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History Quiz #17
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Robert Walpole | 1st Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Florence Nightingale | British nurse who started the modern nursing profession |
| Charles Darwin | Developed the Theory of Evolution |
| Neville Chamberlain | British Prime Minister; Met with Hitler in hope of avoiding war |
| Elizabeth II | United Kingdom's longest-ruling monarch |
| Margaret Thatcher | 1st female prime minister in United Kingdom & Europe |
| Industrial Revolution | Period when new machines brought changes to the world |
| Victoria | Under this monarch, British Empire became the largest in history |
| Salvation Army | Mission created by William Booth to help people in London |
| Modernism | 1900s movement that rejected traditional beliefs about art, literature, society, and religion |
| Battle of Britain | 3-month period of German air raids against the United Kingdom during WWII |
| Brexit | United Kingdom's exit from the European Union |