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	Hard World History Quiz 1 - What was the name of the (possibly mythical) first ruling dynasty of China? Shang Han Chin Xia 2 - From which country did Singapore receive Independence? Thailand France Malaysia The United Kingdom 3 - Who is Stamford Raffles? The founder of British Malaya The botanist who brought the first rubber saplings to Malaya. The founder of Singapore The captain of the battleship Repulse, sunk by the Japanese during WW2 4 - What was the official faith of the last independent Yemenite Kingdom before the arrival of Islam? Zoroastrianism Nestorian Christianity Judaism Coptic Christianity 5 - Who was the last Great Khan of Mongolia? Batu Khan Guyuk Khan Kublai Khan Mongke Khan 6 - What was the last Republican city to fall to the Nationalist in the Spanish Civil War? Zaragoza Murcia Toledo Valencia 7 - The 25th Dynasty of Egypt originally ruled which foreign empire? Libya Nubia Persia None, it was native Egyptian 8 - How did the Mycenian civilisation come to an end? Volcano Eruption Doric Invasions Invasions from the sea Internal Factors 9 - What was the capital of the NorthWest Territory in the modern day USA? Detroit Dayton Chillicothe Chicago 10 - What Russian leader often staged elaborate mock battles when he was a boy? Ivan III (The Great) Peter I (The Great) Ivan IV (The Terrible) Tsar Alexander III 11 - When was the Welsh act of Union? 1436 1536 1701 1804 12 - This Soviet premier, a former KGB head who suceeded Brezhnev, was seen as a potential reformer (even as pro-Western) by much of the European and American press, despite his rather conservative actions. He died after little over a year in office due to acute kidney failure. Who was he? Yuri Andropov Andrei Gromyko Konstantin Chernenko Ivan Kissov 13 - 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 14 - Which Russian tzar was killed in his bedroom on March 11, 1801? Alexandre I Paul I Peter III Peter II 15 - 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 16 - Which family dominated Japan during the Heian period ? Minamoto Tokugawa Taira Fujiwara 17 - Who was president of the United States when the first southern states seceded from the Union? Franklin Pierce Abraham Lincoln William Seward James Buchanan 18 - What was the name of the Swiss satelite-state that was established in 1798 by the French? Swiss Republic Helvetian Republic Baseler republic Chur Republic 19 - In which modern country does Kapilvastu, birthplace of Buddha, lie? India Nepal China Bangladesh 20 - When did the Dutch declare independence for the first time? 1522 1581 1672 1815 Homepage