World History Questions
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World History Questions
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1. Wahabi converts in this nation rebelled against aristocratic chiefs in the Padri War

2. 'The 'Treatise on Polity' was a book that advised rulers of one empire in this country, and is also known as the 'Arthashastra' (AR-thuh-SHAH-strah)'

3. One man from this country won a Nobel Peace Prize for resolving the Suez Crisis, and another's man's 1960 election victory led to the Quiet Revolution

4. While led by Bartolome Mitre, this country joined with Brazil and Uruguay to fight against Francisco Solano Lopez in the War of the Triple Alliance

5. One country in this war was forced to use many children as soldiers in a battle where they were killed by the Count d'Eu's men

6. This dynasty took full control after its first leader won the Battle of Gaixia (gay-ZEE-uh) against Xiang Yu, the leader of the Chu state

7. This ruler's inroads into Europe were halted at the 1529 siege of Vienna

8. For the point, name this country whose first President, Kwame Nkrumah [kwah-may n-kroo-mah], ruled from Accra

9. The accidental shooting of Koos de la Rey by a policeman helped start the Maritz Rebellion in this country

10. These people fought a series of civil wars known as the Musket Wars, and one leader of this people fought against William Hulme in a conflict known as the Flagstaff War

11. The current prime minister of this nation is the brother of a man who died during a 1976 hostage operation at Uganda's Entebbe Airport

12. A general in this conflict built a political career after being photographed in a jovial pose with a head bandage following his encirclement of the Third Army group, which required the hasty construction of bridge across a pivotal waterway

13. As president, he signed the Treaty of Velaso after a failed attempt to quash a rebellion in a northeast state ended at San Jacinto

14. This nation's independence sparked the vicious Cafe Wars, and saw the FLN clash with the pied-noirs and French military

15. These people traded land for blankets, sugar, apples, and other items in Batman's treaty

16. These Nahuatl speakers were betrayed by La Malinche in the leadup to La Noche Triste

17. Name this 16th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire

18. Along with Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara, he led the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista

19. The southern part of a country by this name will become independent in July

20. This man's supporters deny that he imported 500,000 plastic keys from Taiwan to be worn bymembers of a national militia

21. In this country, SPLA leader John Garang was named First Vice President shortly before his death in a helicopter crash

22. David Burnet prevented the schooner Invincible from transporting this man as a prisoner

23. It won a major military victory by thrashing the forces of Oreste Baratieri

24. For the point, name this dynasty that was shortly followed by the Qing [ching] and is known for trading porcelain ceramics with the West

25. In the 16th century, the Portuguese set up trading posts and forts on the islands of Ternate and Solor in this modern day nation