This fruit (sometimes mistaken for a vegetable) originated in the Americas but has become an integral part of Italian cuisine.
What is the tomato?
100
This country, famous for waffles, tennis players, and the headquarters of the European Union, conquered the Congo, and treated the people terribly.
What is Belgium?
100
This continent/country/former British penal colony is actually south of Asia.
What is Australia?
100
This class division/social hierarchy, considered oppressive, existed in India before and after British rule.
What is the caste system.
100
The U.S. acquired the territories Guam and Puerto Rico as a result of involvement in this 1898 war.
What is the Spanish American War?
200
These 3 G's were the motives for the European explorers from the 15th through the 18th century.
What are God, gold, and glory?
200
Otto von Bismarck, the unifier of Germany, presided at a meeting of the European powers for the division of Africa in a conference in this capital in 1885.
What is Berlin?
200
This country used to control Indonesia, the largest archipelago in the world.
What is The Netherlands?
200
This British monarch was the Empress of India, and the colony was the "jewel in the Crown".
Who was Queen Victoria?
200
Sanford B. Dole the plantation owner had a hand in making this formerly independent island monarchy into a U.S. territory in 1898; but it didn't become a state until 1959.
What is Hawaii?
300
This conquistador brought down the Inca Empire.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
300
This British businessman known for his diamond mines wanted the British Empire in Africa to span "from Cairo to Cape Town".
Who was Cecil Rhodes?
300
While Britain and the U.S. gave independence to India and The Philippines respectively after WWII, this country fought wars in the 1950s to keep its colonies including Indochina and Algeria.
What is France?
300
This revered leader fought for Indian self-rule through non-violent civil disobedience, and sadly he was assassinated.
Who was Mahatma or Mohandas Gandhi?
300
This U.S. territory is known for its football players, and it was once an island base shared by the U.S., Britain, and Germany.
What is Samoa?
400
Simon Bolivar was one of these Latin Americans of European descent.
What is a creole?
400
These warriors were some of the greatest fighters in history, but they lost control of South Africa to a lack of modern technology and an organized military.
Who were the Zulus?
400
This American author wrote "To the Persons Sitting in Darkness" in opposition to U.S. control of The Philippines.
Who was Mark Twain?
400
This country with more Muslims was partitioned from predominately Hindu India in 1947.
What is Pakistan?
400
Secretary of State John Hay forced this formerly isolated country to open to trade in 1899.
What is China?
500
The Pope wrote this treaty in 1494 to divide the Americas between the Iberian countries, and Portugal unfortunately got the smaller section, so Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking country in Latin America.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
500
British author Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem called this describing the Westerners' responsibility for civilizing the Africans, Asians, and Latin Americans.
What is "The White Man's Burden"?
500
This Emperor of Japan replaced the samurai in 1868 and sent the samurai to study the best systems in the world and bring the lessons back to make Japan a modern nation.
Who was Meiji or Mutsuhito?
500
In 1857, this uprising of Indian soldiers led to a transition of power from the British East India Company to the British Crown.
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
500
It was not a folly when this secretary of state purchased Alaska from the Russians in 1868.