Quiz: Revolutions and Revolts

March 14, 2011

Which dictator was overthrown in 1959 through the Cuban Revolution?
1. Fulgencio Batista
2. Federico Laredo Brú
3. Ramón Grau
4. Carlos Prío Socarrás
What was the name of Fidel Castro's organization that spurred the revolution?
1. Non-Aligned Movement
2. Sandinistas
3. 26th of July Movement
4. Zapatistas
What year did Muammar Qadhafi lead a coup and take power in Libya?
1. 1964
2. 1969
3. 1974
4. 1979
What year saw revolutions in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia?
1. 1912
2. 1944
3. 1968
4. 1989
True or false: The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests were sparked by the death of a popular Chinese leader.
1. True
2. False
Which current leader was the victim of a 48-hour coup d'état in 2002?
1. Sudan's Omar al-Bashir
2. Venezuela's Hugo Chávez
3. China's Hu Jintao
4. Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe
In what nation did a series of protests known as the Orange Revolution take place in late 2004 and early 2005?
1. Indonesia
2. Ivory Coast
3. Turkey
4. Ukraine
Lebanon's 2005 uprising is often referred to by what tree-inspired name?
1. Cedar Revolution
2. Elm Revolution
3. Pine Revolution
4. Spruce Revolution
True or false: Hosni Mubarak was Egypt's longest serving president.
1. True
2. False
Which of these nations saw its leader ousted in January of 2011?
1. Bahrain
2. Morocco
3. Tunisia
4. Yemen