Rio 111 Quiz-a-Palooza

The League of Nations took action against Italy's aggression in Africa by?

In the French Revolution lasted 2 years when about 40,000 people were killed by the guillotine

The site of German death camp is?

Motives for imperialism were based on the desire to make money...

What's the Manchurian conquest?

The English philosopher John Locke argues that life, liberty, and property are

This person is the founder of Communism and wrote " The Communist Manifesto."

During the Spanish Civil War, Hitler gave German support to the?

This event began the "Space Race."

They signed the Entente Cordial with France?

This is an economic system based on private ownership, free competition, and profit.

Who fought for tolerance, reason, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech?

What term best describes John Locke’s belief that a government’s power comes from the people?

Motive for imperialism based on cultural values & the belief that the white race is superior

How did Sir Robert Clive increase British power in India?

The person who gave the order use of the atomic bomb is?

All of the following are Native American tribes native to Mexico EXCEPT:

Motives for imperialism were based on a nation's desire to gain power

When East and West Germany become one country again, after the Berlin Wall falls in 1989.

How were women treated in the Safavid Empire?

What term best describes Montesquieu’s idea for limiting the power of government?

This is a form of art which began as early as 1000 B.C.E. in Mexico.

Motive for imperialism were based on the desire to seek out the "unknown" & uncharted territory

What's the difference between the Ming and Qing dynasty?

1962,the world escaped nuclear holocaust. US removed weapons from Turkey & Soviets did also

What did the Ottomans rename Constantinople

This person is the Father of Modern Economics and wrote "The Wealth of Nations."

The Industrial Revolution led to what major event in history?

The second atomic bomb ever used in warfare was dropped on?

What are two countries that border the Safavid Empire?

Which Enlightenment writer believed governmental power should be divided among three branches?

This term for the division between a democratic Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe.

Enlightenment writer believed a legitimate government came from the consent of the governed.

What revolutionary scientist discovered the laws of the pendulum and many other things?

This invention ushered in the Railroad Era in 1829.

What term describes England’s legislature that established the principle of representation?

This was set up to solve a financial crisis and stabilize the rule of King Louis XVI (16th).

What is a Japanese ruler and military leader called?

Johannes Kepler concluded mathematically that planets go around the sun in what type of orbits?

Members of the 3rd Estate promise not to disband until they had written a constitution

Which of the following is Not a name for the side which Germany was on during WWI?

This is a theory that says rulers receive their authority from God

The most persuasive women writers who fought for education of women during the Enlightenment is

…all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights

What document bounded Germany,Italy and Japan into the Axis Powers?

The sun god, Quetzalcoatl is often depicted as what?

The disputed territory between France and Germany is?

What is one significant role women played in Mogul India?

All of the following increased the need for COAL during the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT: