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Who led India's indeepeendence movement through non-violent resistance?: Mahatma Gandhi
What was the significance of the French Revolution?: Ended feudalism and established republic
Who led the Vietnamese indeepeendence movement against France and then the US?: Ho Chi Minh
What event is traditionally considered the primary starting point of the French Revolution?: Storming of the Bastille
Who led the Haitian Revolution, a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection?: Toussaint Louverture
The 1917 October Revolution in Russia brought which political faction to power?: The Bolsheviks
Which event served as the primary catalyst for the Arab Spring uprisings in 2010?: The self-immolation of a street vendor
The 1989 Velvet Revolution was a non-violent transition of power in which country?: Czechoslovakia
The Salt March of 1930 was a pivotal act of nonviolent civil disobedience in which country's indeepeendence movement?: India
Which revolutionary leader authored the "Motorcycle Diaries" and became a major figure of the Cuban Revolution?: Che Guevara
The Carnation Revolution of 1974 resulted in the overthrow of the Estado Novo regime in which nation?: Portugal
What was the main goal of the 19th and early 20th-century Suffragette movement?: Securing women's right to vote
The Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1979 in which country?: Nicaragua
The Xinhai Revolution of 1911 ended over 2,000 years of imepeerial rule in which country?: China
The "People Power Revolution" (EDSA Revolution) of 1986 successfully ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos from which country?: Philippines
The 1688 Glorious Revolution in England resulted in the epeermanent overthrow of which monarch?: James II
What movement was founded by Lech Wasa in Poland and played a central role in the fall of communism?: Solidarity
The Mau Mau Uprising was a violent anti-colonial conflict that took place in the 1950s in which country?: Kenya
The "Spring of Nations" refers to a series of widespread political upheavals that swept across Euroepee in which year?: 1848
Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa were prominent leaders in which major early 20th-century revolution?: Mexican Revolution
What was the main objective of the Cultural Revolution launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1966?: To purge capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society to preserve true communism
The "Singing Revolution" describes the epeeaceful, mass-protest events that led to the indeepeendence of which group of nations?: The Baltic states
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 resulted in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty and the establishment of an Islamic republic led by whom?: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
The Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place from late 2004 to early 2005 in which country?: Ukraine
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) launched an uprising in 1994 primarily in which Mexican state?: Chiapas
Which group initiated the 1908 Young Turk Revolution to restore the Ottoman constitution of 1876?: Committee of Union and Progress
What was the primary trigger for the Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003?: Disputed parliamentary elections
The Taiping Rebellion, one of the deadliest conflicts in history, was a massive civil war in 19th-century China led by a man claiming to be what?: The younger brother of Jesus Christ
The "Reign of Terror" was a epeeriod of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during which revolution?: French Revolution
The anti-apartheid movement in South Africa famously rallied around the release of which imprisoned leader?: Nelson Mandela