General Revolutions
Beginning in 18th-century Britain, this major transformation introduced machines, factories, and mass production, drastically changing how goods were made and how people lived.
Industrial Revolution
This unpopular French queen, known for extravagance and the phrase “Let them eat cake” (which she likely never said), was executed during the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette
This Indian leader used nonviolent civil disobedience to challenge British colonial rule and became a global symbol of peaceful resistance.
Gandhi
This device, associated with the French Revolution, was used for executions by beheading and became a symbol of the Reign of Terror.
Guillotine
What does ROY G. BIV stand for?
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (colors of the rainbow)
This 17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement emphasized reason, individual rights, and the power of human thought over tradition and superstition.
Enlightenment
During this violent phase of the French Revolution, thousands were executed by guillotine, including King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, as radicals sought to purge enemies of the revolution.
Reign of Terror
This failed economic campaign launched by Mao Zedong in the late 1950s aimed to rapidly industrialize China and collectivize agriculture but instead led to widespread famine and millions of deaths.
The Great Leap Forward
This political and economic system, based on the ideas of Karl Marx, advocates for collective ownership of property and the elimination of class differences.
Communism
What number does LeBron James currently wear?
23
This 19th-century philosopher and economist co-wrote The Communist Manifesto, calling for a classless society and the overthrow of capitalist systems.
Karl Marx
In pre-revolutionary France, this social class made up about 97% of the population and included peasants, city workers, and the bourgeoisie, yet had the least power.
The Third Estate
This period of rapid modernization and industrialization began in 1868 when Japan restored power to the emperor and ended centuries of feudal rule under the Tokugawa shogunate.
Meiji Restoration
This form of nonviolent protest involves deliberately breaking unjust laws to bring about social or political change, famously used by Gandhi and later by Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil disobedience
How many states border Illinois? List them all.
5 -
Wisconsin – to the north
Iowa – to the northwest (across the Mississippi River)
Missouri – to the west (across the Mississippi River)
Kentucky – to the southeast (across the Ohio River)
Indiana – to the east
Led by formerly enslaved people like Toussaint Louverture, this late-18th-century uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue became the first successful slave revolt in history and created the first Black republic.
The Haitian Revolution
This radical Jacobin leader played a central role during the Reign of Terror, leading the Committee of Public Safety before being executed by the very device he once defended.
Robespierre
Launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, this political movement aimed to reinforce communist ideology by targeting intellectuals, eliminating traditional culture, and empowering the Red Guards.
The Cultural Revolution
Adopted in 1789 during the French Revolution, this document proclaimed that all men are born free and equal in rights, inspiring democratic movements worldwide.
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Which US state has the smallest population AND which US state has the largest population?
Wyoming / California
This 18th-century English writer and early feminist argued for women's rights and education in her groundbreaking work A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
Mary Wollstonecraft
This assembly, made up of representatives from France’s three social classes—clergy, nobility, and commoners—was called in 1789 for the first time in over 170 years, helping spark the French Revolution.
In 1853, this U.S. naval officer arrived in Japan with a fleet of "black ships," pressuring Japan to open its ports to American trade after over two centuries of isolation.
Commodore Matthew Perry
In 1930, Gandhi led this 240-mile nonviolent protest against British laws that taxed a common mineral, inspiring mass civil disobedience across India.
Salt March
List all 9 ingredients of a Chicago-style hot dog.
All-beef hot dog (usually steamed or boiled)
Poppy seed bun (steamed)
Yellow mustard
Bright green sweet pickle relish
Chopped white onions
Tomato wedges or slices
Pickle spear
Sport peppers
Celery salt