History 4 Flashcards
(137 cards)
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10 Downing Street became the Prime Minister’s residence in what year?
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1735
2
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What materials were mainly used in the manufacture of Harrappan Seals?
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Terracotta (made in Indus Valley in Bronze age)- it’s “cooked earth” basically a clay
3
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Who was Medusa beheaded by?
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Perseus
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In 1996, the Taliban first established themselves as the legal government of this country? Capital?
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Afghanistan
Kabul
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Japanese prime minister, Hara Takashi, was assassinated in what year?
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1921
6
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In which year was the celebration of the Dublin Millenium?
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1988
7
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John Montagu is known for creating what?
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Sandwiches- he was the 4th Earl of Sandich
8
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The Norge was the name of an airship that reached this location in 1926
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North Pole
9
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Who was the Canadian prime minister during WW2?
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
10
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In Greek mythology, the serpentine Hydra has how many heads?
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9
11
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Who wrote “On the Genealogy of Morals” in 1887?
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Friedrich Nietzche
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In what year was the fall of Constantinople?
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1453
Capture of the Byzantine empire by the Ottoman empire
13
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When did the Phillipines attain independence from the USA?
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1946
14
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What is August Comte known as the founder of?
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Sociology
15
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Which Mughal ruler banned music and dancing?
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Aurangzeb
16
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Before 1971, how many pence was in 1 Pound Sterling?
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240
17
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Where is Mount Kilimanjaro located?
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Tanzania (it is a volcano)
18
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To whom does the work “The Republic” belong to
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Plato
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Where is the tomb of Babur located?
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In Kabul, Afghanistan
He was the first Mughal Emperor
20
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The Missionaries of Charity was founded by Mother Teresa in what year?
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1950
21
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Margaret I of Denmark unified Norway, Denmark, and Sweden to form the ____ Union
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Kalmar
Kalmar is a city located in Sweden where the agreement was made
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Who was the great exponent of Romanticism?
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Rosseau
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What are the Sandwich Islands vs. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
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Sandwich Islands was the name given to the current Hawaiian Islands by James Cook
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are UK dependencies- fough over along with Falkland Islands in the Falklands War 1982
First Battle = Battle of Goose Green
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What city was the first Capital of Canada?
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Kingston (Currently Ottowa)
25
Duriloponte was the Roman name for which English city?
Cambridge
26
Saloth Sar was the birth name of a revolutionary politician from what country?
Cambodia (Pol Pot)
27
When did Cyrus the Great die?
530 BC
Founder of the Archaemenid Empire- the first Persian empire
28
In which year was Iraq admitted to the league of nations?
1932
29
The German battleship Bismark sunk what British ship in 1941?
HMS Hood
30
Which of the original 13 states was the first to ratify the constitution?
Delaware
Last = Rhode Island
31
Who was the first prime minister of Canada?
John A. Macdonald
32
What European country had a civil war from 1936 to 1939?
Spain
Greece was 1946 to 1949
33
How long did the Ottoman Empire last?
631 years
34
When did Russia launch the first artificial satellite? Name?
1957-Sputnik
1961- Yuri Gagarin goes to space
35
Who was known as the "Parrot of India"
Amir Khusrau- a Persian Language poet
36
AVH was the acronym for state protection police in this communist state
Hungary
37
The conference that partitioned French Indochina in 1954 into the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the state of Vietnam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the Kingdom of Laos took place where?
Geneva, Switzerland
Capital of Switzerland is Bern
38
When was Ludwig van Beethoven born?
1770
39
What form of music was popular during Baroque Era?
Opera
40
Genghis Khan became ruler of the unified Mongol Empire in what year?
1206
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In what year did the Geneva Conference that partitioned French Indochina take place? It was trying to settle outstanding issues after what war? What were the 4 partitionings?
1954
Korean War and First French Indochina War
Kingdom of Cambodia, Kingdom of Laos, State of Vietnam (South), Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North)
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In what year was Faisal I crowned the king of Iraq?
1921
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The Arikara war between the Arikara people and the US was fought in what year?
1823
Fought along Missouri river in present day South Dakota. The Sioux were American allies at that time and fought against the Arikara
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Stamford Raffles was the founder of what city/nation?
Singapore
45
Having lost its sovereignty in 1492, what was the last Islamic Emirate in Spain?
Emirate of Grenada
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Edward I was also known as Edward Longshanks for what reason?
His Height
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In what year was Franklin D Roosevelt born?
1882
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Who united Norway, Denmark, and Sweden to form the Kalmar Union?
Margaret I of Denmark
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The Easter Offensive was a military campaign of what war?
Vietnam
50
The Battle of Omdurman was fought between the UK and what state?
Mahdist Sudan
51
Who was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
Junko Tabei
52
Attila was a feared leader of which people?
The Huns (Eurasian Nomads migrated from the Volga region)
53
Better known as Lawrence of Arabia, what was his first name?
Thomas
Thomas Edward Lawrence (British Archaeologist)
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Which country holds the oldest constitution in the world?
United States
Technically, the constitution of San Marino is 200 years older though
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Who was known as the founder of Sociology and coined the term?
Auguste Comte
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In 1919, which Swiss person won the Nobel prize in Literature?
Carl Spittler
57
Who built Hawa Mahal?
Shah Jahan
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The 1898 Newland's resolution concerned the US anexation of which territory?
Hawaii
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This 1898 resolution concerned the US annexation of Hawaii
Newland's Resolution
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Jordan renounced its claim to the West Bank in what year?
1988
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Who was the last Mughal emperor?
Bahadur Shah II
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What British Prime Minister precipitated the Seven Years War?
The Duke of Newcastle
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Tenochtitlan was a huge capital city of what society?
Aztec
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Who wrote the famous book, "A Passage to India"?
E.M. Forster
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Which environmental disaster caused the celebration of "Earth Day"?
Santa Barbara Oil Spill
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The "Domesday Book" of 1086 was completed by which monarch?
William the Conqueror
Was a survey of much of conquered England
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The document, 95 Theses, by Martin Luther is said to have given birth to what?
Protestantism
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Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
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In which century was the Angor Wat in Cambodia built?
12th century
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The Battle of Friedland in the Napoleonic Wars resulted in what treaty?
The Treaty of Tilsit
71
Where was the artist Raphael buried?
In the Pantheon of Rome
72
When was the national flag of Switzerland officially adopted?
1841
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In what year was oil discovered in Saudi Arabia?
1938
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What is the official political ideology of China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam?
Marxist-Leninism (Communism)
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Tenochtitlan, a major capital of the Aztec Empire is now located in this current day city
Mexico City, New Mexico
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Who was the first King of Romania?
Carol I
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How long was Saddam Hussein's reign in Iraq?
24 years (Came to power in 1979)
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Who was the first prime minister of Great Britain?
Walpole
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What was the name of the Airship that reached the North Pole in 1926?
Norge
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Junko Tabei is known as the first woman to do what?
Summit Mount Everest
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How many countries as of 2020 retain an official ideology of Marxism-Leninism?
4: China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam
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How many Crusader States were created after the first crusade?
4
County of Edessa, County of Tripoli, Principality of Antioch, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem
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The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident involved which US Battleship?
USS Maddox
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In 1993, who was the prime minister of Kazakhstan?
Sergey Tereshchenko
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In what year were the first ever Olympic games held?
776 BC
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Who was the founder of the city of Singapore?
Stamford Raffles
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Who introduced the term, Ecology?
Ernst Haeckel
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In old Turkish, what was the meaning of the word Turk?
Strong
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When did the Taliband first establish themselves as the legal government of Afghanistan?
1996
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In what year was Charles Dickens born?
1812
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What is the address of the British Prime minister?
10 Downing Street
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Charles Darwin neglected what university education in pursuit of investigating the natural sciences?
Medicine
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In what year was David Hasselhoff born?
1952
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In what century was the Taj Mahal built?
17th century
In the city- Agra in Uttar Pradesh on the River Yamuna
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In the Montreal Olympics of 1976, who scored a 10 in gymnastics?
Nadia Comaneci
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Which US president established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
Richard Nixon (37th President)
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Who is known as the "Father of Medicine"?
Hippocrates
98
Who was the Pope during WW2?
Pope Pius XII
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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was enacted by what president?
Millard Fillmore
100
Who is the Roman god of love?
Venus
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The first televised address by a US president in the oval office was made by what president?
Harry Truman
102
What French Monarch had the longest reign?
Louis XIV- ruled for 72 years until he died in 1715
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In socialist Hungary, what acronym was used for the State Protection Police?
AVH
104
Who was the British Prime Minister during the Suez Crisis in 1956?
Anthony Eden
105
What European Country had a civil war from 1946-1949?
Greece
Spain was 1936-1939
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Who invented sandwiches?
John Montagu (The 4th Earl of Sandwich)
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Who are the 3 founders of the National Trust in England?
Octavia Hill
Robert Hunter
Hardwicke Rawnsley
108
Geronimo was a leader in what American tribe?
Apache
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In Japan, a samurai held military nobility until their abolition in what year?
1876
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Lao Tzu, the founder of philosophical Taoism, was born in what century?
5th Century BC
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This was a major capital city of the Aztec Empire which is now in Mexico City?
Tenochtitlan
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When was the communist party of China founded?
1921
113
The French Third Republic was formed after Emperor Napoleon III was deposed in what year?
1870
114
When was the Bakassi Penninsula transferred from Nigeria to Cameroon?
2008
115
What was the Roman name for the English city of Cambridge?
Duriloponte
116
What four presidents are carved on Mount Rushmore?
Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson
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When did the Industrial Revolution start in Europe?
1760
118
Zoroastrianism is a religion based on the prophet Zoroaster who originated in what country?
Iran
Recall that Haile Selassie was a ruler of Ethiopia thought to be a Zoroastrian leader
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The Wright Brothers first flew the airplane in what year?
1903
120
The siege of what city effectively ended the crusades in the Levant?
Acre
121
What Apollo spacecraft was the first to orbit the moon?
Apollo 8
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Who built the Khajuro Temples?
Chandala Rajput
These are in India
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In 2008, the Bakassi Peninsula was transferred from Nigeria to \_\_\_\_
Cameroon
124
Who received the title of Shogun in 1603?
Tokugawa Leyasu (Shogun means Army Commander)
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What mythical creature was beheaded by Perseus?
Medusa
126
Which of the original 13 states was the last to ratify the constitution?
Rhode Island
First = Delaware
127
When did the first writing system roughly appear?
3400 BC
Cuneiform
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In 1823, the Sioux were allies with the US and fought against what tribe after an attack on fur-trappers in present day South Dakota?
Arikara
This was the Arikara War
129
The 1989 Hillsborough disaster occurred in what UK city?
Sheffiled
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Kabul is the capital of what country?
Afghanistan
131
Kuwait was annexed by Iraq in what year?
1990
Precipitated by Saddam Hussein in Iraq invading Kuwait- cancelling a large debt to Kuwait and expanding Iraqi power in the region
132
In what year was William Shakespeare born?
1564
133
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
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What battle during the Napoleonic wars resulted in the Treaty of Tilsit?
Battle of Friedland
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Longacre Square was the name for this location before 1904
Times Square
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Between which cities was the Peloponnesian war fought?
Athens and Sparta
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Though it changed its name to "Times Square" in 1904, what was the square previously called?
Longacre Square
