The ________ in the United States, fought between the Northern and Southern states, lasted from 1861 to 1865.
civil war
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A ________ is a soldier who usually works alone and specializes in shooting from very long distances.
sniper
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In the early 1930s, the divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson ____________ the heart of the heir to the British throne, who soon after became King Edward VIII. Their intended marriage caused a constitutional crisis.
captured
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On 3rd September 1783, a peace ________ was signed between the United States and Britain that ended the American War of Independence.
treaty
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On 8th December 1941, President Roosevelt ____________war on Japan following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the previous day.
declared
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After the siege of Constantinople in 1204 the Crusaders ________ the city and transferred its riches to Italy.
Looted
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In 2018, convicted British football hooligans had to _______________ their passports to police to prevent them from travelling to the World Cup in Russia.
surrender
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lifesaver
Give 20 points!
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seesaw
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fairy
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lifesaver
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In 1805, naval ________ Horatio Nelson led the British Royal Navy to destroy the French-Spanish Fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.
commander
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banana
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fairy
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rocket
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baam
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The total number of ________, (people killed or injured) caused directly by the First World War was around 40 million.
casualties
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In December 1914, Pope Benedict XV suggested a temporary break in World War I for the celebration of Christmas. While an official ________ was refused, many soldiers declared their own unofficial truce.
ceasefire
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The battleship Bismarck was sunk during the Second World War. Of a crew of 2,200, there were only 114 _______________.
survivors
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The Great Fire of London ________ in a bakery on 2nd September 1666 and wasn’t extinguished until four days later.
broke out
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In 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes attempted to ________ the Houses of Parliament in London with barrels of gunpowder.