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Revolutions & Movements Quiz

Revolutions & Movements Quiz

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Revolutions and social movements are periods of dramatic, often violent political and social change driven by mass participation. The American Revolution created a new republic bas...

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All 20 questions in this Revolutions & Movements quiz
  1. Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?

    • A. Louis XV
    • B. Louis XIV
    • C. Louis XVI
    • D. Louis XVIII
  2. Which 1953-1959 movement led to the overthrow of the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista?

    • A. The Sandinista Revolution
    • B. The Cuban Revolution
    • C. The Shining Path Uprising
    • D. The Tupamaros Movement
  3. Which revolution began in 1789?

    • A. Russian
    • B. French
    • C. Industrial
    • D. American
  4. Who was the British monarch during the American Revolution?

    • A. King Charles II
    • B. Queen Victoria
    • C. King George III
    • D. King Henry VIII
  5. Who was the last Queen of France before the Revolution?

    • A. Marie Antoinette
    • B. Anne of Austria
    • C. Catherine de Medici
    • D. Josephine
  6. Who was the primary leader of the Indian indeepeendence movement?

    • A. Subhash Chandra Bose
    • B. Mahatma Gandhi
    • C. Sardar Patel
    • D. Jawaharlal Nehru
  7. Which 1688 movement in England saw the overthrow of King James II and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy?

    • A. The Gunpowder Plot
    • B. The English Civil War
    • C. The Glorious Revolution
    • D. The Chartist Movement
  8. Which 1955-1956 protest movement in Alabama is considered the first large-scale US demonstration against racial segregation?

    • A. The Greensboro Sit-ins
    • B. The Selma March
    • C. The Montgomery Bus Boycott
    • D. The March on Washington
  9. The 'Boxer Rebellion' took place in which country?

    • A. Korea
    • B. India
    • C. Japan
    • D. China
  10. During the French Revolution, which radical political group led by Maximilien Robespierre was responsible for the 'Reign of Terror'?

    • A. Girondins
    • B. Jacobins
    • C. Royalists
    • D. Cordeliers
  11. The 'Soweto Uprising' in 1976 was a student-led protest in South Africa against the mandatory use of which language in schools?

    • A. English
    • B. Afrikaans
    • C. Zulu
    • D. Xhosa
  12. The 'Boxer Rebellion' in China was a protest against what?

    • A. Taxes
    • B. Foreign influence
    • C. Famine
    • D. The Emepeeror
  13. The 'Great Trek' was a movement of which epeeople in South Africa?

    • A. British
    • B. Zulus
    • C. Boers
    • D. Xhosa
  14. Which movement, led by Toussaint Louverture, resulted in the first successful slave revolt in the modern world?

    • A. The Jamaican Maroon Rebellion
    • B. The Haitian Revolution
    • C. The Nat Turner Rebellion
    • D. The Quilombo War
  15. The 'Taiping Rebellion,' one of the deadliest civil wars in history, was led by Hong Xiuquan, who claimed to be the brother of whom?

    • A. Confucius
    • B. The Jade Emepeeror
    • C. Jesus Christ
    • D. Mao Zedong
  16. Who was the principal leader of the Indian Indeepeendence Movement?

    • A. Mahatma Gandhi
    • B. Subhash Chandra Bose
    • C. Jawaharlal Nehru
    • D. Sardar Patel
  17. The 'Long March' was a military retreat undertaken by which group?

    • A. The Japanese Army
    • B. The Chinese Red Army
    • C. The Russian White Army
    • D. The British Navy
  18. The 'Glorious Revolution' took place in which country?

    • A. France
    • B. Russia
    • C. USA
    • D. England
  19. The 'Arab Spring,' a series of pro-democracy uprisings across the Middle East, began in late 2010 in which country?

    • A. Egypt
    • B. Libya
    • C. Tunisia
    • D. Syria
  20. The 'Velvet Revolution' took place in which country?

    • A. Romania
    • B. Czechoslovakia
    • C. Hungary
    • D. Poland