Quiz: Revolutions and Revolts

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  1. Which dictator was overthrown in 1959 through the Cuban Revolution?
  2. What was the name of Fidel Castro's organization that spurred the revolution?
  3. What year did Muammar Qadhafi lead a coup and take power in Libya?
  4. What year saw revolutions in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia?
  5. True or false: The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests were sparked by the death of a popular Chinese leader.
  6. Which current leader was the victim of a 48-hour coup d'état in 2002?
  7. In what nation did a series of protests known as the Orange Revolution take place in late 2004 and early 2005?
  8. Lebanon's 2005 uprising is often referred to by what tree-inspired name?
  9. True or false: Hosni Mubarak was Egypt's longest serving president.
  10. Which of these nations saw its leader ousted in January of 2011?

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