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What was the period where many starved in Ireland due to a disease that killed off large amounts of potato crops?
Irish Potato Famine
Name 2 countries that were under British rule at some point in their existence
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Which two cities were nuked by the United States during World War II?
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Which country lead the Warsaw Pact during the cold war?
Soviet Union
Which service has been used by some students across the world to cheat on their assignments? (Many other uses exist)
ChatGPT
What is the period where the economy shifted from hand-made/home-based production into machine-driven manufacturing, factories, and steam power
Industrial Revolution
Which country took control of India from the mid 1700s to the mid 1900s?
Britain/United Kingdom/England
Which country invaded China and committed the terrible acts known as the "Rape of Nanjing"?
Japan
What does M.A.D. stand for?
Mutually assured destruction
What video-calling service was used at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to continue classes online during/after quarantine?
Zoom
Which estate was made up of everyone that was not clergy or nobility?
3rd estate
Who was the man most known for helping establish Indian/Pakistani independence from the British?
Mohandas Gandhi
Which type of warfare involved each side digging long holes in the ground and positioning troops in those holes for long periods of time
Give two examples of conflicts around the world during the Cold War.
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Which social media platform that focuses on sharing photo/video received harsh backlash after studies found that teenage users experienced higher rates of depression and self-consciousness after obsessing over "likes"?
Which revolution involved slaves uprising against the French and inspired South American countries to also rebel?
Haitian Revolution
What was the name of the 240 mile nonviolent march led by Gandhi against the British salt tax in India?
Salt March
What was the policy of giving Hitler what he wanted in hopes that he would not go any further called?
Appeasement
What was one reform passed by Gorbachev towards the end of the Soviet Union?
Bonus: What did the reforms do?
Glasnost, Perestroika
Bonus:
Glasnost allowed for more freedom of the press
Perestroika allowed for more economic freedoms
Nicolas Maduro
What was the period of Japanese industrialization called? (Hint: It was named after the emperor at the time)
Meiji Restoration
What is the idea that white Europeans had a moral duty to "civilize" and "educate" non-white people
White man's burden
Which country did the League of Nations fail to help after Japan invaded it in 1933?
China
What was the collection of treaties that tried to limit the amount of nuclear weapons held by countries called?
SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
Ayatollah Khomeini