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	Hard World History Quiz 1 - When did the last emperor of China ascend the throne? 1685 1895 1909 1923 2 - Which British officer was defeated at Isandlwana by Zulu troops armed with shield and spears? Lt. Gen. Lord Chelmsford Sir Henry Bartle Frere Lord Baden-Powell Sir Theophilus Shepstone 3 - In which modern country does Kapilvastu, birthplace of Buddha, lie? India Nepal China Bangladesh 4 - When was Malaysia formed? 1925 1948 1963 1985 5 - Many scholars choose May 6, 1527, as an end point for the Renaissance. What event occurred on that date? The death of Dante Alighieri The death of Cesare Borgia The fall of the republic of Florence The sack of Rome by soldiers of Charles V 6 - 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 7 - When was the Welsh act of Union? 1436 1536 1701 1804 8 - On July 2, 1881, lawyer and itinerant preacher Charles Guiteau fatally shot recently-elected US President James Garfield. Why? Guiteau had asked to become ambassador to France and had been rejected Guiteau was a Democrat and thus disliked the Republican Garfield Guiteau believed his wife had cheated on him with Garfield several years earlier Guiteau believed that God had ordered him to do it 9 - What were the Tonypandy Riots? Riots during the Miner Strikes under Tatcher Riots in Welsh mines in 1910, crushed by the British army Anti-corn-law riots in 1823 Bloody riots in the seventies in Northern Ireland 10 - How did the Mycenian civilisation come to an end? Volcano Eruption Doric Invasions Invasions from the sea Internal Factors 11 - The Khanates of Astrakhan and Kazan were conquered in the reign of which Muscovite ruler? Dmitrii Donskoi Ivan III Vasilii III Ivan IV 12 - 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 13 - What Chinese dynasty did the Manchu minority establishes? The Song dynasty The Qing dynasty The Ming dynasty The Yuan dynasty 14 - King Mongkut is known as the Father of Modern ___ ? Burma Korea Thailand Vietnam 15 - Which parts of South America beside Surinam and the isles was colonized by the Dutch at some point? Guyana and French Guyana Guyana and a part of the Brazilian Coast Guyana and the mouth of the La Plata river Guyana and Uruguay 16 - Who brought the name Santa Claus with them to the New World? Welsh Colonists French Colonists Dutch Colonists Scandinavian Colonists 17 - Which European nation briefly conquered Taiwan in the 17th century? Spain Japan The Netherlands Portugal 18 - In which country was the use of the longbow first reported? Wales Holland Hungary Romania 19 - What happened to a Dutch fleet during the Napoleonic wars? It ran aground after the Dutch destroyed some dykes. It destroyed itself when several ships fired at each others during the night by mistake. It was captured by a French cavalry charge. It was sabotaged in Antwerp harbour by English spies to prevent it from reinforcing the French navy after Napoleon gave the Dutch crown to one of his brother 20 - The Swahili culture is the result of a synthesis of the cultures of costal East Africa and colonizers from: India Portugal Indonesia Arabia Homepage