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French Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Imperialism
World War I
Russian Revolution
100
Who led the Committee of Public Safety?
Maximilian Robespierre
100
Which country was the first to lay 30,000 miles of RR track by 1860?
America
100
What was the name of Vietnam when it was controlled by the French?
Indochina
100
What were the four causes of WWI?
Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, and Alliances
100
During what year were peaceful demonstrators killed by soldiers outside of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg?
1905
200
What was the name of the period where close to 40,000 people were killed?
Reign of Terror
200
What did Eli Whitney invent in 1793?
Cotton Gin
200
Why did Africa’s economy struggle in the late 1800’s?
Slavery was abolished
200
France sought revenge over territory lost in the Franco Prussian War. What was it?
Alsace - Lorraine
200
After strikes spread throughout the city, Czar Nicholas II was forced to create a legislative assembly. What was it called?
The Duma
300
Which French Estate was NOT exempt from the taille?
Third
300
What is the process called when one burns away pure iron?
Puddling
300
What did Britain and Egypt build to help trade between the Red and Mediterranean Seas?
The Suez Canal
300
What month and year did WWI begin?
July 1914
300
What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk do?
Withdrew Russia from war (and gave up Poland, Ukraine, Finland, and Baltic Provinces)
400
What is a coup d’etat?
Sudden overthrow of the government
400
What invention did James Watt perfect?
Steam Engine
400
What country was started by ex-American slaves?
Liberia
400
What weapon causes blistering, blindness, respiratory problems, and sometimes death?
Mustard Gas
400
Who led the Bolsheviks?
Vladimir Lenin
500
Who was stabbed by Charlotte Corday?
Jean Paul Marat
500
By the beginning of the 19th century, half the world’s coal was produced in which country?
Great Britain
500
Muhammad Ali controlled what area of the world?
Egypt
500
When did the U.S. Congress declare war on the Central Powers?
April 12, 1917
500
Who was Anna Anderson?
The German actress who pretended to be Anastasia