Revolutions and Reformers

History · 10 questions

The ideas, uprisings and people who pushed history forward.

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1. Which year did the French Revolution begin?

   1. 1776
   2. 1799
   3. 1815
   4. 1789
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   D) 1789

2. Which prison was stormed on July 14, 1789?

   1. The Bastille
   2. The Tower of London
   3. Alcatraz
   4. Newgate
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   A) The Bastille

3. Who wrote the 95 Theses that sparked the Protestant Reformation?

   1. John Calvin
   2. Martin Luther
   3. Erasmus
   4. Ulrich Zwingli
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   B) Martin Luther

4. Who led the Russian Bolsheviks during the 1917 October Revolution?

   1. Joseph Stalin
   2. Leo Tolstoy
   3. Vladimir Lenin
   4. Alexander Kerensky
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   C) Vladimir Lenin

5. Which civil rights leader delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963?

   1. Malcolm X
   2. Frederick Douglass
   3. Nelson Mandela
   4. Martin Luther King Jr.
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   D) Martin Luther King Jr.

6. Which nonviolent leader led India's independence movement?

   1. Jawaharlal Nehru
   2. Mahatma Gandhi
   3. Subhas Chandra Bose
   4. Bhagat Singh
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   B) Mahatma Gandhi

7. Which document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king?

   1. Domesday Book
   2. Bill of Rights
   3. Magna Carta
   4. Act of Union
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   C) Magna Carta

8. Which social movement in the 19th century fought for the end of slavery?

   1. Abolitionism
   2. Suffragism
   3. Luddism
   4. Chartism
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   A) Abolitionism

9. The Industrial Revolution began in France.

   1. True
   2. False
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   B) False

10. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica.

    1. True
    2. False
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    A) True