History Quiz #788
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 19 February 2024
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Q1.
What was the name of the policy making body of the USSR before it broke up?
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2
Q2.
When in 680 CE a part of a nomadic warrior people moved to the northeastern Balkans, defeated the Byzantine army and secured recognition from the Byzantine Empire, that began what?
A
First Bulgarian Empire, or Bulgaria
B
Principality of Hungary
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3
Q3.
The US War of Independence was in which century?
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Q4.
Why did five deaths at strikes in Ådalen, Sweden, in 1931 lead to major demonstrations, a deeply divided national debate, and the publishers of left-wing newspapers being convicted of violations of the Freedom of the Press Act?
A
Strikers were beaten to death by hired strike breakers
B
The people were shot by the military
C
Strike breakers were beaten to death by strikers and protesters
D
People in surrounding towns took unilateral action against the strikers and protesters
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Q5.
Saint Therese is associated with which town?
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Q6.
A royal edict and a set of 17 laws emancipated Russian serfs in 1861; when were the last provisions made in order to put the freedom fully in place?
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Q7.
Deliberate use of concentration camps and starvation for civilians as a military policy marked which of these?
C
The War of the Gargantuas
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