Key Dates in Modern History
1789
What date did the French Revolution begin
The Empire of Germany was primarily led by this Kingdom, which was ruled over by the Hohenzollern family
Prussia
This fictional Chinese villain, created in the early 20th c. by British author Sax Rohmer, was said to combine the powers of a western education with the deviousness of Eastern philosophy in his efforts to overthrow the West in the name of China.
Dr. Fu Manchu
Which author wrote that "all history is the history of class struggle?"
Karl Marx
This indie pop band was formed in 2009 by UoN students Hannah Reid and Dan Rothman, who met as residents in Ancaster Hall.
London Grammar
1760-1820
When was the Industrial Revolution?
Name any of the regions on Continental Europe that became heavily industrialized in the middle of the 19th c. (note, we are looking for specific regions, not just nations)
Ruhr Valley
Northern Italy
Bohemia
The Low Countries
Alsace
This German political figure, who became the Chancellor, was credited with unifying the German Empire by engineering successful wars with both France and Austria-Hungary.
Otto von Bismarck
This term is used both for the time period after decolonization by European imperial powers in wake of WW2 and to describe the theory used to understand the cultural, political, economic, and social legacies of colonialism.
Postcolonialism
In what year was the University of Nottingham founded as "University College Nottingham?"
1881
1834
When was slavery outlawed in the British Empire?
Put the following countries in correct order, first to last, for when women where granted the right to vote: France, Finland, Australia, The United Kingdom, The United States
Australia (1901), Finland (1906), The United Kingdom (1918/1928), The United States (1920), France (1944)
This general and political figure led his Caribbean nation to independence during the French Revolutionary Wars
Toussaint L'ouverture
The study of masculinity is part of this wider school of historiography?
Gender history
This famuous physicist delivered a lecture at the University of Nottingham in 1930. A section of his blackboard that he used to show his calculations is still preserved within the university's archives.
Albert Einstein
1871
When was the German Empire unified under Emperor Wilhelm I?
This island nation was the first independent Republic established in the Americas after the United States
Haiti
This famous English novelist, author of Sons and Lovers, received his teaching certificate from Nottingham in 1908.
D.H. Lawrance
This historiographical approach examines the ways in which meaning is generated, disseminated, and contested through symbolic forms, the most common of which is language
Cultural History
In the nineteenth century, the city of Nottingham was famous for this particular textile. There is still a neighbourhood named after it today.
Lace
1857
When was the Indian Rebellion?
This Asian nation was the first to defeat a European nation in a major armed conflict, which took place in 1907
Japan (Russo-Japanese War)
This Palestinian author, a former professor at Columbia University, wrote Orientalism (1978), which is considered one of the key works for the critical study of imperialism and colonialism
Edward Said
This famous German historian, considered the father of all modern historiography, claimed that the goal of history was to establish "what, in actuality, happened."
What is the university motto? Either the English or the Latin is acceptable.
Sapienta urbs conditur ("a city is built on wisdom")