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World History: Decolonisation and the Contemporary World

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  1. Which constitution did France adopt in 1958?
  2. Which treaty of 1992 created the European Union?
  3. Which 1954 battle ended French rule in Indochina?
  4. Which international accord of 2015 set a goal of limiting global warming?
  5. Which leader started perestroika in the Soviet Union in the 1980s?
  6. Which agreement, signed in 1985 and implemented in 1995, abolished checks at many European borders?
  7. In which year did the euro notes and coins enter into circulation?
  8. Which country held a referendum in June 2016 on leaving the European Union?
  9. Which year is called the 'year of Africa' because many colonies became independent?
  10. In which year did Algeria become independent from France?
  11. Which student and worker movement shook France in 1968?
  12. In which year did the European Economic Community begin with the Treaty of Rome?
  13. Which French politician proposed the pooling of coal and steel in 1950?
  14. Which treaty reformed the European Union institutions in 2007?
  15. Which attacks of 11 September 2001 targeted the United States?
  16. Which year saw the reunification of Germany?
  17. What was the Bandung Conference of 1955?

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