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When did the Chinese Civil War begin?

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1927

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When did Japan invade China?

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1937

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When did the Yalta Conference occur?

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February 1945

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When did the Potsdam conference occur?

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July to August 1945

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When did the USSR establish its control over Eastern Europe?

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1945-1946

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Which original Eastern European countries became a part of the Soviet Sphere?

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Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Poland.

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7
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When did Czechoslovakia become Communist?

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1948

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When did the USA drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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August 1945

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9
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When did the USSR’s nuclear weapon development plan become a success?

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1949

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10
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When did Kennan write the telegram?

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Early 1946

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11
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When did Churchill give the speech about the USSR?

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March 1946

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12
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When did Britain stop supporting the Greek government?

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Early 1947

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13
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By when was Western Europe facing economic issues?

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By early 1947

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14
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When did USA, Britain and France agree to unify their zones of Germany?

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June 1948

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15
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When did Stalin lift the Berlin blockade?

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May 1949

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16
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When was West Germany created?

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September 1949

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When was East Germany created?

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October 1949

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When did construction the barbed-wire barrier set up in Berlin begin?

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The night of the 12th of August 1961.

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19
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When was the North Atlantic Treaty signed?

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April 1949

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20
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When was the Warsaw Pact signed?

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1955

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21
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When was Batista overthrown?

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1 January 1959

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22
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When did the Bay of Pigs invasion occur?

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April 1961

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23
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When did the USA’s quarantine come into effect?

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24 October 1962

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24
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The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of…

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1963

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25
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When did Khrushchev lose his position as leader of the USSR?

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1964

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26
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When did Truman declare American support for a democratic China?

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December 1945

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27
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When was the Truman Doctrine proclaimed?

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March 1947

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28
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When was the PRC proclaimed by Mao?

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1 October 1949

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29
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When did the Hundred Flowers campaign begin?

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May 1956

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30
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When did the campaign against rightists begin?

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June 1957

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31
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What year did the Great Leap Forward begin?

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1958

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32
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When did Mao step down as the Chairman of the PRC?

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1959

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33
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When did violence break out between different groups fighting for power in China?

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1967

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34
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When did Mao order the PLA to restore complete order to China?

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August 1968

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35
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When did the Ussuri and Amur River border clashes occur?

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1969

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36
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When did Lin Biao try to overthrow Mao?

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September 1971

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37
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When did Zhou Enlai call for a program of the Four Modernisations?

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January 1975

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38
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When did Mao die?

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September 1976

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39
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When did Stalin die?

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1953

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40
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When did Khrushchev come into power?

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1955

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41
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When did Nixon first visit China?

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Early 1972

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42
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When did Mao first go to Moscow?

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Late 1949

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43
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When was the Sino-Soviet Treaty signed?

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14 February 1950

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44
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When did the Korean War occur?

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1950 to 1953

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45
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In what year did the USSR recall its military advisers from China?

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1959

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46
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When did the CCP write the formal letter to the CPSU, accusing them of being revisionist?

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1963

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47
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When did China test a nuclear bomb for the first time?

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1964

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48
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When did China produce its first hydrogen bomb?

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1967

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49
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When did Gorbachev visit Beijing to patch up relations?

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May 1989

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50
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When did Kissinger meet Enlai in Beijing?

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July 1971

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51
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When did China first occupy Tibet?

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1950

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52
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When did the Dalai Lana flee to India?

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March 1959

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53
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When did conflict between Pakistan and India over Kashmir begin?

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1947

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54
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When did China and India reach a trade agreement?

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1954

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55
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When were Indians across the border of Tibet and India attacked by Chinese forces?

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1962

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56
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When did the Vietnam War end?

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1975

57
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In what year did Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia?

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1978

58
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In what year did Chinese troops invade Vietnam?

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1979

59
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In what year did the USA’s 7th fleet move between mainland China and Taiwan to protect the KMT?

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1950

60
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In which years did China bomb Taiwanese offshore islands?

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1954-1955 and 1958

61
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What year did a state of what stop between the PRC and ROC?

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1979

62
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When did the Vietnam War begin?

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1965

63
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What year did Deng die in?

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1978

64
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When did protests in a Tiananmen Square begin?

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Early 1989

65
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When did King Shah rule from and to?

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1936 to 1973

66
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When was Daoud prime minister from and to?

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1954 to 1963

67
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What year did the PDPA split?

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1967

68
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When did Daoud’s military coup occur?

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17 July 1973

69
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When was Daoud overthrown?

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27 April 1978

70
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When did Amin take over from Taraki?

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September 1979

71
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When did Karmal take power?

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December 1979

72
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When did Reagan begin the Strategic Defence Initiative?

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1981

73
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What year did Gorbachev become the USSR’s General Secretary?

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1985

74
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In what year was Perestroika implemented?

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1985

75
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In what year was Glasnost implemented?

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1986

76
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In what year could other political parties be formed in the USSR?

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1988

77
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In what year did the free elections for the Congress of People’s Deputies occur?

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1989

78
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In what year was Charter 77 formed?

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1977

79
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In what year did Karol Wojtyla become Pope John Paul II?

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1978

80
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In what year did the strike in Lenin Shipyard occur?

A

1980

81
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In what year did Jaruzelski become head of the Polish government?

A

1981

82
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In what year was Prague Spring?

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1968

83
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In what year did the USSR invade Hungary?

A

1956

84
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In what year was Walesa released from prison?

A

1982

85
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In what year did Walesa win the nobel peace prize?

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1983

86
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When did the Polish Round Table Talks begin?

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February 1989

87
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When were partially free elections held in Poland?

A

June 1989

88
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When did Ceausescu’s Securitate turn against him?

A

November 1989

89
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On what day was Ceausescu executed with his wife?

A

Christmas day of 1989

90
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When did Hungary open borders with Austria?

A

May 1989

91
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When did peaceful protests in the GDR begin to occur?

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September 1989

92
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When did Honecker resign from his party?

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October 1989

93
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When did the Berlin Wall fall?

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9 November 1989

94
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When were free elections held in the GDR?

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March 1990

95
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When was Germany reunified?

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3 October 1990

96
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In what year was Yeltsin elected president of Russia?

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1991

97
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When did the KGB try to force Gorbachev to resign?

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August 1991

98
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When did Russia and 11 other republics declare that they were no longer a part of the USSR?

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21 December 1991

99
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In what year did the US congress pass a law that banned all American investments in South Africa?

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1986

100
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From when to when did the USSR train MK fighters?

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1963 to 1991

101
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When did De Klerk announce to parliament that Mandela would be freed?

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2 February 1990

102
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When was Mandela freed?

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11 February 1990

103
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During which time period did the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale occur?

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From November 1987 to March 1988

104
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When were the New York Accords signed?

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December 1988

105
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In which year did Namibia become independent?

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1990

106
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When did Joe Slovo write the article “Has Socialism failed?

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January 1990

107
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When did the Sebokeng massacre occur?

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12 January 1991

108
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When was the Groote Schuur Minute produced?

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May 1990

109
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When were some of the leaders of Operation Vula arrested?

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July 1990

110
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When was the Pretoria Minute produced?

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August 1990

111
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When was the Goldstone Commission set up?

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Mid 1991

112
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When did CODESA 1 occur?

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December 1991

113
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When was the whites only referendum held?

A

March 1992

114
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When did the Boipatong Massacre occur?

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17 June 1992

115
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When did the Bisho massacre occur?

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7 September 1992

116
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When was the Record of Understanding signed?

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September 1992

117
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When was the Multi-Party Negotiating Council assembled?

A

March 1993

118
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When was Hani assassinated?

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10 April 1993

119
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When was the Volksfront formed?

A

May 1993

120
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When did the AWB terrorise people at the World Trade Centre?

A

25 June 1993

121
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When did the St James massacre occur?

A

25 July 1993

122
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When did the Heidelberg Tavern massacre occur?

A

30 December 1993

123
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When did the Negotiating Council reach a final agreement?

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18 November 1993

124
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When did the Shell House Massacre occur?

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28 March 1994

125
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When was the Constitutional Settlement reached?

A

18 November 1993

126
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In what year was the final constitution draw up?

A

1996

127
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When were Mandela and De Klerk awarded the Nobel Place Prize?

A

October 1993

128
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When was Mandela elected president of South Africa?

A

10 May 1994

129
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In which report did the TRC ask the government for money?

A

October 1998’s report

130
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When did De Klerk apologise to the TRC?

A

May 1997

131
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When was it found that De Klerk knew about the August 1988 Khotso House bombing?

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28 October 1988

132
Q

In which time period was KZN the worst area in SA for political violence?

A

1985 to 1994

133
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In which year did the SADF train an Inkatha paramilitary force in the Caprivi Strip?

A

1986

134
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In which year did Buthelezi comment on the TRC’s favouritism?

A

1997

135
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In which year was Seremane executed?

A

1981

136
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In which year was Seremane recruited and trained in?

A

1976

137
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In which year did the SADF attack ANC camps?

A

1979

138
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When did the ANC send a memorandum asking for Gqozo to be replaced?

A

3 September 1992

139
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When was the National Peace Accord signed?

A

14 September 1991

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