History Quiz #233
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 1 July 2013
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Q1.
In 1803, part of which two Canadian provinces was bought by the USA from France with the Louisiana Purchase, and ceded to Great Britain in 1818?
A
Nova Scotia and Ontario
B
Quebec and Saskatchewan
C
Alberta and Saskatchewan
D
British Columbia and Manitoba
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Q2.
What was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organisations, created by a decree issued on 20 December 1917 by Vladimir Lenin and subsequently led by Felix Dzerzhinsky?
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Q3.
Which British Prime Minister introduced "the welfare state" to the UK?
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Q4.
Before becoming president of the USA, Theodore Roosevelt was vice president to whom?
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Q5.
The North German Federation together with Bavaria and other southern German states fought which other country in 1870 in what war?
A
Denmark in the First Schleswig War
B
Austria in the Austro-Prussian War
C
Denmark in the Second Schleswig War
D
France in the Franco-Prussian War
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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?
Note: This question was updated in December 2021
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Q7.
Spaniards Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Francisco de Orellana and Lope de Aguirre, Portuguese Pedro Teixeira and Antônio Raposo Tavares o Velho, and Frenchman Charles Marie de La Condamine were involved in the exploration of what area?
Note: This question was updated in March 2022
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