Revolutions in World History Trivia Questions

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  1. This 1776 revolution saw thirteen colonies declare independence from British rule, inspired by Enlightenment ideals.

    Difficulty: Easy
    • American Revolution
    • French Revolution
    • Haitian Revolution
    • Glorious Revolution
  2. This radical journalist and physician was stabbed to death in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution.

    Difficulty: Medium
    • Georges Danton
    • Maximilien Robespierre
    • Jean-Paul Marat
    • Jacques Hébert
  3. This 1918 German revolutionary council movement, modeled on Russian soviets, briefly challenged the new Weimar Republic.

    Difficulty: Hard
    • Räterepublik
    • Reichstag Council
    • Workers' Soviet
    • Spartacist League
  4. The storming of this Paris prison on July 14, 1789 is celebrated as the symbolic start of the French Revolution.

    Difficulty: Easy
    • The Louvre
    • The Bastille
    • Versailles
    • Notre-Dame
  5. This 1954-1962 war of independence against France resulted in the creation of an independent North African nation.

    Difficulty: Medium
    • Tunisian Independence
    • Algerian War
    • Moroccan Independence
    • Libyan Revolution
  6. This term describes the 1789 period when French peasants attacked noble estates, burning feudal documents in a wave of rural panic.

    Difficulty: Hard
    • Jacquerie
    • September Massacres
    • Great Fear
    • White Terror
  7. This leader of the Russian Revolution founded the Soviet Union and led the Bolsheviks to power in 1917.

    Difficulty: Easy
    • Joseph Stalin
    • Leon Trotsky
    • Vladimir Lenin
    • Tsar Nicholas II
  8. This April 1775 battle, where the shot heard round the world was fired, marked the start of armed conflict in the American Revolution.

    Difficulty: Medium
    • Bunker Hill
    • Saratoga
    • Valley Forge
    • Lexington and Concord

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