Contemporary Political History: How a Wrong Turn Started a World War
From the French Revolution to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the accidents, choices and hidden causes behind two centuries of political upheaval.
Try 3 questions
1. Where do the political terms "left" and "right" come from?
- The flanks of the armies at a famous battle
- Seating in France's revolutionary assembly of 1789
- The hand used to swear a solemn oath
Show the answer
Answer: Seating in France's revolutionary assembly of 1789
Supporters of the king's veto sat to the president's right and opponents to his left, and the labels stuck.
2. Which everyday system, created during the French Revolution, is now used in almost every country?
- The 24-hour clock
- The metric system
- The seven-day week
Show the answer
Answer: The metric system
Revolutionaries wanted rational, universal units based on nature, and the meter and kilogram spread worldwide; their decimal clock did not.
3. Which revolution, inspired by 1789, produced the first state founded by formerly enslaved people?
- The Mexican War of Independence
- The Belgian Revolution
- The Haitian Revolution
Show the answer
Answer: The Haitian Revolution
Beginning in 1791, enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue defeated French, Spanish and British forces and declared Haiti independent in 1804.
The whole quiz comes before your apps
BrainTok asks a few questions like these before the apps you choose open, so your screen time turns into learning. For iPhone.
Join the beta