Questions & Answers
Browse all 20 questions from the
Modern History Geographical Focus study set below.
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1
Which country moved its capital city from Rio de Janeiro to a newly planned city in the interior in 1960?
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A
Argentina
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B
Brazil
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C
Colombia
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D
Chile
2
In 1947, the Radcliffe Line was established to determine the border between which two newly independent nations?
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A
India and Pakistan
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B
Vietnam and Laos
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C
Indonesia and Malaysia
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D
Sudan and Egypt
3
The 1961 construction of the Berlin Wall physically divided which German city?
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A
Munich
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B
Hamburg
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C
Berlin
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D
Frankfurt
4
Which canal, nationalized by Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1956, became the focal point of a major international crisis?
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A
Panama Canal
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B
Suez Canal
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C
Kiel Canal
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D
Corinth Canal
5
Which island nation was the site of a major Cold War missile crisis in 1962?
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A
Jamaica
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B
Dominican Republic
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C
Cuba
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D
Haiti
6
What is the name of the peninsula that was divided at the 38th parallel following a conflict that began in 1950?
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A
Indochinese Peninsula
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B
Korean Peninsula
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C
Malay Peninsula
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D
Balkan Peninsula
7
In 1990, the two territories of North and South Yemen were unified to form the Republic of Yemen, located on which peninsula?
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A
Sinai Peninsula
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B
Arabian Peninsula
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C
Iberian Peninsula
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D
Appennine Peninsula
8
The Treaty of Trianon, which significantly altered the borders of Hungary after WWI, was signed in which city?
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A
Paris
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B
Vienna
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C
Budapest
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D
Prague
9
Which city served as the capital of the Republic of South Vietnam before it was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1976?
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A
Hanoi
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B
Da Nang
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C
Saigon
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D
Hue
10
Which African nation was formerly known as Northern Rhodesia before gaining independence in 1964?
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A
Zimbabwe
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B
Zambia
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C
Malawi
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D
Botswana
11
The 1975 independence of East Timor ended centuries of colonial rule by which European nation?
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A
Spain
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B
Netherlands
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C
Portugal
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D
United Kingdom
12
Which body of water was the primary theater for the 1982 conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina?
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A
South Atlantic Ocean
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B
Mediterranean Sea
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C
Indian Ocean
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D
Caribbean Sea
13
Which capital city was relocated from Almaty to a city in the northern steppe in 1997?
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A
Uzbekistan
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B
Kazakhstan
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C
Kyrgyzstan
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D
Turkmenistan
14
The 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia resulted in the creation of the Czech Republic and which other independent nation?
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A
Slovakia
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B
Slovenia
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C
Serbia
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D
Croatia
15
Which country became the first to grant women the right to vote in national elections in 1893?
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A
Norway
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B
New Zealand
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C
Canada
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D
Finland
16
Which European city was the site of the 1945 conference where the post-WWII division of Germany was planned?
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A
Yalta
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B
Potsdam
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C
Moscow
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D
London
17
Which archipelago in the South Pacific became an independent nation in 1970 after being a British protectorate?
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A
Fiji
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B
Vanuatu
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C
Tonga
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D
Solomon Islands
18
The 1994 genocide took place in which landlocked Central African country?
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A
Uganda
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B
Burundi
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C
Rwanda
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D
Tanzania
19
Which territory was returned to Chinese sovereignty by the United Kingdom in 1997?
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A
Macau
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B
Taiwan
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C
Hong Kong
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D
Hainan
20
Which country's 1979 revolution replaced a monarchy with an Islamic republic?
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A
Iraq
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B
Iran
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C
Syria
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D
Turkey
