History – every European should know the answers to these 12 questions!

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The October Revolution began in 1917 in:

China

The UK

France

Russia

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During the First World War, the German Empire belonged to:

The Triple Entente

The Central Powers

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Which two countries were the biggest superpowers in the 15th century, leading the exploration of the world and controlling the sea trade?

Austria and Germany

Spain and Portugal

Spain and Great Britain

Italy and France

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___________ revolutionized agriculture in the Middle Ages and made farming much more efficient.

The three-field system

Peter's Pence

The one-field system

The tithe

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The first documented Olympic Games took place in:

44 AD

128 AD

96 BC

776 BC

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Rome burned in the year 64. Which emperor took advantage of the fact that large areas of the city were empty and built a great palace? (His opponents in the Senate later said that he caused the fire in order to free space for the construction.)

Claudius

Augustus

Nero

Caligula

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The Industrial Revolution in Europe began at the end of the 18th century in:

Prussia

The UK

France

Italy

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The political and military alliance of countries that belonged to the so-called Eastern Block that was formally constructed on the basis of the Declaration of Bucharest as a response to the demilitarisation of Western Germany and its accession to NATO was called:

The Prague Pact

The Moscow Pact

The Warsaw Pact

The Budapest Pact

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Who took over the power in France after the Revolution, as a result of the Coup of 18 Brumaire?

Louis XVI

Napoleon Bonaparte

Charles de Gaulle

Maximilien Robespierre

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The ancient trade route that connected European countries located around the Mediterranean Sea and the lands south of the Baltic Sea was called:

The Silk Road

The Amber Road

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On 31 October 1517, _____________ announced his Ninety Five Theses by nailing the paper to the door of a church in Wittenberg. Later, he sent his work to German bishops. By doing so, he started a dispute about the issues he described in the document.

John Calvin

Jan Hus

Martin Luther

Erasmus of Rotterdam

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Which of these pictures shows Queen Victoria, who ruled in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years (from 20 June 1837 until her death) and was proclaimed the Empress of India on 1 January 1877?

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