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FILL-IN-THE-BLANK SECTION
Please fill in the blank with
the correct answer:
1. In 1344 the _______ ______
broke out in China and India. Also known
as
The Black Death, it effected
many parts of the world until 1400.
2. In 321B.C. young
prince_________________ founded the Mauryan
Empire in India.
3. In 1920, American women were
granted _____________, also known as
the right to vote.
4. The leader of the Fascist
Party in Italy was ________________.
5. An important figure in World
War II, ______________ was the Prime
Minister of England from
1940-1945.
6. ___________ was born about
551B.C. and he was a great prophet and
philosopher in ancient China.
7. The queen of England from
1837-1901 was __________________.
8. In the city of
______________ in Germany, German war criminals were
tried for atrocities during
World War II.
9. Although this form of
government was first introduced in Athens,
Greece in 508B.C.,
______________ is enjoyed in many countries today.
10. The ancient city of _____________
was destroyed by fire in 79A.D.
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MATCHING SECTION
Please write the letter of the
matching correct answer.
1. ____ Ancient Egyptian poet
who A.
Leningrad
wrote The Odyssey and The Iliad
2. ____ Led the Chinese
Communist B.
Salk
Party from 1949 –1976
3. ____ Southeast Asian country
involved C.
Nero
in the Vietnam War.
4. ____ Signed in Versailles,
France in D.
Hiroshima
1919 after the end of World War
I
5. ____ Ruler of Ancient Rome
from E.
Sputnik
54-68A.D.
6. ____ First Soviet spacecraft
launched F.
Homer
in 1957.
7. Developed the vaccine for
polio that G.
D-Day
became widely used in 1955.
8. The allied troops invaded,
Normandy, H.
Laos
France (June 6, 1944).
9. A city where an atomic bomb
was I.
Treaty
dropped during World War II.
10. Former name of St.
Petersburg, Russia. J.
Mao Zedong
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