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1
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The Manchurians seized power from the_______ dynasty

A

Ming dynasty

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2
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Who represented the Ming dynasty

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Zheng He

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3
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Committee of _____ led France’s revolutionary government

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Public Saftey

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4
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French aristocrats and nobles were members of the ______estate

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Second

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5
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Who lost the majority of his men in Russia because of enemy soldiers and harsh weather

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Napoleon

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6
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Napoleon was able to seize power because:

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Chaos in France,His military success,The overthrow of the Directory

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7
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The_____ was an important document in France

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

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8
Q

Who was once a slave in Maryland

A

Frederick Douglass

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9
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Who was a slave-ship captain before he was saved

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John Newton

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10
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The _____placed limits on child labor

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1833 Factory Act

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11
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The ____ was the first religious group known to fight against the slave trade

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Quakers

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12
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Who was the first to patent the telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell

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13
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American entrepreneur ____worked with the automobile

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Henry Ford

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14
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What is hostility toward Jews

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Anti-Semitism

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15
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Who encouraged the proletariat to rebel against oppression

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Karl Marx

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16
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Who viewed history as a series of class struggles

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Karl Marx

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17
Q

The first successful airplane flight occurred in

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Kitty Hawk North Carolina

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18
Q

The privilege to vote is called what

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Suffrage

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19
Q

European countries met in Berlin in 1885 to divide what

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Africa

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20
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Who was the ruler of Ethiopia

A

Menelik

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The ____ expanded their exploration in the 1700s following the loss of their colonies in North America

22
Q

The _____ promoted self-rule, development of African resources to benefit Africans, and education for males and females

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Fante Confederation

23
Q

Who oppressed Russia’s peasants by legalizing the sale of serfs separately from the land

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A

Catherine the Great

24
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France and Britain competed for control of what

25
Napoleon’s army suffered great losses due to harsh winter weather while retreating from
Russia
26
The _____ was a failed attempt to implement sweeping changes in China
Hundred Days’ Reform
27
What became the state religion of Japan
Shintoism
28
Each nation at the _____agreed to limit the number of their warships
Washington Naval Conference
29
Who was the largest producer of chemicals prior to WWI
Germany
30
Who pioneered work in radioactive matter
Pierre and Marie Curie
31
Those who agreed to settle disputes by negotiation rather than by war signed the what
Kellogg- Briand Pact
32
Weapons used in WWI:
Machine guns, Poisonous gas, Tanks
33
What kind of government was formed in Germany after WWI
Weimar Republic
34
Avoiding conflict by making concessions
Appeasement
35
Britain and France let Hitler take the _____ at the Munich Conference
Sudetenland
36
Philosophy that encouraged free choice and accepting consequences
Existentialism
37
Hitler referred to his German empire as the what
Third Reich
38
Japan surrendered and ended its involvement in the war on what day
September 2 1945
39
Operation ____was the code name for the Nazis’ program of “mercy killing”
T-4
40
Who was president during WWII and died shortly before the war ended
Roosevelt
41
The US dropped two atomic bombs on cities in___
Japan, Hiroshima and Nagisaki
42
Britain governed _____ after WWI until 1948
Palestine
43
_____ became the first to achieve independence
Ghana
44
In 1962, the United States discovered that the Soviet Union had placed _____in Cuba
nuclear missiles
45
On Taiwan who found the Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek
46
Russia invaded _____ in 1979 but left in 1989 after experiencing growing losses with no prospect of victory
Afghanistan
47
The Jews seized areas that enhanced their security during the ____
Six Day War
48
Who was a dictator of Iraq
Saddam Hussein
49
The internet was first developed for the___
US military
50
The ____ attacked the twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11,2001
Taliban

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