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	Hardest World History Quiz 1 - In 19th century American politics, what was a 'Loco-Foco?' A derrogatory term for a Democrat A New York Whig A follower of President Millard Fillmore Somebody who opposed the Mexican-American war 2 - Which of the following happened the earliest in the United Kingdom? The official adoption of the gold standard The adoption of postal stamps The abolition of slavery throughout its empire The adoption of women's suffrage *3 - Who wrote the Confessions?* Tertulian Gregory The Great Augustine Ambrose 4 - What were chinampas? The system of floating gardens that allowed societies in the Valley of Mexico to create an agricultural surplus The priestly elite that dominated Mayan city-states at the height of Mayan civilization Small figurines representing ancestors that were the focus of local religious life in Andean cultures The name given by peoples in the Valley of Mexico to barbarian invaders from the desert regions of Northern Mexico 5 - The Persian satrapy of Skudra included which two areas? Macedonia and Thrace Thrace and Asia Minor Asia Minor and Syria Syria and Palestine 6 - In what city did Charles de Gaulle make his promise of a new partnership with French colonial populations in 1944:? Dakar Abidjan Brazzaville Luanda 7 - By what disaster was St. Pierre, the old capital of Martinique, destroyed? A massive fire A typhoon A volcanic eruption The explosion of a munition storage 8 - Which king of Norway founded the city of Bergen in 1070? Olav III Kyrre Harald Fairhair Harald Hardraade Olav Tryggvason 9 - Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia? Robert Hawke Sir Robert Menzies Edmund Barton James Cook 10 - The 'quinquennium Neronis', probably the first 5 years of Nero's reign, was said to have been a golden age. Who apparently said this? Nerva Trajan Marcus Aurelius Seneca 11 - How many Dalai Lamas have there been? 13 14 15 16 12 - Which Theban leader is credited with the formation of the famous Sacred Band? Epaminondas Gorgidas Pelopidas Oedipus 13 - From which city did the Ottoman grandee Ali Pasha dominate the western Balkans in the late 18th century? Skopje Shkoder Janina Pristina 14 - Who is Baha'u'llah? An Iraqian political leader A Persian philospher & physician The founder of a new religion, the Baha'i Faith The military leader who conquered Dehli for the Mughals 15 - What was the name of the first transatlantic passenger steamship? Titanic S.S. Great Britain Constitution Great Western 16 - Where was the first British colonial railroad? India South Africa Jamaica Canada 17 - Who was the first woman elected to the British House of Parliament? Lady Astor Bessie Braddock Margaret Thatcher Constance Markievicz 18 - Which state was not a German elector in the 16th century? Bavaria Bohemia Trier Cologne 19 - Who was the last truely Egyptian Pharao before the conquest of Alexander the Great? Djedhor Hakor Nakhtnebef II Ahmose II 20 - Who was the leader of Muslim resistance to the establishment of French rule in Western Algeria from the mid-1830s until his final surrender in 1847? Muhammad al-Muqrani Ahmad Bey Sulayman bin Hamza Abd al-Qadir Homepage