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Q1. In 1965 after several years of debate Canada officially adopted a new what?

A
Flag
B
Constitution
C
Time zone
D
National food
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Q2. The Treaty of Versailles signed in 1871 marked another step in what for the signatories?

A
End of the first British Empire
B
France's and Vietnam's agreement to military support in exchange for trade advantages
C
Founding of the German Empire
D
Establishment of monarchy in united Italy
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Q3. In 1936, Anastasio Somoza became the dictator of which country?

A
Honduras
B
Nicaragua
C
El Salvador
D
Guatemala
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Q4. In 1977, Hamida Djandoubi was involved in what act that was special in French history?

A
He tried to assassinate the President
B
He set off a bomb that destroyed a large shopping mall in Paris
C
He was the last person to be guillotined
D
He was the first Frenchman to swim the English Channel
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Q5. What was the first known contact by Europeans with the people of the islands known at one time as New Hebrides?

A
Martinique trader Peter Dillon in 1825
B
British explorer James Cook in 1774
C
French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768
D
Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós in 1606
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Q6. Which changed as a result of the Treaty of Maastricht signed in 1992?

A
Andorra
B
European Communities
C
Luxembourg
D
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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Q7. What was the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that was at its peak in October 1962?

A
The Berlin Airlift
B
The building of the Berlin Wall
C
The Cuban Missile Crisis
D
Results of the Olympic 10,000 metre race
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