Modern Britain 1951-2007
Britain: Culture
Russia 1855-1964
Russia Hard x2
Tudor Rebellions
100
in the late 1800s, Britain engineered this structure to connect the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.

Suez Canal

100

What year did Britain invade Iraq

2003

100

Which mystic, close to the Royal Family was murdered in 1916?

(Hint: Boney M song)

Rasputin

100

Name three ethnic groups within the Russian Empire.

Russians

Ukrainians

Belarusians

Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian

Kazakhs

Turkmen

Crimean Tatars etc.

100

Who was the first Tudor?

Henry VII
200

Prime Minister and architect of "New Labour"

Tony Blair
200
Which playwright is associated with "angry young men"?

John Osborne

200

The abolition of which social system in 1861 accelerated Russia's economic development?

Serfdom

200

Name Russia's major Eastern port city on the Sea of Japan

Vladivostok
300

Which country attempted to annex the British Falklands islands in 1982

Argentina

300

Put these in chronological order:

Hippie

Yuppies

Mods and Rockers

Britpop/Girlpower and Acid House

Mods

Hippies

Yuppies

Britpop

300

Russia fought several wars against this Great Power to cement its influence in the Balkans, Black Sea, and Caucasus.

Ottoman Empire

300

The Soviet Union invaded which country alongside Britain to ensure access of lend-lease through the Indian Ocean?

Iran

300

Under which monarch did the Northern Earl Revolt occur?

Elizabeth I

400
In 1952, Britain tested a fully functioning _______.

Nuclear Bomb

400

Who was the main act of LiveAid?

Queen

400

What staggered economic strategy did Stalin employ for the development of Soviet industry?

5-year plans focused on heavy industry

400
Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5) lost removed which Chinese territory from Russia's sphere of influence?

Manchuria (+100 for Port Arthur)

500

The industrialization of this country forced Britain to drastically reduce industrial output and switch to a service in the late 1980s and 90s.

China

500

What kind of transport did the "mods"

Vespa, or Lambretta, Mopeds

500

Name 5 Asian that were once part of the USSR/Russian Empire.

(hint: Stan)

Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan

Turkmenistan

500

Which city in the Caucasus was famous for its enormous petroleum reserves and processing facilities.

Baku

500

Where was the Pilgrimage of Grace?

Yorkshire

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