1 - After Japan closed itself from foreigners in the 17th century, from which nationality were the only traders who had the right to trade with Japan in the bay of Osaka?
2 - Which crusade founded the Latin empire in Constantinople?
3 - Which Middle Eastern empire created its own language for government use?
4 - Where did Charles the Bold, last reigning Duke of Burgundy, die?
5 - Which city served as a co-capital of the ancient Persian empire and was the scene of a bizare mass wedding between hundreds of Alexander the Great's soldiers and native women?
6 - Friedrich Barbarossa died in 1190, to the great relief of Saladin, while travelling through Asia Minor on crusade. On which Crusade was this?
7 - Who was the last Great Khan of Mongolia?
8 - What was the official faith of the last independent Yemenite Kingdom before the arrival of Islam?
9 - What is Offa's Dyke?
10 - Which of these countries was the first to gain full independence?
11 - Which of the following was never part of the Britsh Empire?
12 - Which European nation briefly conquered Taiwan in the 17th century?
13 - Rising from political obscurity, this dark horse candidate defeated the famous Henry Clay in the 1844 US Presidential elections on an expansionist platform. In four years, he fulfilled virtually all of his campaign promises by taking the current American southwest from Mexico, forcing Great Britain to give up their claim to the southern half of the Oregon territory, slashing tariffs, and building an independent treasury. He then retired and died a few years later. Who was this protege of Andrew Jackson nicknamed 'Young Hickory' or 'Napoleon of the Stump?'
14 - Out of the following unsucessful US Presidential candidates, who won the most electoral votes?
15 - What was the capital of the Zulus under King Cetshwayo?
16 - The Swahili culture is the result of a synthesis of the cultures of costal East Africa and colonizers from:
17 - From which country did Singapore receive Independence?
18 - King Mongkut is known as the Father of Modern ___ ?
19 - Brazil has had 3 capitals during its history. Which are they?
20 - What was the last Republican city to fall to the Nationalist in the Spanish Civil War?
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