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Example Question #2 : Political Protest; Reforms; Revolution
During the French Revolution, the ___________________ were considered the most radical left-wing political group.
Monarchiens
Cordeliers
Girondins
Jacobins
Feuillants
Jacobins
The Jacobins most strongly embodied feelings for revolution against the French monarchy. Although the Cordeliers were left-leaning, they were not as confrontational or radical as the Jacobins. The other answers were centrist or right-wing groups, and are therefore incorrect.
Example Question #3 : Political Protest; Reforms; Revolution
The French Revolution was primarily carried out by members of which group?
The Huguenots
The First Estate
None of these
The Second Estate
The Third Estate
The Third Estate
Before the French Revolution, France was divided into three political classes, or estates. Members of the First Estate (the clergy) and the Second Estate (the nobility) enjoyed many privileges denied to the Third Estate, which made up most of the population, had few rights, and paid higher taxes. The Third Estate, increasingly dissatisfied with these unfair conditions, rebelled and overthrew the established monarchy.
Example Question #4 : Political Protest; Reforms; Revolution
Kristallnacht, meaning The Night of Broken Glass, was ______________.
a coordinated attack on Jewish people living in Germany in 1941, widely considered to be the beginning of The Final Solution and The Holocaust
a coordinated attack on Jewish people living in Germany in 1932, widely considered to be the beginning of The Final Solution and The Holocaust
a coordinated attack on Jewish people living in Germany in 1935, widely considered to be the beginning of The Final Solution and The Holocaust
None of these
a coordinated attack on Jewish people living in Germany in 1938, widely considered to be the beginning of The Final Solution and The Holocaust
a coordinated attack on Jewish people living in Germany in 1938, widely considered to be the beginning of The Final Solution and The Holocaust
Kristallnacht was a coordinated attack on Jewish people living in Germany in 1938, widely considered to be the beginning of The Final Solution and The Holocaust. The event was carried out by German military authorities as well as German citizens. Over 1,000 synagogues were burned, as were 7,000 Jewish businesses and homes. The word Kristallnacht means "Night of Broken Glass", a name given because of the plethora of glass shards following Jewish property being vandalized.
Example Question #5 : Political Protest; Reforms; Revolution
Put the following in chronological order: Bolshevik Revolution, World War I, formation of the Soviet Union, and World War II.
Bolshevik Revolution, formation of the Soviet Union, World War I, World War II
Bolshevik Revolution, World War I, World War II, formation of the Soviet Union
None of these
World War I, Bolshevik Revolution, formation of the Soviet Union, World War II
World War I, World War II, formation of the Soviet Union, Bolshevik Revolution
World War I, Bolshevik Revolution, formation of the Soviet Union, World War II
The correct chronology of these events is:
World War 1, Bolshevik Revolution, formation of the Soviet Union, World War II
The Bolshevik Revolution was enabled by Russia's participation in World War 1, which resulted in much of the Russian army being in a state of open mutiny. Following a brief period of dual leadership, the Soviet Union was formed in 1922 and lasted until 1991. The Soviet Union participated in World War 2 as an ally to the United States.
Example Question #82 : European History
Which of these political figures spearheaded the movement to abolish the practice of slavery in Great Britain and its colonies in the late 18th century?
Sir William Garrow
John Locke
William Wilberforce
Samuel T. Coleridge
Samuel Pepys
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833) was an early leader of the movement to end slavery in the British empire. He became a politician early in his life and would go on to campaign tirelessly against the practice of slavery.
His actions in part led to the Slave Trade Act of 1807 abolishing the Atlantic slave trade, and later on the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, abolishing slavery in most of the British empire. He died only days after the Act was passed.
Example Question #1 : Rights; Liberties; Persecution
"Over One Million Armenians Salughtered by Turks"
"Death Camp discovered at Auschwitz"
"Slobodan Milosevic, 'Butcher of the Balkans,' Convicted of War Crimes"
Which issue are all of the above headlines most closely related to?
Islamic terrorism
Genocide
Human trafficking
The Cold War
Popular sovereignty
Genocide
Genocide, sometimes called "Ethnic cleansing," is the attempt to cause the extinction of a particular group of people.
During World War I, Turkish soldiers slaughtered more than half the population of Armenians in the country.
Auschwitz was the most notorious of the Nazi death camps in what was known as the Holocaust, the systematic slaughter of more than 11 million civilians, half of whom were Jewish, during World War II.
Milosevic was the president of Yugoslavia in the 1990's and but was deposed and convicted of genocide and other war crimes against his own people by the United Nations.
Example Question #83 : European History
The original purpose of the Spanish Inquisition was to ___________________.
censor publications that were considered heretical
undermine political opponents
remove priests who were not loyal to the crown
enforce religious orthodoxy, particularly among newly converted Muslims and Jews
persecute Protestant reformers in Spain
enforce religious orthodoxy, particularly among newly converted Muslims and Jews
After the Reconquista, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella issued royal decrees declaring that Jews and Muslims had to convert to Christianity or leave Spain. The original purpose of the Spanish Inquisition was to enforce religious orthodoxy among these new converts.
Example Question #84 : European History
What did the Nuremberg Laws do?
Prohibited strikes and replaced unions with the Nazi Labor Front
Established concentration camps in Germany and Poland
Deprived German Jews of their citizenship
Authorized the Gestapo to use force against citizens
Seized property from opponents of the Nazi government
Deprived German Jews of their citizenship
The Nuremburg Laws were passed by the Nazi government in 1935. They stripped German Jews of their citizenship and prohibited marriages or other relationships between Jews and other Germans.
Example Question #1 : The Modern State
Which of these nations is not a member of the European Union as of 2016?
Croatia
Norway
Bulgaria
Malta
Cyprus
Norway
A majority of Norwegians voted "No" in two separate referendums to join the EU. The referendums occurred in 1972 and 1994.
Example Question #1 : The Modern State
The War of the Spanish Succession was a major European war that took place in the early eighteenth century. It was triggered when Charles II of Spain, the last Habsburg monarch, died without an heir.
Who ultimately claimed the Spanish crown?
Philip, Duke of Anjou
Louis XIV
Archduke Charles
George I
Leopold I
Philip, Duke of Anjou
The war resulted in Austria, Great Britain and the Dutch Republic recognizing Philip, Duke of Anjou as Philip V of Spain. In return, Philip V had to renounce any claim to the throne of France and cede Spain's European territories.