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What is the name of the 300-year when explorers in newly invented sailing ships out from Europe to find new trade routes?
a) Age of Ships
b) Age of Trade
c) Age of Exploration
d) Age of Europe

In the 1700\'s, the UK sent many people, who were convicts, to _________ and set up a colony.
a) Australia
b) America
c) New Zealand
d) Brazil

The Russian Revolution anded the rule of the Romanov dynasty and ushered in the dictatorship of ____________.
a) Adolph Hitler
b) Benito Mussolini
c) Josef Stalin
d) Vladimir Lennin

After World War I, the entire world suffered economically due to
a) the rise of the superpowers
b) the rise of Facism
c) the development of nuclear weapons
d) a worldwide depression

Which Portugese Prince started a school where people could learn how to sail and navigate?
a) Prince Ferdinand the Magellan
b) Prince Henry the Navigator
c) Prince Christopher the Explorer
d) Prince William the Conqueror

Why did the Nazi\'s concentration camps in WWI?
a) To manufacture new weapons
b) To train German SS Troops
c) To hold Allied prisoners of war
d) To exterminate 6 million Jews

After WWII, the US & USSR became
a) world superpowers
b) allies in the Cold War
c) third world countries
d) scapegoats for the war on terror

The USSR set out to reform its government and economy during the 1980's. What was the end result?
a) They stopped trading with other countries around the world.
b) Their economy rebounded to its highest ever.
c) The entire government collapsed and communism ended in the USSR.
d) The country returned to the rule of the Romanovs.

The Berlin Wall came down in 1989. What happened to East and West Germany as a result of this action?
a) East Germany started to compete with West Germany.
b) East Germany and West Germany held different elections.
c) They went to war.
d) They reunited and became one Germany.

Which of the following was an important cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917?
a) differences between religious and ethnic groups of Russia
b) an unsuccesful attempt by China to invade Russia
c) differences among social and economic classes in Russia
d) an unsuccesful attempt by Britian to invade Russia

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