Question: What event caused the end of the French Third Republic? Answer: The Defeat of France by Germany in 1940 Question: From which country did Belgium gain independence in 1831? Answer: Netherlands Question: Name the Russian leader prior to Vladimir Putin. Answer: Boris Yeltsin Question: Who was the Prime Minister of France during the last two years of the First World War? Answer: Georges Clemenceau Question: By what name is the four month period in 1968 known in Czechoslovakia where political liberalisation existed during an era of Soviet Union domination? Answer: The Prague Spring Question: Up to 1962, the headquaters of the French Foreign Legion had been in which country for over 100 years? Answer: Algeria Question: By what name is the Yugoslav communist leader and statesman Josip Broz better known? Answer: Marshal Tito Question: Which country’s second empire began with the conquest of Algeria in 1830? Answer: France Question: Who in 1968, led the Czechoslovakian government in relaxing state control of industry and allowing freedom of speech against the will of the Soviet Union? Answer: Alexandr Dubcek Question: The Grand Duchy of Finland belonged to which other country between 1809 and 1917? Answer: Russia Question: Which Empire declared war on Russia in 1853? Their resulting defeat gave Russia control of the Black Sea. Answer: The Ottoman Empire
Modern European History in 19th to 21st Century
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