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Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

When was the Berlin Wall built?

  1. 1861

  2. 1889

  3. 1898

  4. 1961
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin.

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

Where was the Chernobyl Power Complex located?

  1. Ukraine

  2. Japan

  3. USA

  4. China
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Chernobyl Power Complex was a nuclear power plant of four reactors built by the USSR in their satellite state of Ukraine in the 1970s and 1980s. This was an important time for the USSR when the nation's economy was starting to struggle thanks to the costs of the Cold War.

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

When 'The Mini' first produced?

  1. 1948

  2. 1954

  3. 1959

  4. 1960
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The first Mini, or Mark I, was launched in 1959. The Mark I Mini (19591967) was the first version of British Motors Corporation's Mini. It is characterized by its sliding windows, external door hinges and "mustache" grille. In the United Kingdom the Mark I was produced between 1959 and 1967.

 

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

In which year the Man landed on the moon?

  1. 1967

  2. 1969

  3. 1970

  4. 1971
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The astronauts also returned to Earth the first samples from another planetary body.

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

Where was the first nuclear power plant made?

  1. Calder Hall in England

  2. Obninsk, Russia

  3. Fort Belvoir, Virginia in USA

  4. Tarapur, India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

On June 27, 1954, the world's first nuclear power station to generate electricity for a power grid, the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, started operations in Obninsk, the Soviet Union. The world's first full-scale power station, Calder Hall in England, opened on October 17, 1956.



 

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

When did Germany become a single country?

  1. 1871

  2. 1875

  3. 1877

  4. 1881
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Up till 1871, Germany had not been a single country, but a collection of many tiny states. In 1871, however, Prussia the biggest German state defeated France in a war. Germany took the two French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine and the new German Empire was declared in the Palace of Versailles near Paris.

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

In which year Nelson Mandela was freed from prison?

  1. 1989

  2. 1990

  3. 1991

  4. 1993
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison, split between Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison, and Victor Verster Prison. Amid growing domestic and international pressure, and with fears of racial civil war, President F. W. de Klerk released him in 1990.

Multiple choice introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

How did the arrival of Germany onto the world stage destabilize international relations? 

  1. The new Germany was an economic superpower

  2. The new Germany was a military superpower

  3. Both A and B

  4. Neither A nor B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The arrival of Germany onto the world stage destabilised international relations. The new Germany was an economic and military superpower and it frightened the other nations.