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	Hard World History Quiz 1 - After Japan closed itself from foreigners in the 17th century, from which nationality were the only traders who had the right to trade with Japan in the bay of Osaka? English Dutch Spanish Portuguese 2 - Out of the following unsucessful US Presidential candidates, who won the most electoral votes? Strom Thurmond George McGovern Walter Mondale Eugene V. Debbs 3 - On which island did the Dutch East India Company establish Batavia as the center of its control of the spice trade in the early 17th century? Sumatra Timor Celebes Java 4 - What did the Battle of the Plains of Abraham decide? The Boer War. The fate of the Jewish resistance to the Roman Empire. The fate of French colonialism in North America. The War of Texas Independence. 5 - Which Middle Eastern empire created its own language for government use? The Safavids The Mamluks The Ottomans The Il-Khanate 6 - Which European nation briefly conquered Taiwan in the 17th century? Spain Japan The Netherlands Portugal 7 - Which Brazilian president ordered the construction of Brasília? Getúlio Vargas Lula da Silva Juscelino Kubitschek Fernando Collor 8 - When was Malaysia formed? 1925 1948 1963 1985 9 - Where is the oldest university in Europe? Oxford Rome Bologna Paris 10 - What was the capital of the NorthWest Territory in the modern day USA? Detroit Dayton Chillicothe Chicago 11 - From which country did Singapore receive Independence? Thailand France Malaysia The United Kingdom 12 - Which crusade founded the Latin empire in Constantinople? The second crusade The third crusade The fourth crusade The fifth crusade 13 - Approximatively how many people died during the Swiss Sonderbundskrieg? One hundred One thousand Ten thousand One hundred thousand 14 - The 25th Dynasty of Egypt originally ruled which foreign empire? Libya Nubia Persia None, it was native Egyptian 15 - How did the Mycenian civilisation come to an end? Volcano Eruption Doric Invasions Invasions from the sea Internal Factors 16 - What was the league established by the Macedonian King Philip II to gain hegemony over Greece? Achaean League League of Corinth Amphictyonic League League of Argos 17 - What was the last Republican city to fall to the Nationalist in the Spanish Civil War? Zaragoza Murcia Toledo Valencia 18 - Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Indian Mutiny in 1857? The annexation of Oudh by the British after its ruling dynasty was declared lapsed and incompetent to rule The replacement of Persian with English as the official legal language in British East India Company territories The decision to adopt Enfield Rifles with cartridges greased in pig and cow tallow that soldiers had to rip open with their teeth Britain's establishment of the Hindu Dogra Rajputs as rulers of predominantly Muslim Kashmir 19 - What was the name of the (possibly mythical) first ruling dynasty of China? Shang Han Chin Xia 20 - When did the last emperor of China ascend the throne? 1685 1895 1909 1923 Homepage