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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?

A
TASS
B
PRAVDA
C
Stasi
D
Politburo
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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
C
Samo's Empire
D
The Sasanian Empire
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Q3. The US War of Independence was in which century?

A
18th
B
15th
C
16th
D
20th
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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?

A
Lisieux
B
Lourdes
C
Polsi
D
Arcachon
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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?

A
1940
B
1935
C
1870
D
1905
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Q7. Deliberate use of concentration camps and starvation for civilians as a military policy marked which of these?

A
The War of the Worlds
B
The French Revolution
C
The War of the Gargantuas
D
The second Boer War
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