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Political revolutions and social movements are moments of mass collective action that challenge existing power structures and demand fundamental change. The American Revolution (17...

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Betty Friedan is widely credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century with the 1963 publication of which book?
- A. The Feminine Mystique
- B. The Second Sex
- C. A Room of One's Own
- D. The Bell Jar
What movement was founded by Lech Wasa in Poland and played a central role in the fall of communism?
- A. Prague Spring
- B. Velvet Revolution
- C. Shining Path
- D. Solidarity
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent leader of the American abolitionist movement who founded which highly influential anti-slavery newspaper?
- A. The North Star
- B. The Liberator
- C. The Emancipator
- D. The Abolitionist Vanguard
The Long March was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of which political party?
- A. The Kuomintang
- B. The Communist Party of China
- C. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- D. The Boxer Rebels
Which group of American colonists famously organized the Boston Tea Party in 1773?
- A. Sons of Liberty
- B. The Continental Army
- C. The Whig Party
- D. The Freemasons
Who popularized the political slogan "Black Power" during the 1960s American civil rights movement?
- A. Martin Luther King Jr.
- B. Malcolm X
- C. Huey P. Newton
- D. Stokely Carmichael
The Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1979 in which country?
- A. Cuba
- B. El Salvador
- C. Guatemala
- D. Nicaragua
The "People Power Revolution" (EDSA Revolution) of 1986 successfully ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos from which country?
- A. Indonesia
- B. Philippines
- C. Thailand
- D. Myanmar
While not a political revolt, the "Green Revolution" transformed global society by doing what?
- A. Establishing universal recycling laws
- B. Banning all fossil fuels immediately
- C. Massively increasing agricultural production through high-yielding crop varieties
- D. Creating a massive global treaty to plant one billion trees
The Decembrist Revolt of 1825 was an unsuccessful uprising in which empire?
- A. British Empire
- B. Russian Empire
- C. Austro-Hungarian Empire
- D. Ottoman Empire
What characterized the Quiet Revolution in Quebec during the 1960s?
- A. A total ban on the French language
- B. Rapid secularization and the creation of a welfare state
- C. A violent separatist guerrilla war
- D. A military coup by the Canadian armed forces
The Meiji Restoration of 1868 returned practical imperial rule to Japan under Emperor Meiji and resulted in what major societal change?
- A. Rapid modernization, industrialization, and Westernization
- B. Complete isolation from the rest of the world
- C. The total abolition of the Emperor's role
- D. The establishment of a communist state
The Boxer Rebellion in China (18991901) was primarily an uprising against what?
- A. Foreign and Christian influence
- B. The Qing dynasty emperor
- C. Japanese invasion
- D. Land reform policies
The 1989 Velvet Revolution was a non-violent transition of power in which country?
- A. Hungary
- B. Czechoslovakia
- C. Poland
- D. East Germany
At which American university in 1970 did the Ohio National Guard fatally shoot four unarmed students who were protesting the Vietnam War?
- A. Ohio State University
- B. Kent State University
- C. University of California, Berkeley
- D. Columbia University
The Euromaidan movement, also known as the Revolution of Dignity, erupted in Ukraine in 2013 after the government suspended preparations for an agreement with which entity?
- A. NATO
- B. The European Union
- C. The World Trade Organization
- D. The Russian Federation
During the 1968 Prague Spring, First Secretary Alexander Dubek attempted to grant additional rights to the citizens of Czechoslovakia in a policy he called what?
- A. The Great Leap Forward
- B. Socialism with a human face
- C. The Velvet Reform
- D. The Cultural Revolution
The #EndSARS movement, which saw mass protests in 2020, was a decentralized social movement against police brutality in which African nation?
- A. Nigeria
- B. South Africa
- C. Kenya
- D. Ghana
What was the main objective of the Cultural Revolution launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1966?
- A. To purge capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society to preserve true communism
- B. To transition the country to a multi-party capitalist democracy
- C. To modernize the economy rapidly through foreign trade
- D. To establish a strict military and economic alliance with the USSR
What was the primary trigger for the Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003?
- A. A military coup
- B. Disputed parliamentary elections
- C. An economic collapse
- D. The assassination of a journalist

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Betty Friedan is widely credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century with the 1963 publication of which book?

What movement was founded by Lech Wasa in Poland and played a central role in the fall of communism?

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent leader of the American abolitionist movement who founded which highly influential anti-slavery newspaper?

The Long March was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of which political party?

Which group of American colonists famously organized the Boston Tea Party in 1773?

Who popularized the political slogan "Black Power" during the 1960s American civil rights movement?

The Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1979 in which country?

The "People Power Revolution" (EDSA Revolution) of 1986 successfully ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos from which country?

While not a political revolt, the "Green Revolution" transformed global society by doing what?

The Decembrist Revolt of 1825 was an unsuccessful uprising in which empire?

What characterized the Quiet Revolution in Quebec during the 1960s?

The Meiji Restoration of 1868 returned practical imperial rule to Japan under Emperor Meiji and resulted in what major societal change?

The Boxer Rebellion in China (18991901) was primarily an uprising against what?

The 1989 Velvet Revolution was a non-violent transition of power in which country?

At which American university in 1970 did the Ohio National Guard fatally shoot four unarmed students who were protesting the Vietnam War?

The Euromaidan movement, also known as the Revolution of Dignity, erupted in Ukraine in 2013 after the government suspended preparations for an agreement with which entity?

During the 1968 Prague Spring, First Secretary Alexander Dubek attempted to grant additional rights to the citizens of Czechoslovakia in a policy he called what?

The #EndSARS movement, which saw mass protests in 2020, was a decentralized social movement against police brutality in which African nation?

What was the main objective of the Cultural Revolution launched by Mao Zedong in China in 1966?

What was the primary trigger for the Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003?