History/geography kinda Flashcards

(100 cards)

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What office expanded it’s landholdings in the donation of Pepin

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Pope

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What island was invaded in the last land battle of the Russo-Japanese war

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Sakhalin Island

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Who was the only British Prime Minister to serve 4 terms

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William Gladstone

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Most recent British PM to die in office

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Lord Palmerston

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During who’s presidency did the Homestead strike occur

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Benjamin Harrison

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6
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Who Founded the salvation army

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William Booth

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What modern day country is home to the Huaca del Sol

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Peru

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What country contains the Bay of Plenty

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New Zealand

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Who did Lyndon B Johnson defeat in the election of 1964

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Barry Goldwater

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What president’s domestic policy agenda was called the New Frontier

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JFK

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What country was home to the primary base for Curtiss P-40s painted with shark face designs

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China

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Who defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge

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Constantine the first

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What activity was regulated by the 1976 Magunson-Stevens act

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Fishing

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What explorer sighted Mount St Elias and named the Shumagin islands

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Bering

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What author began one work by listing “Debts and Lessons,” such as his tutor’s advice to “choose the Greek lifestyle

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Marcus Aurelius

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At what event did the allied powers plan for the end of WW2

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Yalta conference

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What book begins by noting that the author learned nobility of character and evenness of temper from his grandfather Verus

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Meditations

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18
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Who wrote Meditations

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Marcus Auerelius

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What school of philosophy was founded by Zeno of Citium

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Stoicism

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What group of people were known as Charles Crocker’s pets, referring to their employer

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Chinese rail workers

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What was the final chinese dynasty

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Ching

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22
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What general starred in Hollywood films in exchange for war funds

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Pancho Villa

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What nomadic tribe fought the Battle of Chalon against the Visigoths

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Huns

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What pope met with Atilla in 452 and pleaded with him to not attack Rome

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Leo I

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What building's design is based on eight interlocking isoceles
One World Trade Center
26
What country has the lowest population density in the world
Mongolia
27
What structure contains the Tunnel 57, and contains a death strip that consisted of raked sand and barbed wire
Berlin Wall
28
What ruler's suicide led to the year of the four emperors in AD 69
Nero
29
What mediterranean island is seperated by a green line
Cyprus
30
What is the capital of Cyprus
Nicosia
31
What conflict began with Pelagius winning the battle of Covadonga
Reconquista
32
What city is the historical capital of Normandy
Rouen
33
What justice was succeeded by John Roberts
Rehnquist
34
What is the capital of the Philipines
Manila
35
What strait separates Sri Lanka and India
Palk Strait
36
What man was the youngest ever republican presidential candidate
Dewey
37
In what war did Sir Colin Campbells Highland Regiment form the Thin Red Line
Crimean war
38
What style of architecture used rib vaults and pointed arches
Gothic
39
What city were french kings traditionally crowned in
Reims
40
What man founded Ireland's Fianna Fall party
Eamon De Valera
41
What regime sentenced the dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe to death
Weimar Republic
42
In what country did Napoleon III install Maximillian the first as the ruler
Mexico
43
What city was home to the three glorious days in 1830
Paris
44
What man committed suicide in 121 BC to avoid the pro senate mob
Gaius Graccus
45
Who taught Titian and painted The Tempest
Giorgione
46
What country's war of independence was ended by the Evian Accords
Algeria
47
Who said Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
Noam Chomsky
48
In what war was Patrice de MacMahon freed from prison to suppress a radical commune in "The bloody week"
Franco-Prussian war
49
What state is home to Little Bighorn
Montana
50
What officer defeated Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden
Cornwallis
51
What man was British PM during the revolutionary war
Lord North
52
What was the only state to not send a delegate to the constitutional convention
Rhode Island
53
What country contains the Corcovado mountains
Brazil
54
Who was fired in violation of the Tenure of Office Act
Edwin Stanton
55
Who fired Edwin Stanton
Andrew Johnson
56
What empire was founded by Sundiata Keita
Mali
57
What country's Osirak nuclear reactor was targeted by a 1981 Israeli attack
Iraq
58
What president defended the Amistad slaves in front of the supreme court
John Quincy Adams
59
What priest was killed on orders of Henry II
Thomas Becket
60
What country's dictator instituted a White Terror
Taiwan
61
What emperor funded the immigration of southerners after the civil war
Dom Pedro II
62
What prime minister approved the pact of steel with a northern neighbor
Benito Mussolini
63
What rebellion happened when Charles II illegitimate son tried to depose his uncle James II
Monmouth rebellion
64
What convention was held to criticize James Madison's wartime administation
Hartford convention
65
What mauryan emperor converted to Buddhism
Ashoka the great
66
What french ruler became king when his father Henry the 4th was assassinated
Louis the thirteenth
67
What war was ended by the Peace of Westphalia
30 years war
68
Who was Henry the 8ths last wife
Catherine Parr
69
What person was represented by lawyer Clifford Durr
Rosa Parks
70
What French king was captured at the Battle of Pavia
Francis I
71
What amendment provides the basis for birthright citizenship
14th amendment
72
What are Russian administrative districts called
Krai
73
What people were killed in the Anfall genocide
Kurds
74
What island was once called Van Diemen's land
Tasmania
75
In what war did a ransomed king return to captivity after his teenage son escaped from being a hostage
Hundred years war
76
What group of soldiers served as administrators and spies for Roman Emperors
Praetorian
77
What leader of the Praetorian guard held effective power in Rome until he was executed in AD 31
Sejanus
78
What structures were attacked by weapons such as the sotrell
Trenches
79
What party overthrew the government in the Ramadan Revolution
Bath party
80
What kingdoms northern part was occupied by Bardylis shortly before the creation of a larnax
Macedonia
81
What general was removed after the Battle of the Crater
Ambrose Burnside
82
Who was the last English king to die in a battle
Richard III
83
What country has a belt and road initiative
China
84
In what battle were Bruno Gaido and Frank O Flaherty thrown overboard
Midway
85
What man was minister-president of Russias government after the revolution of 1917
Alexander Kerensky
86
What mountain range is in the Maghreb region
Atlas
87
What tsar did the US purchase alaska from
Alexander II
88
What mans stepson saved his life by stanching blood from one of his wounds
Horatio Nelson
89
What treaty ended the Spanish American war
Treaty of Paris
90
What country contains the largest population of Japanese ancestry outside of Japan
Brazil
91
What African country became independent from Ethiopia when troops entered Asmara
Eritrea
92
What asian country is directly northwest of Thailand
Myanmar
93
Where do many historians believe the Spanish flu to have began
Kansas
94
What English king was nicknamed Longshanks
Edward I
95
What war was opposed by a group led by Simon de Montfort
Second Barons War
96
What amendment repealed prohibition
21st
97
Holders of what title managed tent governments
Shogun
98
What civilizations cities were ruled by nobles called ajaw
Mayan
99
What man told congress that soldiers never die, they just fade away
Douglas Macarthur
100
What office's powers were increased after a May 1958 crisis
President of France