1) Which was the "jewel of the crown" of the British Empire? a) Canada b) India c) Australia 2) How big was the British Empire? a) 1/4 of the world's land surface b) 1/3 of the world's land surface c) Half of the world's land surface 3) Where were the first English colonies? a) India b) Australia c) North America 4) How old was Mahatma Gandhi when he was assassinated?  a) 68 b) 78 c) 88 5) When did India gain its independence? a) 1947 b) 1957 c) 1967 6) Who were the Allies in WWII? a) The US, Germany, the UK, the Soviet Union b) France, Germany, the UK, Japan c) The US, the UK, France, Italy d) The US, the UK, France, the Soviet Union 7) When did the Cold War begin? a) After WWI b) After WWII c) After the Industrial Revolution 8) Who were at the Yalta conference?  a) Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt b) Stalin, Churchill, Truman c) Stalin, Attlee, Truman 9) The imaginary line dividing Europe between Soviet influence and Western influence was called... a) Fire Curtain b) Iron Division c) Iron Curtain d) Deadly Division 10) A country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic, and military influence or control from another country is called...  a) satellite state b) democratic state c) influenced state d) proxy state 11) Americans assumed that as soon as one country became Communist, the neighbouring one would follow. This was referred to as... a) the Domino Theory b) the Marshall Aid c) the Truman Doctrine 12) After the Second World War two countries emerged as superpowers: __________ and __________ a) the US - Germany b) the US - the Soviet Union c) the UK - the Soviet Union d) the US - the UK 13) The Truman Doctrine was the beginning of US policy for the Cold war. This policy was called __________: they wanted to prevent communism from spreading. The economic measure taken was to aid those countries who needed to recover after the war. a) Airlift b) Satellite c) Containment 14) The East German government built the __________ __________ to prevent people from east Germany from migrating to the prosperous West. a) Berlin Blockade b) Berlin Wall c) Berlin Airlift 15) Espionage was used by major nations in order to gather secret or sensitive information about rival states. The organizations were called: _____________ (USA) and the _____________ (USSR) a) CIA - KGB b) CIA - MVD  c) CIA - MSB 16) The Korean War and the Vietnam War were regarded as... a) iron wars b) satellite wars c) proxy wars 17) Which of these wars lasted 20 years?  a) the Vietnam War b) the Korean War c) the Cuban Missile Crisis 18) The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. This was called... a) the Berlin Blockade b) the Berlin Airlift c) the Berlin Wall 19) A term that refers to a political and economic ideology that positions itself in opposition to liberal democracy and capitalism, advocating instead for a classless system in which the means of production are owned communally and private property is nonexistent or severely curtailed. a) Capitalism b) Communism c) Socialism 20) A term that refers to the competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. a) Space Race b) Space Run c) Space Fight d) Space Trap 21) Which of these kings abdicated for love? a) George V b) George VI c) Edward VIII 22) Which of these monarchs made the first ever royal Christmas broadcast on the radio, in 1932?  a) George V b) George VI c) Edward VIII d) Elizabeth II 23) Which of these kings was a shy man and suffered from a stammer?  a) George V b) George VI c) Edward VIII 24) Which of these kings was Queen Elizabeth II's father? a) George V b) George VI c) Edward VIII 25) Which of these monarchs had to cope with World War II and did it successfully?  a) George V b) George VI c) Edward VIII d) Elizabeth II 26) Which of these kings is the Oscar-winning film 'The King's Speech' based on?  a) George V b) George VI c) Edward VIII

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