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1. Which holiday commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution?

2. Which radical leader of the French Revolution was assassinated in his bath?

3. Which of the following battles played an important role in the unification of Italy?

4. Who launched the Cultural Revolution in China?

5. Which staunch Puritan and principal secretary of Queen Elizabeth I uncovered a conspiracy against the queen involving Mary, Queen of Scots?

6. Which leader endured a long prison term and later became his country’s president and a Nobel Prize winner?

7. Which South African president ended apartheid?

8. Holiday trips in Latin America inspired which Latin American leader to support violent revolution?

9. Who popularized the term Industrial Revolution?

10. Which leader of the Russian Revolution traveled across Germany in a special security train before reaching Russia?

11. Which was the first U.S. military decoration, instituted by General George Washington in 1782 as an award for bravery in action but now awarded to those wounded or killed in service of their country?

12. When did the Glorious Revolution take place in England?

13. Which British act contributed much to the spirit and organization of unity that was a necessary prelude to the American Revolution a decade later?

14. With which revolution is the Bloody Sunday of 1905 associated?

15. Who founded the Red Army?

16. Who fabricated the Popish Plot of 1678, during the time of King Charles II of England, which led to the execution of 35 alleged conspirators?

17. Which soldier and statesman led revolutions against Spanish rule in much of South America?

18. In which country did the Industrial Revolution first take place?

19. Who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”?

20. Which failed revolt against British rule led to major changes in colonial administration and society?

21. Which British statesman is perhaps best known for his commentary on the French Revolution?

22. What name was given to the surprise attack launched by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces against U.S. and South Vietnamese forces during the lunar New Year festival of 1968?

23. Of what political movement was Arthur Griffith the principal founder?