Hard World History Quiz

 

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

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

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

4 - Which South American country fought against the combined armies of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay from 1864 to1870?

5 - What Russian leader often staged elaborate mock battles when he was a boy?

6 - Which crusade founded the Latin empire in Constantinople?

7 - Who was the last Great Khan of Mongolia?

8 - Who was the first Caliph?

9 - What was the capital of the Zulus under King Cetshwayo?

10 - Which of these countries was the first to gain full independence?

11 - On July 2, 1881, lawyer and itinerant preacher Charles Guiteau fatally shot recently-elected US President James Garfield. Why?

12 - Which Russian tzar was killed in his bedroom on March 11, 1801?

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

14 - Which Middle Eastern empire created its own language for government use?

15 - How is this medieval coin called?

16 - What was the name of the (possibly mythical) first ruling dynasty of China?

17 - 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?

18 - 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?

19 - What were the Tonypandy Riots?

20 - What political coalition was elected in France in 1936?

 

  

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