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Chapter 4 Quiz
The Nation-State Past and Present
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____________ is the world's newest state.
Palau
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South Sudan
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East Timor
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Eritrea
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West Germany and East Germany reunited in _______________.
1993
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1989
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1992
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1990
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The USSR dissolved in December of _____________.
1993
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1991
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1992
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1990
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The Peace of Westphalia was signed in ____________.
1646
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1648
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1638
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1628
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The king of the Franks ________________ (742-814 CE) gained control over most of western and central Europe.
2 Merovech
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Charlemagne
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Clovis II
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Theudebald
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The Eighty Years' Wars was from ________________.
1568-1648
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1645- 1725
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1618-1698
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1521-1601
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incorrect
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The Thirty Years' Wars was from ________________.
1590-1620
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1645- 1675
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1618-1648
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1521-1551
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The last of the huge multiethnic empires to collapse was the _________________.
Han Dynasty
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British Empire
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Soviet Union
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Holy Roman Empire
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Self-determination contributed to the decline and fall of the Spanish empire in the ___________.
1700s
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1800s
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1600s
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1900s
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The Rwandan genocide was in __________.
1994
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1996
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1990
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1992
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Which one of these ethnic groups is not South Sudanese?
Dinka
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Nuer
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Tswana
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Bari
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During an address to the Fiftieth UN General Assembly in 1995 ________________ acknowledged the two faces of nationalism.
President Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa
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Pope John Paul II
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Jigme Singye Wangchuck, former King of Bhutan
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Bill Clinton, former President of the U.S.
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In 2018 Freedom House noted that since World War II, the proportion of the world's countries that are considered
free has
increased from ________ in 1950 to ________ in 2018.
25%; 50%
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30%; 55%
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28%; 45%
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20%;40%
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The Rwandan genocide was in the 1990s was due to attacks on the ______________ by the ___________.
Tutsis; Hutus
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Banyarwanda; Wahinda
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Kiga people; Barundi
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Nyiginya; Bafumbira
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___________ of the world's countries have populations smaller than that of Los Angeles, CA.
One-half
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One-quarter
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One-third
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One-fifth
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During the
Euromaidan revolution
in __________ corrupt President ___________ was removed.
Tunisia; Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Yemen; Ali Muhammad Mujawar
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Ukraine; Viktor Yanukovych
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Egypt; Hosni Mubarak
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