Hard World History Quiz

 

1 - Who is this man?

2 - Which British officer was defeated at Isandlwana by Zulu troops armed with shield and spears?

3 - Friedrich Barbarossa died in 1190, to the great relief of Saladin, while travelling through Asia Minor on crusade. On which Crusade was this?

4 - Since Italian unification in 1861, which of these cities has never at one point been capital of Italy?

5 - Who was the last Great Khan of Mongolia?

6 - Brazil has had 3 capitals during its history. Which are they?

7 - What was the league established by the Macedonian King Philip II to gain hegemony over Greece?

8 - Who was the first Caliph?

9 - What happened to a Dutch fleet during the Napoleonic wars?

10 - When did Newfoundland become a part of Canada?

11 - King Mongkut is known as the Father of Modern ___ ?

12 - The Khanates of Astrakhan and Kazan were conquered in the reign of which Muscovite ruler?

13 - What was the capital of the NorthWest Territory in the modern day USA?

14 - Who is Stamford Raffles?

15 - In which Greek City can you find the first monumental sculpture of Greece (shown below)?

16 - In which country was the use of the longbow first reported?

17 - The Swahili culture is the result of a synthesis of the cultures of costal East Africa and colonizers from:

18 - When was the Welsh act of Union?

19 - 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?

20 - 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?

 

  

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