This was the last ruler of the Russian Empire, and the subject of the Russian Revolution.
Who is Tzar Nicholas the Second.
This "father of liberalism" argued for the "inalienable" natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This was the country the Meiji Restoration took place in.
What is Japan?
This Russian peasant reportedly cured prince Alexei Nikolaevich's hemophilia, which caused him to become close friends with the royal family.
Who is Rasputin?
This author of "Candide" argued for religious tolerance.
Who is Voltaire?
This warrior class of people was abolished during the Meiji Restoration.
Who were the Samurais?
This faction commonly opposed the Bolsheviks inside the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Translated, they mean "the minority," even though they were the majority within the faction.
Who are the Mensheviks?
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These three ancient Greek thinkers compose the Great Triumvirate of philosophers.
Who were Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates?
This is the period that the Meiji Restoration succeeded.
What is the Tokugawa(Edo) period?
This was the nationality of the Russian Tzar's wife during the Russian Revolution, which caused controversy during WW2.
What is a German?
This economist thinker argued that governments should solve problems in the short run rather than wait for market forces to fix things over the long run.
Who is John M. Keynes?
This is the decade where the Meiji Restoration started.
When was the 1860s?
This Russian Orthodox priest led a peaceful march toward the Winter Palace and was murdered by members of the Socialist Revolutionary Party on Bloody Sunday.
Who is Father Gapon?
This Greek Philosopher is famous for rebuffing the "featherless biped" definition of a human by presenting a featherless chicken.
This emperor succeeded Meiji and ruled from 1912 to 1926.
Who is Emperor Taisho?