642–51
  • 1861–65
  • 1789
  • 1688–89
  • 13. 
    Which British act contributed much to the spirit and organization of unity that was a necessary prelude to the American Revolution a decade later?

  • Marriage Act
  • Stamp Act
  • Child Labour Act
  • Revenue Act
  • 14. 
    With which revolution is the Bloody Sunday of 1905 associated?

  • Glorious Revolution
  • Russian Revolution
  • American Revolution
  • French Revolution
  • 15. 
    Who founded the Red Army?

  • Vladimir Lenin
  • Leon Trotsky
  • Joseph Stalin
  • Mikhail Borodin
  • 16. 
    Who fabricated the Popish Plot of 1678, during the time of King Charles II of England, which led to the execution of 35 alleged conspirators?

  • Oliver Cromwell
  • Titus Oates
  • Benedict Arnold
  • Guy Fawkes
  • 17. 
    Which soldier and statesman led revolutions against Spanish rule in much of South America?

  • Simón Bolívar
  • Che Guevara
  • Francisco de Paula Santander
  • Antonio José de Sucre
  • 18. 
    In which country did the Industrial Revolution first take place?

  • Britain
  • Poland
  • Germany
  • France
  • 19. 
    Who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”?

  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Richard Henry Lee
  • Patrick Henry
  • George Washington
  • 20. 
    Which failed revolt against British rule led to major changes in colonial administration and society?

  • Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
  • Barrackpore Mutiny
  • Boxer Rebellion
  • Indian Rebellion of 1857
  • 21. 
    Which British statesman is perhaps best known for his commentary on the French Revolution?

  • Charles James Fox
  • William Pitt
  • David Garrick
  • Edmund Burke
  • 22. 
    What name was given to the surprise attack launched by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces against U.S. and South Vietnamese forces during the lunar New Year festival of 1968?

  • Tet Offensive
  • Equinox Offensive
  • Summer Offensive
  • June Offensive
  • 23. 
    Of what political movement was Arthur Griffith the principal founder?

  • Chartism
  • Sinn Féin
  • Fianna Fáil
  • Lapua Movement
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