EC Quiz - Bloxham

Question 1

Who created Marxism?

Answer 1

Karl Marx

Question 2

Where was Napoleon banished the first time?

Answer 2

Elba

Question 3

What was the guillotine referred to as?

Answer 3

National razor

Question 4

What was the least industrialized nation in Europe?

Answer 4

Russia

Question 5

Who was Napoleon?

Answer 5

The general for France, the first consul and emperor

Question 6

What is a buffer state?

Answer 6

A state between 2 major powers, usually where the fighting takes place

Question 7

What are the importances of the Suez Canal?

Answer 7

Allows trade between Mediterranean & Red Sea

Question 8

Who was the first explorer to discover North America?

Answer 8

Christopher Columbus

Question 9

Where was Napoleon exiled the second time?

Answer 9

St. Helena

Question 10

What strategy did Russia use against Napoleon’s forces during the Napoleonic Wars?

Answer 10

Scorched earth tactics

Question 11

Where is Great Britain located?

Answer 11

Northwest of France

Question 12

Who was King Louis XVI married to?

Answer 12

Marie Antoinette

Question 13

What does “emperor” mean?

Answer 13

The ruler of an empire

Question 14

What is realism?

Answer 14

Realistic art

Question 15

What is nationalism?

Answer 15

Loyalty to one’s own state

Question 16

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 16

To break free from Britain

Question 17

What were the three parts of the Estates General?

Answer 17

Clergy, nobility, commoners

Question 18

What were some of the causes that resulted in the French Revolution?

Answer 18

Enlightenment ideas, reign of terror, social inequality, monarchy

Question 19

Which Roman emperor had a salad named after them?

Answer 19

Julius Caesar

Question 20

What was the cheapest labor during the industrial revolution?

Answer 20

Children

Question 21

What is the nobility?

Answer 21

Royals

Question 22

What were the two main motivations for European Imperialisms to colonize Africa?

Answer 22

Resources, political advantage from land

Question 23

Where was Napoleon Bonaparte defeated in his final battle?

Answer 23

Battle of Waterloo

Question 24

What was the mother country of the American Colonies before the American Revolution?

Answer 24

Great Britain

Question 25

Who did Lowell mostly employ in his mills?

Answer 25

Young, unmarried women

Question 26

Who were the Creoles?

Answer 26

any person of European or African descent

Question 27

What were the two social classes that Karl Marx believed in?

Answer 27

Proletariat and bourgeoisie

Question 28

What was the English Revolution in which no blood was shed?

Answer 28

The Glorious Revolution

Question 29

What is communism?

Answer 29

All property is public

Question 30

What needs to happen to reach communism

Answer 30

Workers revolution

Question 31

Who were the Bourgeoisie?

Answer 31

The rich

Question 32

What kind of government does Great Britain have?

Answer 32

monarchy

Question 33

Which enlightenment philosopher believed in separation of powers?

Answer 33

Montesquieu

Question 34

According to Marx, hiw will capitalism be eradicated?

Answer 34

Workers revolution

Question 35

What is an entrepreneur?

Answer 35

A person whi takes on the business risks

Question 36

What was the first battle of the American Revolution?

Answer 36

The battle of lexington and concord

Question 37

what country was the strongest in europe

Answer 37

grmany?

Question 38

who led the reign of terror

Answer 38

maximillion robbespierre

Question 39

natural righst according t john locke

Answer 39

life liberty property