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Historical Terms III

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Introduction:
"More teasers on Historical Terms, some old and some not quite so old, but all still relevant. I hope you enjoy them."


1. What is the meaning of the term 'Octobrists'?
    A faction of the Weimar Republic after WW1
    A faction that split from the liberal Russian Constitutional movement in 1905
    A group of Hungarian seperatists in 1955
    The faction that took power in Russia in 1917


2. To what did the term OGPU refer?
    WWII German counter terrorism agency
    British High seas counter terrorism department
    Cold War Polish secret police agency
    Soviet security police agency


3. What does the term 'Progressive Era' refer to?
    An era in English politics
    An Industrial slogan
    An era in Roman Catholic teaching
    An era in American politics


4. To what does the term 'Ryotwari' refer?
    A Mogul prince
    A system of tax collecting
    A system of defence against civil unrest
    An 1850 Norwegian reform bill for education of the poor


5. What was meant by the term 'Princely States'?
    The states of Arabia ruled by Arab princes before WWI
    The combined counties of the principality of Wales owing fealty to the Prince of Wales
    Semi independent Indian states in the 19th century
    The medieval states of Muscovy ruled by Muscovite princes


6. What was the actual, NOT literal meaning of the term 'Quo Warranto' as used in medieval England, specifically in the 13th and early 14th centuries?
    A royal warrant of attainder
    A royal demand for a guarantee of good faith
    A royal commission of enquiry
    A Sheriff's warrant of arrest


7. In the mid 20th century, who were the 'Birchers'?
    A group of Swiss bankers
    Advocates of punishment by birching
    Members of a US society
    Mid-west USA farmers association


8. To whom or what did the term 'Muggletonians' refer?
    Judge Jeffreys' two associates after the Monmouth rebellion
    The first governors of Princeton university
    A 17th century religious sect in England
    Governors of the first State schools in Scotland


9. The term 'Kraft durch Freude' was much in use during the Nazi period in Germany. What does it mean?
    Strength through joy
    Work makes one free
    We shall overcome our enemies
    Our friends of the church


10. To what does the Spanish term 'Reconquista' refer?
    Expulsion of Napoleon from Spain
    Reconquest of Central America from break away republics
    Reconquest of Spain from the Moors
    Reconquest of the Canaries after expelling the English


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