World History MCQs

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As Hitler was committing acts of aggression one after another in Rhineland, Sudetenland, Austria, etc. Britain and France were accepting them one after another. This policy was called the policy of appeasement. Hitler’s next demand was to annex entire Czechoslovakia. The worst act of appeasement and shameful betrayal took place when Czechoslovakia was handed over to Germany. In September 1938, a meeting was held in Munich, and it was decided to hand over Czechoslovakia to Germany. In March 1939, Germany marched its troops into the remaining parts of Czechoslovakia and occupied it. So, option c is the correct answer.

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The British took over the administration of Burma after three Anglo-Burmese Wars in the 19th century. On 4 January 1948, Burma (now known as Myanmar) got independence from Britain, under the terms of the Burma Independence Act 1947. The new country was named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu as its first Prime Minister.

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The Treaty of Paris of 1856 settled the Crimean War between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire, Second French Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The treaty, signed on March 30, 1856 at the Congress of Paris, made the Black Sea neutral territory between the warring states.

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Most historians describe late 1950s as the era of decolonization. It was in this decade that large-scale decolonization in Africa first began. In 1951 Libya became the first African country to gain independence in the decade, and in 1954 the Algerian War began. 1956 saw Sudan, Morocco, and Tunisia become independent, and Ghana became the first sub-saharan African nation to gain independence in 1957.

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Operation Desert Storm was a military operation in 1991 to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. The operation was the response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. President George H. W. Bush announced the start of the operation on January 16, 1991.
Operation Desert Storm was the first major foreign crisis for the United States after the end of the Cold War. It was the largest air campaign since the conflict in Southeast Asia. The U.S. and its allies defeated the Iraqi forces in 100 hours. During the operation, the U.S. and its allies destroyed over 3,000 tanks, 1,400 armored personnel carriers, and 2,200 artillery pieces.
Operation Desert Storm is also known as the first Gulf War. 75% of the coalition forces were from the U.S..

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Spain planned to reach the east by sailing westwards. On August 10, 1519, Ferdinand Magellan had sailed with five Spanish ships – namely, Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepcion, Victoria, and Santiago- from the port of Sevilla.

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The second Continental Congress met in May 1775 at Philadelphia. Delegates from all the thirteen colonies attended this Congress. Prominent leaders like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin participated in it. George Washington was made the Commander-in-Chief of the American army.

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The Revolutionary government at Paris led by Danton massacred 1500 suspected supporters of the French king. Then the French army defeated the Austrian army at Valmy. This was known as the “September Massacres”.

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On December 30, 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics came into being. However, soon the new Soviet state was involved in a civil war. The officers of the army of the fallen Tsar organised an armed rebellion against the Soviet state. Troops of foreign powers—England, France, Japan, the United States and others— joined them. War was fought till 1920. By this time the ‘Red Army’ of the new state was in control of almost all the lands of the old Czarist empire. Indeed, a revolutionary wave lasted until 1923.

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After the 1970s, the friction between the Soviet Union and Communist China led to Sino-Soviet rift. The People’s Republic of China was admitted into the UN. President Nixon of U.S.A. visited Moscow in May 1972 and concluded the SALT -I Treaty (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty). In June 1973, Brezhnev paid a nine-day visit to the United States and further progress was made in the direction of strategic arms limitation. This reduction of tension between the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. is known as era of détente.