Historical events

Began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges.

• Mexican Revolution.

• French Revolution.

• Independence of the 13 british colonies.

• The Absolutism.

The "unsinkable" ship sank on its maiden voyage, losing at least 1517 lives, making it one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history. This ship hit an iceberg on April 14, and sank on april 15, 1912.

• USS San Francisco.

• USS Virginia.

• RMS Olympic.

• RMS TItanic.

on December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers flew the flyer for 12 seconds over 120 feet of ground. This happened at 10:35 a.m.

• The first man on the moon.

• The Independence of Canada.

• The first flight on an airplane.

• The first sink in the human history

This important event, started in 1910, when the liberals and intellectuals began to challenge the regime of dictator Jose de la Cruz Diaz Mori, who had been in power since 1877, a term of 34 years, violating the principles and ideas of the Mexican Constitution of 1857. What is the name of this event?

• Mexican Revolution.

• Independence of Mexico.

• The Conquest.

• The First French intervention in Mexico.

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On August 6, 1945 the United States used a massive atomic weapon against a city in Japan, this atomic bomb was the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, it killed ten thousand of civilians. What the name of the Japanese city?

• Hiroshima.

• Pekin.

• Kobe.

• Tokyo.

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For thousand of years, man had looked to the heavens and dreamed of walking on the moon. In 1969 as part of the Apollo 11 mission, This astronaut became the first man to accomplish that dream. What’s the name of the astronaut ?

• Alan Bean.

• Gene Cernan.

• Buzz Aldrin.

• Neil Armstrong.

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Overthrow.

• to defeat or remove someone from power, using force.

• in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group or situation.

• in, from, or to other countries.

• above or higher than something else, sometimes so that one thing covers the other; above.

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Monarchy.

• a hereditary monarch.

• a woman who rules a country because she has been born into a royal family, or a woman who is married to a king.

• a country that has a king or queen.

• Something that is mandatory must be done, or is demanded by law.

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Sank

• to (cause something or someone to) go down below the surface or to the bottom of a liquid or soft substance

• to take liquid into the body through the mouth.

• (an amount of) liquid that is taken into the body through the mouth.

• a chemical element that is a bluish-white metal, used in making other metals or for covering other metals to protect them.

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Dream

• the thick, yellowish-white liquid that forms on the top of milk.

• to cry or say something loudly and usually on a high note, especially because of strong emotions such as fear, excitement, or anger.

• a musical instrument, especially one made from a skin stretched over the end of a hollow tube or bowl, played by hitting with the hand or a stick.

• a series of events or images that happen in your mind when you are sleeping.

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