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Medieval, Ottoman and Modern Bulgaria

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  1. In which year was the First Bulgarian Empire founded by Khan Asparuh?
  2. Which ruler converted Bulgaria to Christianity in 864?
  3. Who ruled Bulgaria during its Golden Age, from 893 to 927?
  4. Who are the saint brothers who created the Glagolitic alphabet?
  5. In which year did the April Uprising take place?
  6. Which treaty of 3 March 1878 created a large Bulgarian state?
  7. Who is known as the 'Apostle of Freedom' in Bulgarian history?
  8. When did Bulgaria become a member of the European Union?
  9. What happened in Bulgaria on 10 November 1989?
  10. Which city became the capital of the Bulgarian state in 1879?
  11. Which khan defeated the Byzantine emperor Nicephorus I in 811?
  12. Which event ended the First Bulgarian Empire in 1018?
  13. Which two brothers began the uprising of 1185 that restored the Bulgarian state?
  14. In 1230 Tsar Ivan Asen II won which famous battle?
  15. When did Tarnovo, the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, fall to the Ottomans?
  16. What was the significance of the Bulgarian Exarchate of 1870?
  17. Which document, adopted in 1879, was the first constitution of modern Bulgaria?
  18. Who was the first prince of the Principality of Bulgaria after liberation?
  19. In which year did the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia take place?
  20. When did Bulgaria declare its full independence from the Ottoman Empire, and who became tsar?
  21. Bulgaria fought in the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913. Which country formed an alliance with Bulgaria against the Ottomans in 1912?
  22. In 1943, what happened to the Jews living within Bulgaria's pre-war borders?
  23. What happened on 9 September 1944 in Bulgaria?
  24. In what year did Bulgaria become a member of NATO?
  25. Why is the Battle of Kleidion (1014) remembered?
  26. Which document set the borders of Bulgaria in 1878 after San Stefano, dividing the large state into parts?
  27. Why was the Second Balkan War of 1913 a disaster for Bulgaria?
  28. Under the Treaty of Neuilly (1919), what happened to Bulgaria?
  29. Who was the Bulgarian ruler from 1918 to 1943, whose reign ended with his sudden death?
  30. Which statement about Todor Zhivkov is correct?
  31. Which feature shows that the Tarnovo Constitution of 1879 was liberal for its time?
  32. Which Bulgarian ruler, in 1396, lost his capital Vidin to the Ottomans?
  33. Which people lived in the Bulgarian lands before the Slavs and the Bulgars and left rich tombs and gold treasures?
  34. Which empire ruled the Bulgarian lands from the end of the fourteenth century until 1878?
  35. Why is the Second Bulgarian Empire's capital Tarnovo important for Bulgarian history?

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