World History MCQs

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The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for "its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011"

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It was held in 1955 at Bandung in Indonesia in which 29 countries participated. The idea of covering a Summit Conference of Asian and African countries was first proposed by the then President of Indonesia Sukarnoo back in 1953. The idea was to give a United struggle against ‘imperialism, coloni- alism and racism.

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Albania was declared independent in 1912 from the Ottoman Empire. First Government of Albania was formed in the same year, led by Ismail Qemali. Albanian independence eas due to the success of Albania Revolt of 1912.

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Chile’s economic history is associated with the term “Chicago Boys”. Chicago Boys were a group of Chilean economists of 1970s and 1980s, who were trained at the Department of Economics of the University of Chicago, USA. They were trained under Milton Friedman and Arnold Harberger. They were taken into various key positions of the Chilean Government from 1970 to 1990 and transformed the Chilean economy to Latin America’s best-performing economy.

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Qin Shi Huang became China’s first emperor when he was 38 after conquering all of the other Warring States and unified all of China in 221 BC. He was also responsible for building a city-sized mausoleum for himself, guarded by the life-sized Terracotta Army.

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Naval competition with ancient Phonicians turned the Greeks into good mariners. Gradually they were able to conquere and colonize the whole of the Mediterranean region. This region came to be known as ‘Magna Grecia’ or Greater Greece.

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Paul also called Saint pauls is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age. He did not know Jesus during his ministry and before his Crucifixion.

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Halimah al-Sa’diyah who is also called Hazrat Haleema was the foster-mother of the prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam or Mohammedanism. Halimah and her husband were from the tribe of Sa’d b. Bakr, which was a subdivision of Hawazin.

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During the age of Feudalism in Europe the land given to the peasants was termed as fief or feud and the produce from the land was enjoyed by the king, the feudal lords and the subjects, as per the contract.

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Christopher Columbus who was an Italian explorer and navigator was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia. On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus officially set foot in the Americas and claimed the land for Spain.