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100
This scientist spent years traveling the globe to study various plants and animal species.
Who is Charles Darwin?
100
The newly unified German nation inherited the authoritarian and militaristic values of this neighboring country.
What is Prussia?
100
This artistic movement focused on avoiding sentimental language and using careful description.
What is Realism?
100
Marx argued that all change in history was a result of _______ ________ .
What is class struggle?
100
Marx and Engel's Communist Manifest discusses the struggle between these two groups of people.
What are the bourgeoisie and proletariats?
200
This man ruled as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary.
Who is Franz Joseph?
200
Darwin's work emphasized the idea of what?
What is "survival of the fittest" or "natural selection"?
200
Charles Darwin spent time aboard this ship as he traveled the South Pacific Ocean.
What is the HMS Beagle?
200
The Ausgleich of 1867 led to the formation of the dual monarchy known as _____________________.
What is Austria-Hungary?
200
This devious act by Bismarck led to the Franco-Prussian War.
What is "editing a telegram"?
300
This man is considered the leading realist novelist of the nineteenth century, with works like Madame Bovary.
Who is Gustave Flaubert?
300
The work of Louis Pasteur is credited as a major part of the discovery of what?
What are micro-organisms (germs)?
300
Alexander II allowed the formation of zemstvos, which are essentially what?
What are local assemblies?
300
As punishment for instigating the Franco-Prussian war, France had to pay $____ Francs to Prussia.
What is $5 Billion?
300
This Darwin publication takes his findings and applies it to the study of humans.
What is the Descent of Man?
400
This man is considered the "Father of Sociology".
Who is Auguste Comte?
400
The British Reform Act of 1867 led to a major increase in the number of what?
What are voters?
400
This battle during the Franco-Prussian led to the decisive defeat of the French army, and capture of Napoleon III.
What is Battle of Sedan?
400
William I was proclaimed Kaiser, or emperor, of Germany in 1871 in the French city of ______________ .
What is Versailles?
400
Garibaldi and his Red Shirt Army defeated this Southern Italian Kingdom.
What is the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies?
500
I was the author of the British Reform Act of 1867.
Who is Benjamin Disraeli?
500
The majority of fighting during the Crimean War took place on the Crimean peninsula, which extends into this body of water.
What is the Black Sea?
500
Alexander II was assassinated by members of this radical organization.
What is the People's Will?
500
As punishment for instigating the Franco-Prussian War, France also had to surrender the territories of ___________ and ____________.
What is Alsace and Lorraine?
500
This British Realist author wrote The Old Curiosity Shop about an English Mill Town.
Who is Charles Dickens?