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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Cyprus
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


During 1571 Cyprus was conquered by which Empire ?

 

Spanish
Turkish Ottoman
Greek
British

 Cyprus is thought to have been named after which element, once abundantly found on the island ?

 

Platinum
Copper
Gold
Silver
The population of Cyprus is around

 

80 000
80 million
800 000
8 million

 Which historic town in South West Cyprus has been designated a UN World Heritage Site ?

 

Larnaca
Polis
Akrotiri
Paphos
The capital of Cyprus is ?

 

Morphou
Larnaca
Limmasol
Nicosia

 Cyprus lies in the

 

Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Black Sea
Which of these areas of Cyprus are UK Sovereign Bases ?

 

Akrotiri Dhekelia
Vusilikos Larnaca
Paphos Polis
Kyrenia Rizokarposo

 In the late 19th century & throughout the 20th, which two nations have disputed over Cyprus ?

 

Greece Britain
Greece Turkey
Turkey Britain
France Greece
In 1191 who conquered Cyprus and used the island as a base for the Crusades ?

 

Eleanor of Aquitane
King Louis IX
Richard The Lionheart
Saladin

 Which nation invaded north Cyprus in 1974 ?

 

Turkey
Israel
Greece
Britain


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