Sweden will reinstate military draft

Q: Sweden is to reintroduce its military draft next year amid growing worries about security and difficulties filling the ranks with volunteers. Where is Sweden?

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Q: In announcing plans to resume compulsory military service that ended in 2010, Swedish officials cited aggressive actions by which nation?

A. Finland

B. Germany

C. Russia

D. United States

Q: Russian warplanes carrying out a mock bombing run on Sweden in 2013 that caught air defense napping. Swedish officials are also wary of Russian activities in which sea that borders both nations?

A. Baltic

B. Bering

C. Bismarck

D. Black

Q: In 2014, Sweden celebrated 200 years of . . .

A. Democracy

B. Independence

C. Monarchy

D. Peace

Q: During the 17th century the Swedish Empire was a great European power. But it lost power with the rise of the Russian Empire which built a new capital on territory it captured from the Swedes. What is the name of that city on the Baltic?

A. Moscow

B. Saint Petersburg

C. Stockholm

D. Tallin


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