French
What financial burden did French peasants face before the revolution?
What is rent, dues, tithes, and taxes paid to landowners, the Church, and the monarchy?
What slogan summarized Lenin's promise to the people during the revolution?
What is "Peace, Bread, and Land"?
What political party led the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949?
What is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)?
What term describes a drastic, violent replacement of one ruling group with another?
What is a revolution?
This invention by James Watt in the late 1700s revolutionized energy use during the Industrial Revolution.
What is the steam engine?
Which event marked the symbolic start of the French Revolution in July 1789?
What is the storming of the Bastille?
What event in March 1917 led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II?
What is the February Revolution (worker strikes and soldier mutiny in Petrograd)?
What was the name of the 6,000-mile retreat that allowed the CCP to rebuild its strength?
What is the Long March?
Which historian compared the French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions using structural analysis?
Who is Theda Skocpol?
In 1861, this U.S. president delivered his inaugural address as the country was on the brink of civil war.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What document, adopted in August 1789, abolished feudal privileges and established equality?
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
What group took over the Winter Palace during the October Revolution of 1917?
Who are the Bolsheviks?
What ideology greatly influenced Mao Zedong and the CCP?
What is Marxism-Leninism?
What recurring economic factor often precedes revolutions?
What is severe inequality and financial crisis?
This international organization, established in 1919 after World War I, aimed to prevent future conflicts but failed to stop World War II.
What is the League of Nations?
What revolutionary group led the Reign of Terror and silenced their opponents?
Who are the Jacobins?
What secret police organization did Lenin establish to combat counter-revolutionaries?
What is the Cheka?
What disastrous policy in 1958 led to famine and the deaths of millions in China?
What is the Great Leap Forward?
According to Crane Brinton, what phase often follows the radical stage of a revolution?
What is the Thermidorian Reaction?
In 1871, this European nation unified under Otto von Bismarck after the Franco-Prussian War.
What is Germany?
Which revolutionary leader’s fall in July 1794 marked the end of the Reign of Terror?
Who is Robespierre?
What economic policy did Lenin introduce in 1921 to address famine and economic collapse?
What is the New Economic Policy (NEP)?
What cultural movement sought to purge "bourgeois" elements from Chinese society in the 1960s?
What is the Cultural Revolution?
Which social group played a critical role in both the French and Chinese revolutions?
Who are the peasants?
This rebellion in India against British colonial rule began in 1857, sparked by resentment over cultural insensitivity and economic exploitation.
What is the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (or the Sepoy Mutiny)?