History Quiz #436
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Q1. What was the immediate cause for the May 1980 Kwangju (or Gwangju) Uprising in South Korea?
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Q2. From the 1860s most trains heading to the south of the USA passed through which city's transit hub?
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Q3. At which battle, which began on 4 May 1942, were Japanese losses at least 7 warships, with over 20 others damaged, and USA losses included the aircraft carrier "Lexington" and two other ships?
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Q4. In a famous speech by Winston Churchill on 4 June 1940 that began "We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans", he went on to say that "we shall fight" in the air, on the beaches, on the landing grounds, in the fields, in the streets, and where else?
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Q5. From 1949 to 1989, with final closure in 1991, what did the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) do in the then Kazakh Republic?
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Q6. The states now called North and South Carolina were originally one province, Carolina. Why was it so named?
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Q7. In 1487, Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Diaz was the first European to sail past which landmark?
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