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Mr. Pridgen - 7th Grade World Studies
World Studies Final Exam Review Sheet
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History
7th Grade
05/28/2013

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The first official Roman persection of Christianity began under Emperor...
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Nero
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What Hebrew name means "anointed one"?
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Messiah
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What term refers to God's speaking the world into existence?
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Creation
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Man was created in the image of...
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God
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God sent the flood because of man's...
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sin
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A church council affirmed this truth in AD 325 at Nicaea.
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The Trinity
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Who had twelve sons who became the fathers of the 12 tribes of Israel?
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Jacob
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Patrick was amissionary to what country?
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Ireland
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Who is the most important person in world history?
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Jesus Christ
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The Orthodox Church was established here in 988.
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Russia
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What people in Western Europe stopped the spread of Islam?
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Franks
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The destination of Isalmic pilgrimages is...
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Mecca
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The belief that the earth is the center of our solar system is called the...
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Geocentric theory
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One of the most important Byzantine weapons used against Isalmic armies was...
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Greek Fire
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The Arabic word for god is...
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Allah
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What has been the imperial title of Ethiopian rulers?
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The Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah
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What name did the Greeks give to Aksum and all the territories below it?
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Ethiopia
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A samurai was a Japanese...
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warrior
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This religion promotes nature worship and the adoration of unusual natural features such as fire, waterfalls, and mountains.
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Shintoism
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This Indial religion became influential in China.
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Buddhism
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The name of this Japanese military code means, "the way of the warrior"?
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Bushido
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As of 1603, Tokyo was the capital of what nation?
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Japan
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This Japanese title means "Great general"?
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Shogun
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Kublai Khan founded what dynasty in China?
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Yuan
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The Taj Mahal is located in what country?
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India
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Paper was first developed in this kingdom.
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China
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Coptic Christians regard Menelik as the offspring of what king?
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Solomon
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Maize is another name for...
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Corn
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A kingdom of Kish was located on the Nile River between Egypt and...
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Ethiopia
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The Fujiwara, Ashikaga, and Tokugawa clans were each active in what country?
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Japan
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The Canterbury Tales gives information about medieval life in what country?
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England
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This ruler founded the Norman dynasty in England after invading the country in 1066.
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William the Conqueror
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This grandson of William the Conqueror strengthened English royal authority by using circuit courts.
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Henry II
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What  Italian city was located on the Adriatic Sea and had a large navy?
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Venice
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John Huss was a native of...
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Bohemia
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Zwingli was a regormer in...
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Switzerland
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Martin Luther translated the Bible into what language?
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German
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Who wrote the 95 Theses?
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Martin Luther
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The term renaissance means...
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rebirth
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This author described ideal rulers in his book The Prince.
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Machiavelli
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This pope decreed that submission to the pope was necessary for salvation.
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Boniface VIII
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What invention by Johannes Gutenberg helped make books available to the public?
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Printing Press
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Cuzco was the capital of what Empire?
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Incan
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What nation expected the return of its god Quetzalcoatl?
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Aztec
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Prince Henry of Portugal started a training school for sailors and became known as Prince Henry the what?
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Navigator
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Prester John was a...
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Mythical Christian King
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What explorer's crew traveled around the world?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Who sailed West in 1492 and discovered a new continent?
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Columbus
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This French explorer discovered 3 large lakes and became the Father of New  France.
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Champlain
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This group founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Puritans
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John Smith helped start this colony.
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Jamestown
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The colonies of what nation offered the most religious freedoms?
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England
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What nation colonized Louisiana and Canada?
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France
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What major body of water lies between European nations and their colonies?
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Atlantic Ocean
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What ruler turned Vienna into an important center for the arts during the 1700s?
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Maria Theresa
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Russia continued the process of developing a strong monarchy under the rule of...
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Catherine the Great
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Hippocrates was the Father of...
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Medicine
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Empiricism taught that man can find knowledge only through...
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experience
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This scientist developed a smallpox vaccine.
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Edward Jenner
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This astronomer used a telescope to confirm the earth's orbit around the sun.
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Galileo
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Who theorized that the earth revolves around the sun?
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Copernicus
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Who called himself Lord Protector and established the Protectorate in England?
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Cromwell
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Captain James Cook colonized for what country?
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England
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On what group of islands was James Cook killed?
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Hawaiian
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What region was once called New Holland?
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Australia
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The Ming dynasty was founded after the expulsion of this group.
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Mongolians
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Babur was nicknamed what?
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The Tiger
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The Great Wall of China began as a series of isolated what?
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Fortresses
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This ruler made it his goal to conquer the Byzantine Empire.
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Mehmet II
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What Empire viewed merchants and artisans as essential to economic success?
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Ottoman
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The Declaration of the  Rights of Man was an important document to what country?
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France
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Who united the German territories into one country?
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Otto Von Bismark
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What army general became the dictator of France?
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Napoleon
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Who was the king of France at the start of the French Revolution?
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Louis XVI
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What leader was exiled to the island of St. Helena after his final defeat?
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Napoleon
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What was the first known religious group to fight against the slave trade?
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Quakers
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John Wesley was part of what religious group?
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Methodist
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Many British farmers moved where during the 18th and 19th centuries?
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Cities
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Who invented the reaping machine?
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Cyrus McCormick
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Who improved the steam engine?
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James Watts
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Invented the Cotton Gin.
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Eli Whitney
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Who led the British parliament to the end of the British slave trade?
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William Wilberforce
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John Newton wrote the words to what famous hymn?
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Amazing Grace
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American entrepreneur Henry Ford worked with this invention.
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automobile
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Anti-Semitism is hatred toward what group of people?
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Jews
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Who was the first person to patent the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell
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This Scottish scientist laid the foundation of Einstein.
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James Maxwell
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This French chemist stemmed the spread of several diseases?
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Louis Pasteur
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Who called Christianity the opium of the people?
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Karl Marx
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This European country was the largest producer of chemicals prior to WWI?
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Germany
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The Schlieffen Plan called for the Germans to send forces west through this neutral country?
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Belgium
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What do you call a war in which all the resources of a country are devoted to destroying the enemy?
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Total
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What treaty ended WWI?
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Treaty of Versailles
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Pierre and Marie Currie pioneered work in what field?
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Radioactive matter
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At what Naval Conference did participants agree to limit the number of their warships?
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Washington Naval Conference
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Who became the leader of the Nazi party?
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Hitler
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Who became Russia's first dictator?
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Vladimir Lenin
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Benito Mussolini became the dictator of what country?
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Italy
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Albert Einstein is the Father of Modern...
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Physics
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Mao Zedong became the leader of what Chinese party?
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Communist
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