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Statul Român Modern și Relațiile Internaționale

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  1. Which Roman Emperor conducted two military campaigns (101-102 and 105-106 AD) resulting in the conquest of Dacia?
  2. Under which Wallachian ruler did Wallachian forces defeat Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I at the Battle of Rovine in 1395?
  3. Which Moldavian prince ruled from 1457 to 1504 and famously defeated the Ottoman army at the Battle of Vaslui in 1475?
  4. In which year did Prince Michael the Brave achieve the first political union of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia?
  5. What legal status characterized the relations of the Romanian Principalities with the Ottoman Empire in the pre-modern era?
  6. Which cultural and political movement in 18th-century Transylvania submitted the landmark petition Supplex Libellus Valachorum?
  7. Who led the Wallachian national uprising of 1821 that helped end the Phanariot regime in the Romanian Principalities?
  8. What foundational revolutionary document was proclaimed in Wallachia on 9 June 1848 outlining civil and political rights?
  9. Who served as the military and political leader of the Romanian revolutionary movement in the Apuseni Mountains in 1848-1849?
  10. Under which organic statutes introduced during Russian military administration in 1831-1832 was state modernization begun?
  11. On what two dates in January 1859 was Alexandru Ioan Cuza elected prince, achieving the 'Little Union' of Moldavia and Wallachia?
  12. Which landmark 1864 structural reform enacted by Alexandru Ioan Cuza transferred ownership of land to over 400,000 peasant families?
  13. Which German prince was invited to become the ruling Prince (Domnitor) of Romania in 1866 following Cuza's abdication?
  14. What significant institutional document established Romania's constitutional monarchy and parliamentary regime in 1866?
  15. On what historic date did Foreign Minister Mihail Kogălniceanu read Romania's formal Declaration of Independence in Parliament?
  16. Which decisive siege in late 1877 during the Russo-Turkish War featured Romanian troops led by Prince Carol taking Grivița redoubts?
  17. Which international treaty concluded in July 1878 recognized Romania's state independence and awarded Northern Dobrogea to Romania?
  18. In which year was Prince Carol I crowned King, formally transforming Romania from a principality into an independent Kingdom?
  19. Which major diplomatic treaty signed in 1883 secretly bound the Kingdom of Romania to the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary)?
  20. What petition was presented by Transylvanian Romanian leaders to Emperor Franz Joseph in Vienna in 1892 detailing nationality grievances?
  21. How did Romania position itself at the Crown Council of Sinaia in August 1914 upon the outbreak of World War I?
  22. Which three heroic battles fought in July-August 1917 stopped the German-Austro-Hungarian offensive in southern Moldavia?
  23. On what date did the National Assembly of Romanians in Transylvania assemble at Alba Iulia to proclaim union with the Kingdom of Romania?
  24. Which international peace treaty signed on 4 June 1920 between the Allies and Hungary recognized the union of Transylvania with Romania?
  25. What major democratic principle was enacted in Romania's post-WWI legislation and enshrined in the 1923 Constitution?
  26. Which two political parties dominated Romanian parliamentary democracy during the interwar decade of 1919-1937?
  27. What regional collective security alliance was established in 1921 between Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia?
  28. In February 1938, King Carol II dissolved the parliamentary system and instituted a royal authoritarian regime via which document?
  29. Which territorial concession was Romania forced to make to the Soviet Union following the late June 1940 ultimatums?
  30. What was the territorial consequence of the Second Vienna Award (Dictatul de la Viena) imposed by Germany and Italy on 30 August 1940?
  31. Following King Carol II's abdication in September 1940, who assumed executive power as Conducător of the Romanian state?
  32. On what historic date did King Michael I execute a royal coup, arresting Marshal Antonescu and aligning Romania with the Allies?
  33. Which pro-communist coalition government was imposed in Romania on 6 March 1945 under direct Soviet diplomatic pressure?
  34. What momentous event occurred on 30 December 1947 completing the communist monopolization of power in Romania?
  35. What economic process began in Romania in 1949 and was declared completed in 1962, abolishing private agricultural property?
  36. Which communist leader served as General Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party from 1945 until his death in 1965?
  37. What infamous communist re-education experiment carried out between 1949 and 1951 subjected political prisoners to severe psychological torture?
  38. What landmark document issued by the Romanian Workers' Party in April 1964 asserted independence from Moscow's economic directives?
  39. What international military action did Nicolae Ceaușescu famously condemn in a massive public speech in Bucharest in August 1968?
  40. What was the primary ideological objective of Nicolae Ceaușescu's 'July Theses' delivered in 1971?
  41. What drastic economic policy in the 1980s led to severe rationing of electricity, heat, and basic foodstuffs in Romania?
  42. In which city did the public protests against the forced eviction of Pastor László Tőkés ignite the Romanian Revolution on 16 December 1989?
  43. In which year did Romania achieve full membership in the European Union alongside Bulgaria?

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