Russian Revolution
Thinkers
Meiji Restoration
100

This was the last ruler of the Russian Empire, and the subject of the Russian Revolution.

Who is Tzar Nicholas the Second.

100

This "father of liberalism" argued for the "inalienable" natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

Who is John Locke?

100

This was the country the Meiji Restoration took place in.

What is Japan?

200

This Russian peasant reportedly cured prince Alexei Nikolaevich's hemophilia, which caused him to become close friends with the royal family.

Who is Rasputin?

200

This author of "Candide" argued for religious tolerance.

Who is Voltaire?

200

This warrior class of people was abolished during the Meiji Restoration.

Who were the Samurais?

300

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?

300

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These three ancient Greek thinkers compose the Great Triumvirate of philosophers.

Who were Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates?

300

This is the period that the Meiji Restoration succeeded.

What is the Tokugawa(Edo) period?

400

This was the nationality of the Russian Tzar's wife during the Russian Revolution, which caused controversy during WW2.

What is a German?

400

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?

400

This is the decade where the Meiji Restoration started.

When was the 1860s?

500

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?

500

This Greek Philosopher is famous for rebuffing the "featherless biped" definition of a human by presenting a featherless chicken.

Who is Diogenes of Sinope?
500

This emperor succeeded Meiji and ruled from 1912 to 1926.

Who is Emperor Taisho?

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