The ........................in the United States – fought between the Northern and Southern States – lasted from 1861 to 1865.
Civil war
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heart
Other team wins 5 points!
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star
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rocket
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baam
Lose 25 points!
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In 2019, there were 26 million ..................... globally, the majority of whom had fled their home countries due to war and persecution.
Refugees
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trap
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seesaw
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rocket
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thief
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In 1805, naval ....................Horatio Nelson led the British Royal Navy to destroy the French-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Commander
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In 2018, convicted British football hooligans had to ....................their passports to police to prevent them from travelling to the World Cup in Russia.
Surrender
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In Sweden, compulsory service in the armed .....................– army, navy, or air force – was abolished in 2010, but then reintroduced in 2018.
Force
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After the siege of Constantinople in 1204, the Crusaders ................the city and transferred its riches to Italy.
Looted
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Nelson Mandela was ......................in 1990 after having been imprisoned for 27 years.
Released
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Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole were nurses who improved the treatment of the ......................in the Crimean War from 1853–6.
Wounded
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A ........................is a soldier who usually works alone and specializes in shooting from very long distances. The word originates from the British occupation of India in the 1800s
Sniper
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In December 1914, Pope Benedict XV suggested a temporary break in World War I for the celebration of Christmas. While an official ........................was refused, many soldiers declared their own unofficial truce.
Ceasefire
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Two of Henry VIII’s six wives were.............. , two he divorced, one died following childbirth, and the last one survived.
Executed
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On 3rd September 1783, a peace ..................... was signed between the United States and Britain that ended the American War of Independence.
Treaty
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The total number of ............................(people killed or injured) caused directly by the First World War was around 40 million.