Ancient World History

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Ancient World History: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Economic Drain from India during Industrial Revolution, Spread of Industrial Revolution Outside England, Territorial Crisis & Western Theater of American Civil War etc.

Important Questions on Ancient World History

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Which of the following was true under colonial rule?

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Maginot line is the some important boundary line between which two countries?

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the war of the First Coalition?

A. It was a set of wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797.

B. It was initially fought against the constitutional Kingdom of France and then the French Republic that succeeded it.

C. Each power had its eye on a different part of France it wanted to appropriate after a French defeat.

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The War of the Second Coalition began in _____ with the French invasion of Egypt, headed by Napoleon.

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Spain and Portugal entered the anti-French coalition in which of the following year?

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In which of the following month of 1789, a crowd of several thousand people laid siege to the Bastille?

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the fall of Bastille?

A. On July 14th 1789, a crowd of several thousand people laid siege to the Bastille,

B. The fall of the Bastille was chiefly symbolic.

C. The Bastille, stormed by an armed mob of Parisians in the opening days of the French Revolution.

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What was a significant cause of the French Revolution?

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Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins are well known for:

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On 14 February 1793, who is chosen as the next mayor of Paris?

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Which of the following statements about the outbreak of the American Civil War is correct?

A. The American Civil War began in April 1862, when the newly created Confederate army attacked the Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.

B. On August 29, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee advanced his army to meet the Union Army in the second Battle of Bull Run.

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Which of the following below is not one of the French Revolution's negative consequences?

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France had conquered areas in which of the following region after a decade of gruelling fighting and persistent diplomacy?

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The Bastille originated as a stronghold, constructed in the mid to late 1300s to house a garrison of royal warriors loyal to _____.

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Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War in the Western Theater?

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Which of the following practice in the United States was one of the key political issues of the 19th century?

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding American Civil War?

A. The central cause of the war was the status of slavery.

B. On the eve of the Civil War in1861 , four million of the 32 million Americans were enslaved black people, almost all in the South.

C. The practice of slavery in the United States was one of the key political issues of the 17th century.

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The Storming of the Bastille was an event that occurred in Paris, France, on _______.

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the fall of Bastille?

A. The rebel Parisians who stormed the Bastille were not to free any prisoners but to get ammunition and arms.

B. At the time, over 30,000 pounds of gunpowder was stored at the Bastille.

C. The Bastille in Paris, France was stormed on July 14, 1789, with just seven aged convicts inside.

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The Second Coalition War began in which of the following years, with Napoleon's French invasion of Egypt?