World History MCQs

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Italy is considered the birth place of the Renaissance for several reasons. Some of them were:

• Italy was the seat of ancient civilization and the Latin language.
• The rich city states in Italy like Florence and Venice patronized art and literature. For example, the Medici family of Florence had patronized many scholars.
• Dante’s work of art Divine Comedy triggered the Renaissance and made it spread to other parts of Europe and reach its peak in the sixteenth century.

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In January 1776, Thomas Paine came to America from England and issued a pamphlet “Common Sense”. It attacked the idea of hereditary monarchy and advocated democratic government. More than one lakh copies of this 50 page booklet were distributed throughout the thirteen colonies. It inculcated the fighting spirit among the Americans.

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The Revolutionary government at Paris led by Danton massacred 1500 suspected supporters of the French king. Then the French army defeated the Austrian army at Valmy. This was known as the “September Massacres”.

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The primary cause of the Industrial Revolution was the scientific inventions. The earliest mechanical inventions came in the textile industry.

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The unpopularity of the Kerensky’s government led to its collapse on 7th November 1917, when a group of soldiers occupied the Winter Palace, the seat of the Kerensky Government. An All-Russian Congress of Soviets met on the same day and assumed full political power. This event which took place on 7 November is known as the October Revolution because of the corresponding date of the old Russian calendar, 25 October.

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The number of members in Fascist Party increased very rapidly. In 1919 there were only seventeen thousand members in the party. The number increased to 3 lakhs in 1922. The Fascists captured the offices of the Socialist and the Communist parties by force.

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In April 1940, Germany captured Denmark and Norway. In May 1940, Holland and Belgium were conquered. Germany attacked France and captured it in June 1940. Italy fought against the British forces in North Africa. Mussolini attacked Greece and captured it with German support. Yugoslavia and Crete were occupied by the Germans.

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It was during the period Chinese Communist Party of China was started. Mao Tse Tung and Chou –en-lai were the original founding members of the Communist Party of China.

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The origin of World Trade Organization could be traced from the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944. In this conference, it was proposed for the creation of an International Trade Organization to establish rules and regulations for trade between countries. It finally succeeded in creating the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

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The ‘Battle of Peleliu’ was fought between the United States and Japan during World War II in 1944 in Palau Island. It was codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the U.S military. In the aftermath of the war, Palau island was ceded to the U.S which was formerly under japan .