Final Exam Names

Question 1

John Locke

Answer 1

Natural rights, government’s duty is to protect those rights

Question 2

Voltaire

Answer 2

Freedom of thought, expression, and religions

Question 3

Montesquieu

Answer 3

Separation of powers in government

Question 4

Adam Smith

Answer 4

Wrote the “Wealth of Nations” and was the founder of Capitalism

Question 5

Maximilien Robespierre

Answer 5

Leader of the Jacobins and the “Reign of Terror” during the French Revolution

Question 6

Karl Marx

Answer 6

Wrote the Communist Manifesto, and was the founder of Communism

Question 7

David Livingstone

Answer 7

Scottish Minister who was the first European to explore the interior of Africa.

Question 8

Menelik II

Answer 8

Ruler of Ethiopia who beat the Italians when they tried to invade

Question 9

Queen Liliuokalani

Answer 9

Last Queen of Hawaii

Question 10

Emilio Aguinaldo

Answer 10

Leader of the Filipino army and resistance movement

Question 11

Franz Ferdinand

Answer 11

Archduke of Austria Hungary that gets assassinated

Question 12

Gavrilo Princip

Answer 12

Man who assassinated Ferdinand

Question 13

Nicholas II

Answer 13

Last czar of Russia

Question 14

Rasputin

Answer 14

Supposed holy man who was murdered by Russian nobles

Question 15

V. I. Lenin

Answer 15

Leader of the Bolsheviks and the USSR

Question 16

Joseph Stalin

Answer 16

Took control of the USSR after Lenin died

Question 17

Mohandas Gandhi

Answer 17

Leader of the Indian Revolution. Fought through the use of non-violence and civil disobedience.

Question 18

Mao Zedong

Answer 18

Communist leader of China

Question 19

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 19

Vietnamese nationalist/communist leader

Question 20

Fidel Castro

Answer 20

Cuban Communist leader. Overthrew the corrupt Batista government and set up a communist government that still exists today.

Question 21

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 21

Last Soviet dictator. Led the peaceful destruction of the Soviet Union.