If At First You Fall, Try, Try Again

Which Russian monk famously influenced Tsar Nicholas II's family before the fall of the Romanovs?

• Rasputin

• Filofei

• Lenin

• Stalin

What did Filofei mean when he called Russia the 'Third Rome'?

• It was located near ancient Rome

• It would rise after the fall of Byzantium and Rome

• It was built by Romans

• It had three emperors

Which of the following is an example of soft power?

• Foreign aid

• Military invasion

• Economic sanctions

• Cyberattacks

The Concorde and Pan Am are examples of:

• Modern energy sources

• Failed futuristic technologies

• Global nonprofits

• Educational movements

What ancient empire was revived by the Ottonian dynasty?

• Greek

• Mongol

• Holy Roman

• Aztec

Which building was rebuilt after being heavily damaged in a fire in 2019?

• Notre Dame

• Colosseum

• Shuri Castle

• Library of Alexandria

What is a key concept in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series?

• Time travel

• Psychic warfare

• Mathematical prediction of the future

• Robot emperors

Which genre saw a major resurgence through digital revival and viral trends?

• Opera

• Vinyl music

• Silent film

• Radio drama

What is a characteristic of a client state?

• It controls other nations

• It is economically dominant

• It depends on a more powerful country

• It leads a political alliance

In multipolarity, power is:

• Concentrated in one nation

• Distributed among multiple nations

• Shared with corporations

• Lost in global systems