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1. Between 50,000 to 100,000 years ago, a new large-scale movement of Homo sapiens from Africa to Europe was followed by the genocidal extinction of European Neanderthals. Scholars have proposed a number of hypotheses to explain the end of Neanderthals. Which one of those listed below is NOT among them?
2. There were many displacements of peoples in history, but some of them stand out. From 2000 BC to the first century BC, the Celts occupied much of Europe. After the first century BC, they practically disappeared from most of this continent. The statements below describe the causes of this huge loss of territory. One of the statements is false. Can you identify it?
3. The wanderings of the Germanic tribes, sometimes limited to non-violent travel of large numbers of people, other times manifested as downright destructive invasions, led to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. Combined with the migration of the Slavic tribes, the movements of the Germans contributed to the formation of the modern European peoples. Which is the correct mnemonic device that lists chronologically the great European migrations of late antiquity and early Middle Ages?
4. We have seen recently that migrants can turn violent or engage in socially unacceptable behaviors. At one point during the Imperial era, a certain tribe asked permission to settle inside the Roman borders. The Romans agreed but later they regretted it very much. What was the name of this tribe?
5. Citizenship matters are a hot topic nowadays in the Western world, but that was also the case in antiquity. Roman citizenship was highly valued, as the story of St. Paul clearly shows. In the Republican era, the Roman Senate could raise in three days an army 50,000 strong, so patriotic were the early Roman citizens. But a certain Emperor gave a mortal blow to the value of Roman citizenship. He declared Roman citizens all the free people inside the borders because he wanted to be able to collect more taxes. What was the name of this emperor?
6. President Wilson's principle of national self-determination played a crucial role in the birth of many independent states after WWI. Which of the following statement is false?
7. What document includes this statement among its aims: 'To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace'?
8. The migrations that occurred on the Eurasian continent between the fourth and the sixth centuries AD show that the history of this land mass is unitary. In this period, great empires collapsed under the blows of the peoples of the steppes in search of lands providing sustenance. Which of the following statements is false?
9. Who said 'We learn from history that we learn nothing from history'?
10. Before the collapse of the communist dictatorships in Eastern Europe, some citizens of these countries managed to defect to Austria or Italy. In Austria, the refugee camp that received these people was located in Traiskirchen. What was the name of the Italian city that was home to a similar refugee camp?
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