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In this video, we'll test your smarts with a selection of questions and answers that cover a wide range of Modern World History topics, from the rise of the Ottoman Empire to the non-renewable resource that powered early steam engines. 

Some of the questions covered include:

0:22 - Which powerful French ruler, known as the ‘Sun King’, reigned during the 17th and 18th centuries and strongly believed in the divine right of kings?

1:26 - What invention displaced rivers and streams as the main power source for British factories in the early 1800s?

2:47 - Who was the last king of France before the French Revolution?

4:13 - Between 1846 and 1848, Mexico fought a war with which country, eventually losing much of its territory?

5:11 - When was the Federal Dominion of Canada formed? 

6:32 - In office from 1923 to 1938, who was the first President of Turkey and whose surname meant “Father of the Turks”? 

7:40 - In 1939, which military general led Nationalist rebels to victory in the Spanish Civil War, and then became Spain’s dictator? 

8:52 - Which British author and statesman served twice as Prime Minister, most notably during World War 2? 

10:05 - What project, led by American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, innovated the first atomic weapons?

11:33 - What was the name of the metaphorical barrier dividing Western Europe and the countries of Eastern Europe under communist control from 1945 to 1991?  

12:45 - Which large Asian country split into two countries following Britain’s withdrawal of power in 1947? 

14:07 - Which Japanese emperor reigned during World War 2? 

15:53 - By 1952, how many Middle Eastern and North African states were controlled by former colonial powers? 

18:03 - Who seized control of Chile in 1973? 

19:48 - What Shi’a Islamist political party and militant group based in Lebanon was founded in the early 1980s?

21:40 - In October 2001, President Bush dispatched U.S. forces to invade which country in response to the 9/11 attacks?

23:42 - Which British Queen began her 70-year reign in 1952, after King George VI?

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