F in Exams The Very Best Totally Wrong (15 page)

Name two animals native to Siberia.

Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

How high is Mount Everest?

The Narmada and the Tapi river valleys are said to be old rift valleys. What is a rift valley?

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

Summarize the major events of the Cold War.

What were the consequences of the Cold War?

Who were the Bolsheviks?

Explain the word “autocracy.”

Explain what is meant by the word “dictator.”

Upon ascending the throne the first thing Queen Elizabeth II did was to…

What was the largest threat to world peace in the 1980s?