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Question 0

Otto Von Bismarck

Answer 0

Led Prussia in the unification of Germany through war

Question 1

Gluseppe Garibaldi

Answer 1

Joined Northern Italy to Southern Italy during Italy unification

Question 2

James Hargreaves

Answer 2

Inventor of the spinning Jenny during the Industrial Revolution

Question 3

James Watt

Answer 3

Inventor of the Steam engine

Question 4

Eli Whitney

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Inventor of the cotton gin during the industrial revolution

Question 5

Henry Bessemer

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Discovered a process of making steel from iron ore

Question 6

Edward Jenner

Answer 6

Developed the smallpox vaccination

Question 7

Louis Pasteur

Answer 7

Discovered Bacteria

Question 8

Adam Smith

Answer 8

Wrote the wealth of Nations, Which defined the economic system of capitalism

Question 9

Karl Marx

Answer 9

Wrote the Communist Manifesto, which was a response to the injustices of capitalism

Question 10

Archduke Ferdinand

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His assassination was the “Spark” that started WWI

Question 11

Woodrow Wilson

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US President during WWI, 14 points and League of Nations.

Question 12

Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Leader of Germany during WWI

Question 13

Tsar Nicholas II

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Incompetent leader of Russia during WWI, assassinated by Bolsheviks

Question 14

Vladimir Lenin

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Leader of the Communist Revolution in Russia (1917), New Economic Policy

Question 15

Joseph Stalin

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Soviet dictator during WWII, Lenin’s successor, genocide against his own people

Question 16

Adolf Hitler

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Nazi dictator of Germany during WWII, believed in the “Master Race”

Question 17

Benito Mussolini

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Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII, invaded Ethopia

Question 18

Hirohito

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Emperor of Japan during WWII, Industrialization of Japan during the 1930s

Question 19

Hideki Tojo

Answer 19

Japanese general during WWII, militaristic, invaded Korea, Manchuria, and China

Question 20

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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US president during WWII, died before the end of the war (April, 1945)

Question 21

Harry Truman

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US president after death of FDR, dropped atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII

Question 22

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Allied commander in Europe; helped plan D-Day Invasion during WWII

Question 23

Douglas MacAurthur

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US General during WWII in the pacific, occupied Japan after WWII

Question 24

George C. Marshall

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US general during WWII in Europe, the Marshall plan helped rebuild Europe

Question 25

Winston Churchill

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Prime Minister of England during WWII, Battle of Britain

Question 26

Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)

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Leader of the Nationalist China (Taiwan) after communist revolution

Question 27

Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong)

Answer 27

Leader of the Communist (Mainland) China

Question 28

Ho Chi Minh

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Leader of Vietnam's independence movements against France and the United States

Question 29

Mohandas Gandhi

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Leader of independence movement in India against England, passive resistance

Question 30

Jawaharlal Nehru

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Close associate of Mohandas Gandhi, supported industrialization in India

Question 31

Jomo Kenyatta

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Led to Kenya to independence from Britain in a violent struggle

Question 32

Nelson Mandela

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Worked to end Apartheid laws in South Africa, 1st black president in South Africa

Question 33

Indira Gandhi

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Close relationship with the Soviet Union, Developed nuclear program for India

Question 34

Margaret Thatcher

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British Prime Minister during the Cold War, Close relationship with the United States

Question 35

Mikhail Gorbachev

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Glasnost/Perestrokia, last president of the Soviet Union, fall of the Berlin wall

Question 36

Deng Xiaoping

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reformed communist china's economy which led to rapid economic growth

Question 37

Golda Mier

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Prime minister of Israel, led Israel to win Yom Kippur war, sought US support

Question 38

Gamal Abdul Nasser

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President of Egypt, nationalized Suez Canal, relationship with Soviet Union

Question 39

Pol Pot

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Cambodian leader who committed genocide against monks, minorities, and the educated

Question 40

Osama bin Lader

Answer 40

Extremist terrorist who planned 9/11 attacks on the US

Question 41

Jesus

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Largest monotheism, believed to be son of God, life after death, Christianity

Question 42

Muhammad

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the prophet of Allah in the religion of Islam, cities of Mecca and Medina , the Qur'an

Question 43

Siddhartha Gautama

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Founder of Buddhism, Four nobles truths, 8-Fold path to enlightenment

Question 44

Asoka

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His missionaries and their writings spread Buddhism from India to China