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World Politics Flashcards

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Who took over as President of Cuba from his brother Fidel in 2008?

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RAUL CASTRO

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Which organisation was established in 1945 as a replacement for the League of Nations?

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UNITED NATIONS

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Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat shared which award following the signing of the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in 1979?

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NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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Who was Prime Minister for nine years in total between 1994 and 2011 making him the longest-serving post-war Prime Minister of Italy?

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SILVIO BERLUSCONI

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Released from prison in 1990 who became President of South Africa in 1994?

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NELSON MANDELA

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Jean-Marie Le Pen led which party in France from its foundation in 1972 until 2011 when he was succeeded by his daughter?

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NATIONAL FRONT

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Who was third President of Uganda ruling from 1971 to 1979?

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IDI AMIN

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Donald Tusk resigned as prime minister of Poland in 2014 to become president of which European Union institution?

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EUROPEAN COUNCIL

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In 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first elected female head of government and the prime minister of which country?

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CEYLON (OR SRI LANKA)

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Angela Merkel has been the leader of which political party since 2000?

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CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION (CDU)

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Who succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985?

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MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

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Which Prime Minister of India was killed as a result of a suicide bombing in Tamil Nadu in May 1991? (Both names required)

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RAJIV GANDHI

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The first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections who was overthrown in a coup in Chile in 1973?

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SALVADOR ALLENDE

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In which country did “Baby Doc” succeed “Papa Doc” as president in 1971?

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HAITI

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Who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006?

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KOFI ANNAN

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Which Australian prime minister disappeared in December 1967 and was presumed drowned?

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HAROLD HOLT

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Alfredo Stroessner served as president of which country from 1954 to 1989? His 35-year-long rule is the longest in modern Latin American history.

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PARAGUAY

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Which laws in South Africa which were repealed in 1986 were designed to segregate the population and were one of the dominant features of the country’s apartheid system?

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PASS LAWS

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Who declined the presidency of Israel in 1952 following the death of Chaim Weizmann?

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ALBERT EINSTEIN

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Which country gained independence following an agreement signed by MPLA UNITA and the Portuguese government?

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ANGOLA

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Named after the town in Luxembourg where it was signed which 1985 agreement allows for the abolition of systematic border controls between the participating European countries?

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SCHENGEN AGREEMENT

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What is the name of the lower house of the parliament of Russia?

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(STATE) DUMA

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Which prime minister of Sweden was assassinated in Stockholm in 1986 while walking home from a cinema with his wife?

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OLOF PALME

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Which country was suspended from the Commonwealth in 1999 following a military coup but was readmitted in 2004 and suspended again briefly in 2007?

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PAKISTAN

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Goodluck Jonathan was president of which African country from 2010 to 2015?

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NIGERIA

26
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When Botswana gained independence in 1966 who became the first president of the country?

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SERETSE KHAMA

27
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Who was the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany serving from 1949 to 1963?

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KONRAD ADENAUER

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The parliament of which country comprises the upper house called the Rajya Sabha (“Council of States”) and the lower called the Lok Sabha (“House of the People”)?

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INDIA

29
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In 1993 who became the first female prime minister of Canada?

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KIM CAMPBELL

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Which country was added to the government political forum known as the G7 in 1998 which then became the G8 but was suspended from the organisation in 2014?

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RUSSIA

31
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Who became the first Chinese leader to visit the United States in 1979 meeting with President Carter at the White House?

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DENG XIAOPING

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La Casa Rosada (Spanish for “the Pink House”) is the executive mansion and office of the president of which country?

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ARGENTINA

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Alexander Bustamante served as the first prime minister of which country which gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1962?

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JAMAICA

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Who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 until 1987?

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CANAAN BANANA

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Which writer and dissident served as president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003?

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VACLAV HAVEL

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Situated in Canberra what is the primary official residence of the Prime Minister of Australia?

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THE LODGE

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What is the name of the national parliament of Denmark?

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FOLKETING

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Which 1992 treaty named after a town in the Netherlands led to the creation of the European Union and the euro?

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MAASTRICHT TREATY

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Known to quizzers as he is mentioned in We Didn’t Start The Fire by Billy Joel who was the first president of South Korea?

A

SYNGMAN RHEE

40
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Which pianist and composer served as Prime Minister of Poland in 1919?

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IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI

41
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The European Court of Justice is based in which country?

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LUXEMBOURG

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John Key the former prime minister of New Zealand was the head of which political party from 2006 to 2016?

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NATIONAL PARTY

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Which is the only country in Africa that is not a member of the African Union (AU) having left the AU’s predecessor the Organisation of African Unity in 1984?

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MOROCCO

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24 Sussex Drive New Edinburgh (also called Gorffwysfa) is the official residence of the prime minister of which country?

A

CANADA

45
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From 2003 to 2008 which singer guitarist and songwriter served as Brazil’s Minister of Culture?

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GILBERTO GIL

46
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The longest-serving leader in Africa and the longest-serving president in the world Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has been president of which country since 1979?

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA

47
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In 1907 which country became the first in Europe to elect female members of parliament?

A

FINLAND

48
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What is the name of the lower house in the National Diet of Japan?

A

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

49
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The Althing the national parliament of Iceland was founded in which century?

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TENTH (930)

50
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Elected every six months by the Grand and General Council the Captains Regent are the two heads of state of which country?

A

SAN MARINO

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