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Who was the French absolute monarch during the French Revolution?
Louis XVI
Who wrote The Wealth of Nations?
Bonus: What is the diamonds and water paradox?
Adam Smith
Which rebellion was a massive civil war in China from 1850 to 1864 led by Hong Xiuquan, who claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ?
Taiping Rebellion
What federal law enacted in 1882 that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
What was the military alliance formed in 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries in response to NATO's formation?
Warsaw Pact
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Bonus: name a reason it started there.
Great Britain
What does laissez-faire mean?
Let it be (or let the market be from government interference)
What is the name of a kind of republic that refers to politically unstable countries in Central America and the Caribbean, primarily dependent on a single agricultural export? These nations often faced exploitation by foreign corporations, particularly American companies, leading to a lack of political sovereignty and economic independence.
Banana Republic
Which Marxist party overthrew the Provisional Government in Russia October 1917?
The Bolsheviks
What does NAM mean that India, Egypt, and Ghana belonged to?
Non-Aligned Movement
Who invented the first truly efficient steam engine?
James Watt
What is the social theory that emerged in the late 19th century, asserting that human societies and cultures evolve through the same natural selection process as biological species?
Social Darwinism
This rebellion was an uprising against Spanish colonial rule in Peru that took place from 1780 to 1783, led by José Gabriel Condorcanqui, who adopted what name?
Tupac Amaru II
What does the acronym MAIN stand for in the context of WW1?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
What year did the Soviet Union fall, ending the Cold War?
1991
What regime helped Japan industrialize along with the West?
The Meiji Restoration
Which conference, held from 1884 to 1885, was a meeting of European powers aimed at regulating European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period?
Berlin Conference
Where did the Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement occur among the Xhosa people during the 1850s?
South Africa
Which kind of nationalism motivated the Black Hand organization to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Serbian nationalism
What is the a period of agricultural development in the mid-20th century that involved the introduction of high-yield crop varieties, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides, primarily to developing countries?
The Green Revolution
Which Egyptian leader nationalized the cotton industry to benefit Egypt?
Muhammad Ali
What's another name for the Indian Rebellion of 1857?
The Sepoy Revolt
What was the catastrophic period in Ireland from 1845 to 1852, marked by a devastating crop blight that led to mass starvation, disease, and emigration? And what was the main crop they relied upon?
The Irish Potato Famine or the Great Famine
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What does ASEAN stand for?
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations