1.
What is or are the machair?
A
A commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France
B
An indigenous tribe in south-west Ecuador
C
Calcareous, fertile, dune grasslands unique to northern Scotland and Ireland
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4.
Which American singer, actress, songwriter and author who was born Cherilyn Sarkisian has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards?
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6.
In 1516, English humanist Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) published "Utopia", which describes an ideal society based on what economic theory?
A
Taxes paid by all men according to their means to pay, and spent on all men according to their need
B
All land owned in common, plus universal education and religious tolerance
C
Specialisation of labour, collective ownership of resources, and money as units of credit
D
Outlawing of usury and monopoly
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7.
Cyrus the Great of Persia, for his religious tolerance, power and skill the only non-Jew to be acclaimed as the Messiah, founded the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BCE which stretched how far?
A
Italy in the west to Afghanistan in the east
B
Iraq in the west to Afghanistan in the east
C
Mesopotamia and Egypt in the west to Kazakhstan in the east
D
Asia Minor in the west to the northwestern areas of India in the east
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