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Upheavals overview

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Some upheavals came with barricades and guillotines, others with factories, pamphlets or candles: yet all toppled an old order and left a new world behind. This overview quiz leads across the great revolutions and upheavals of history: from short descriptions, recognise the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Revolutions of 1848, the German Revolution of 1918, the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, the Reformation and the Glorious Revolution and place each where it stands in world history. It shows how closely the upheavals are linked: the American and French revolutions inspired one another, 1848 built on their ideas, and the call for freedom and participation runs like a thread up to the fall of the Wall in 1989. Those who know these turning points gain a better understanding of how our modern world of democracy, human rights and nation-states came about and why freedom is rarely given but usually fought for. Good to know: A formative upheaval of world history.

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In which revolution from 1789 did the people storm the Bastille and cry “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”?

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French Revolution

A formative upheaval of world history.

💡 Did you know? Such upheavals toppled old orders and shaped whole eras.

Which upheaval from 1760 turned an agrarian society into one of steam engines and factories?

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Industrial Revolution

A formative upheaval of world history.

💡 Did you know? Such upheavals toppled old orders and shaped whole eras.

In which 1917 revolution did the Bolsheviks under Lenin topple the tsar?

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Russian Revolution

A formative upheaval of world history.

💡 Did you know? Such upheavals toppled old orders and shaped whole eras.

Which “springtime of the peoples” in 1848 failed with Frankfurt's Paulskirche?

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Revolutions of 1848

A formative upheaval of world history.

💡 Did you know? Such upheavals toppled old orders and shaped whole eras.

In which 1918 revolution did Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicate and Germany become a republic?

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German Revolution of 1918

A formative upheaval of world history.

💡 Did you know? Such upheavals toppled old orders and shaped whole eras.

Which non-violent revolution in 1989 led to the fall of the Wall and German unity?

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Peaceful Revolution of 1989

A formative upheaval of world history.

💡 Did you know? Such upheavals toppled old orders and shaped whole eras.

Which upheaval began in 1517 with Luther's 95 Theses and split the Church?

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Reformation

A formative upheaval of world history.

💡 Did you know? Such upheavals toppled old orders and shaped whole eras.

In which almost bloodless English revolution of 1688 was the king's power limited by a Bill of Rights?

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Glorious Revolution

A formative upheaval of world history.

💡 Did you know? Such upheavals toppled old orders and shaped whole eras.

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