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| Nicholas Copernicus | _____ was the first to argue that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe. |
| France | _____ was the first country to grant diplomatic recognition to the new American state. |
| Rene Descartes | Who has been rightly called the father of modern rationalism? |
| Adam Smith believed in laissez-faire, by which he meant that | the state should not regulate the economy |
| The American nation's first constitution was called the | Articles of Confederation |
| Which of France's estates was NOT exempt from the taille? | the Third Estate (commoners) |
| The ______ was crucial to Britain's Industrial Revolution. | steam engine |
| Who proposed the germ theory of disease? | Louis Pasteur |
| Guglielmo Marconi | sent the first radio waves across the Atlantic in 1901 |
| Whose discovery of radium changed the world's view of the atom? | Marie Curie's |
| The Polish national trade union Solidarity was founded by | Lech Walesa |
| US president ___ was forced to resign to avoid impeachment for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. | Richard Nixon |
| US president Jimmy Carter faces a serious international crisis when 52 Americans were held hostage in | Iran |
| What significant event occurred on January 3, 1959 | Cuba's government was overthrown by Castro's forces |
| The government ____ has been heavily influenced by drug cartels and cocaine production | Colombia |
| Which of the following Latin American nations has suffered instability due to the international drug trade? | Colombia |
| In the late 1970s, vast new oil reserves were discovered in which nation? | Mexico |
| Which US president was in office during the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis? | John F. Kennedy |
| The African National Congress called for armed resistance against the white South African government after the arrest of their leader, ____, in 1962. | Nelson Mandela |
| Nelson Mandela | ____ became the first black president of South Africa after spending almost 26 years in prison |
