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  • A. Great Britain
  • B. France
  • C. The Netherlands
  • D. Spain

Explanation: Belgium revolted against the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and gained independence in 1830.

Correct answer: The Netherlands
  • A. Paris
  • B. Lateran Treaty
  • C. Brest-Litovsk
  • D. Versailles

Explanation: The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, imposed the main peace settlement on Germany after World War I.

Correct answer: Versailles
  • A. Tony Blair
  • B. Harold Wilson
  • C. Margaret Thatcher
  • D. Winston Churchill

Explanation: Winston Churchill popularised the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his 1946 speech at Fulton, Missouri, describing the division between…

Correct answer: Winston Churchill
  • A. 1608
  • B. 1688
  • C. 1655
  • D. 1680

Explanation: The Glorious Revolution took place in 1688, when William of Orange and Mary replaced James II on the English throne.

Correct answer: 1688
  • A. Roger Williams
  • B. Anne Hutchinson
  • C. William Penn
  • D. Peter Minuit

Explanation: Roger Williams founded Rhode Island in 1636 after leaving Massachusetts because of disagreements over religious liberty and the separation…

Correct answer: Roger Williams
  • A. Peace of Northphalia
  • B. Peace of Westphalia
  • C. Peace of Southphalia
  • D. Peace of EastphaliaGet Study Guides

Explanation: The Peace of Westphalia, concluded in 1648, ended the Thirty Years' War and is often linked with the development of the modern…

Correct answer: Peace of Westphalia
  • A. Franklin Roosevelt
  • B. Ronald Reagan
  • C. Bill Clinton
  • D. Nevile Chamberlain

Explanation: Neville Chamberlain made this favourable assessment of Adolf Hitler before the failure of appeasement became clear.

Correct answer: Nevile Chamberlain
  • A. Prussia
  • B. Austria
  • C. France
  • D. Russia

Explanation: Klemens von Metternich was an Austrian statesman who served as Austria’s foreign minister and later chancellor.

Correct answer: Austria
  • A. Foch
  • B. Daladier
  • C. Petain
  • D. Champlain

Explanation: Édouard Daladier was the French prime minister who represented France during the Munich appeasement crisis of 1938.

Correct answer: Daladier
  • A. Elizabeth ll
  • B. George Vl
  • C. George V
  • D. Edward Vll

Explanation: Casablanca was released in 1942, during the reign of George VI. Elizabeth II succeeded to the throne in 1952, while George V and Edward…

Correct answer: George Vl
  • A. Howard Taft
  • B. Theodore Roosevelt
  • C. Grover Cleveland
  • D. William McKinley

Explanation: Australia became a federation on 1 January 1901, when William McKinley was still US president.

Correct answer: William McKinley
  • A. Victoria
  • B. George V
  • C. Edward VII
  • D. George VI

Explanation: George V was the British monarch during the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Correct answer: George V
  • A. 22 May 1972
  • B. 12 May 1972
  • C. 2 May 1972
  • D. 20 May 1972

Explanation: Nixon's historic first visit to the Soviet Union began on 22 May 1972 and produced important US-Soviet agreements, including the SALT I…

Correct answer: 22 May 1972
  • A. George Washington
  • B. James Monroe
  • C. Andrew Johnson
  • D. Theodore Roosevelt

Explanation: George Washington was the only US president elected unanimously by the Electoral College, receiving every electoral vote in both 1789 and…

Correct answer: George Washington
  • A. Secretary General UN
  • B. Soviet Premier Aleksey Kosygin
  • C. American President Nixon
  • D. None of theseGet Study Guides

Explanation: Soviet Premier Aleksey Kosygin mediated the 1966 talks between India and Pakistan that produced the Tashkent Declaration.

Correct answer: Soviet Premier Aleksey Kosygin
  • A. Hosni Mubarak & Menachem Begin
  • B. Hafiz Al-Asad & Menachem Begin
  • C. Anwar Sadat & Menachem Begin
  • D. Anwar Sadat & Moshe Dayan

Explanation: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Egypt-Israel peace treaty in 1979 after the Camp David…

Correct answer: Anwar Sadat & Menachem Begin
  • A. Treaty of Rome
  • B. Treaty of Westphalia
  • C. Treaty of Paris
  • D. Treaty of Versailles

Explanation: The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ended the Thirty Years’ War and is associated with the decline of Holy Roman imperial authority and the…

Correct answer: Treaty of Westphalia
  • A. Neville Chamberlain
  • B. Lord Halifax
  • C. Anthony Eden
  • D. Alexander Cadogan

Explanation: Neville Chamberlain negotiated the 1938 Munich Agreement, by which Britain and its allies accepted Nazi Germany's annexation of the…

Correct answer: Neville Chamberlain
  • A. F. W. von der schulenburg
  • B. Constantin von Neurath
  • C. Joachim von Ribbentrop
  • D. Franz von Papen

Explanation: Joachim von Ribbentrop served as Nazi Germany’s Foreign Minister from 1938 until the end of World War II.

Correct answer: Joachim von Ribbentrop
  • A. Edward Smigly-Rydz
  • B. Thomas G. Masaryk
  • C. Eduard Benes
  • D. Klement Gottwald

Explanation: Eduard Beneš was president of Czechoslovakia during the 1938 Munich crisis, when Britain, France, Germany and Italy agreed to the cession…

Correct answer: Eduard Benes