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History Quiz #794

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 1 April 2024

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Q1. When was the Koinon of the Zagorisians an independent system?

A
17th to the 18th centuries
B
World War II
C
1880-1914
D
15th to the 19th centuries
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Q2. What name was given to the loyal refugees that settled in Ontario after the American War of Independence?

A
Yankees
B
Redcoats
C
United Empire Loyalists
D
Turncoats
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Q3. In the late 1950s North Korea instituted a measure called the Ch'ŏllima (“Flying Horse”) movement, that was patterned on a similar movement in what country?

A
Vietnam
B
Russia
C
China
D
Cambodia
Select from the options above.
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Q4. The name of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula commemorates a landing in 1915 by what or who?

A
The catch of a giant pearl by Russian divers
B
A fishing vessel donated by the people of Anzio in Italy
C
A descendant of José Antonio Anzoátegui, a hero of Venezuela's independence
D
An army corps of Australian and New Zealand soldiers
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Q5. History can be called what?

A
Anything which is not the present or future
B
The body of knowledge about past events, their reasons and effects
C
The body of knowledge about anything which somebody remembers
D
Things which happened in the distant past
Select from the options above.
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Q6. US President Bush sent 2,000 troops into which country to conduct regular military exercises and, after a US serviceman was shot by local forces in December 1989, ordered an additional 24,000 troops in to take control?

A
Japan
B
Panama
C
Iraq
D
The Philippines
Select from the options above.
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Q7. In 2004, which country was the first to appoint a prime minister from a Green Party?

A
Canada
B
Latvia
C
Romania
D
Italy
Select from the options above.
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