Historical Events and Figures #8

Given the description of a historical figure or event, name them.

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Last updated: October 19, 2020

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Description	Answer
German politician who established East Germany and ruled it.	Walter Ulbricht
Argentinian who led revolutions in Argentina, Chile, and Peru	Jose de San Martin
Attemped revolution against the Qing dynasty	Taiping Rebellion
Meeting held after the fall of Napoleonic France to maintain peace	Congress of Vienna
Leader of the rebellion against the Qing dynasty	Hong Xiuquan
Shogun who helped start the Meiji Restoration and helped bring power back the emperor	Tokugawa Yoshinobu
State Counselor of Myanmar who brought democracy to the country	Aung San Suu Kyi
Dutch dancer convicted of bieng a German spy in WWI	Mata Hari
Guatemalan civil rights activist who campaigned for indigenous residents after the Guatemalan Civil War	Rigoberta Menchu
French feminist writer who wrote "The Second Sex"	Simone de Beauvoir

Description	Answer
Prominent Queen in Mayan history	Lady Xoc
Queen of Palmyre in Syria during the 200s	Zenobia
Former president of Peru who was arrested after serving	Alberto Fujimori
Argentine wrtier who wrote "Ficciones" and "The Library of Babel"	Jorge Luis Borges
Ruler of Incan Empire who elevated its power to its height	Huayna Cupac
Former President of Brazil who was impeached in 2016	Dilma Rousseff
Socialist President of Venezuela who reformed old policies, died in 2013	Hugo Chavez
Chilean writer who wrote "The House of the Spirits"	Isabel Allende
Seized control of Chile after a U.S.-backed coup	Augusto Pinochet
Mexican revolutionist who led pesant revolts	Emiliano Zapata