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3 Complete the quiz with words from exercise 1. How well do you know your history? 1 There was a potato (1)... in Ireland; people had nothing to eat and about 1 million people died. It was from 1845 to a) 1852. b) 1864. c) 1870. 2 There were (2)... in the south of England. The water was 0.9m high. The year was a) 1850. b) 1939. c) 2007. 3 There was a terrible (3)... in the year 1988. Many houses and shops burned in the capital of ... a) Italy. b) Portugal. c) Colombia. 4 There was a huge (4)... in Iceland and many planes couldn't fly because of the cloud. The year was. a) 2001. b) 2005. c) 2010. 5 (5)... is a problem in many countries where there isn't much rain. The longest was in the Atacama desert in Chile: it was from 1571 to ... a) 1671. b) 1771. c) 1971.​

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1. There was a famine in Ireland; people had nothing to eat and about 1 million people died. It was from 1845 to a) 1852.

2. There were floods in the south of England. The water was 0.9m high. The year was c) 2007.

3. There was a terrible fire in the year 1988. Many houses and shops burned in the capital of b) Portugal.

4. There was a huge volcanic eruption cloud in Iceland and many planes couldn't fly because of the cloud. The year was c) 2010.

5. Drought is a problem in many countries where there isn't much rain. The longest was in the Atacama desert in Chile: it was from 1571 to c) 1971.

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