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    WORLD, SPANISH AND CANARIAN HISTORY
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  • What document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king?
    Magna Carta
    The bill of Rights
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  • Which empire was ruled by Julius Caesar /ˈsiː.zə/ ?
    Ottoman Empire
    Roman Empire
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  • What year did World War II end?
    1945
    1942
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  • Which queen was the longest-reigning British monarch before Queen Elizabeth II?
    Queen Victoria
    Queen Anne
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  • Which country was Nelson Mandela the president of?
    Nigeria
    South Africa
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  • What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620?
    Sunflower
    Mayflower
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  • What was the Great Famine /ˈfæm.ɪn/ in Ireland primarily caused by?
    a major earthquake
    The potato blight
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  • Which city was the capital of Ireland before Dublin?
    Kilkenny
    Belfast
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  • Which war was fought /fɔt/ between the North and South in the United States?
    Civil War
    Slave War
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  • What was the name of the ancient /ˈeɪn.ʃnt/ trade route that connected Asia /ˈeɪ.ʒə/and Europe?
    Silk road
    Trans-Siberian path
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  • Which English king famously had six wives?
    Henry VIII
    Richard III
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  • In what year did the Republic of Ireland gain full independence from the UK?
    1916
    1949
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  • What event in 1066 changed the course of English history?
    The English Civil War
    The Norman Conquest
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  • Who was the Prime Minister of the UK during World War II?
    Winston Churchill
    Neville Chamberlain
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  • Who sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage /ˈvɔɪ.ɪdʒ/ to the Americas in 1492?
    King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
    King Philip II
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  • What was the name of the Spanish Armada defeated by England in 1588?
    La Flota de Oro
    La Armada Invencible
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