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Famous Revolutions in History
Quiz
- Who led the armies that were defeated by the legions of Marcus Licinius Crassus in 71 BC?
- What's the name given to the 1917 revolution in Russia that saw the Bolsheviks take over the government of Russia?
- Which military dictator was overthrown in the Cuban Revolution?
- What was the name of the 1783 treaty that officially ended the American Revolutionary War?
- The Young Turk Revolution of 1908 was a constitutionalist revolution in which empire?
- The Orange Revolution was a series of protests from late 2004 to January 2005 in which country?
- What well known name is given to the uprising against foreigners that occurred in about 1900 in China?
- What's the name of the revolution in England that led to the exile of King James II?
- What's the better known name of Jose Arambula who was a general in the Mexican Revolution?
- Who on 1 September 1969, led the group of rebel military officers who launched a coup against King Idris?
- Which 'gentle' revolution saw the establishment of the Czech Republic and Slovakia?
- The Iranian Revolution overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty in which year?
- In which Welsh town was there civil unrest in 1831 that marked the first time a red flag was used as a symbol of working class rebellion in the UK?
- Which boy-king met Wat Tyler and the rebels during the Peasants' Revolt?
- The term 'tricoteuse' is given to one of a number of women who sat and did what while attending public executions during the French Revolution?
- Where in 1791 did a revolt begin that was led by former slave Toussaint Louverture, who was also the first black general of the French Army?
- What term is used for the series of uprisings and anti-government protests that spread across much of the Arab world beginning in 2012?
- What name is given to the English textile workers who protested against labour-replacing machinery during the Industrial Revolution?
Answers
- Spartacus
- The October Revolution
- Fulgencio Batista
- Treaty of Paris
- The Ottoman Empire
- Ukraine
- Boxer Rebellion
- The Glorious Revolution
- Pancho Villa
- Muammar Gaddafi
- The Velvet Revolution
- 1979
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Richard II (1381)
- They knitted
- Haiti
- The Arab Spring
- The Luddites