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title: How empires fell: the map of the 20th century — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Geography
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 37 «How empires fell: the map of the 20th century» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# How empires fell: the map of the 20th century

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The 15 questions of lesson 37 «How empires fell: the map of the 20th century» of the geography course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/t1/) — In EU5 the colonial map of the Americas looks rock solid in 1836. What is the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/t2/) — My mate says the Soviet Union just turned into Russia, simple. Right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/t3/) — If the First World War had not broken the four empires, which country would most likely not have reappeared in 1918? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/t4/) — Why did UN membership jump from 51 in 1945 to more than 140 by 1975? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/t5/) — did every colony just get handed freedom nice n easy — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/t6/) — A friend says Gandhi won India's freedom with a big army. What is wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/t7/) — Your grandma says she remembers when Macau was Portuguese. Could she? — right ✓ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/t8/) — Which happened last? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/t9/) — Britain and France drew straight-line borders for Iraq, Syria and Jordan. What earlier lesson does this match? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/t10/) — wait, Turkey isn't the Ottoman Empire? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/t11/) — Which empire around 1920 covered about a quarter of the world's land? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/e1/) — Identify the empires which were dissolved in consequence of the First World War. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/e2/) — State the designation conferred upon the year 1960 in respect of the African continent, and the reason therefor. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/e4/) — Ascertain the years in which Hong Kong and Macau were respectively restored to China. — wrong ✗ · exam

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