Languages
Which group of people were able to communicate and effectively evade translation by the Nazis in WWII?
Navajo
What was the modern day country of Angola called when colonized by the Portuguese?
Luanda
The Kyvian Rus
Name the country formerly controlled by France that won sovereignty and was taken over by the Viet Cong.
Vietnam
Who appears on El Salvadorian money that liberated many places in Latin America.
Simon Bolivar
Which 2 countries that were allies during WWI speak the same language?
Austria and Germany- America and British
Name the Queen who effectively negotiated with the Portuguese to avoid full colonization?
Nzinga/ Njinga
What is the mathematical principal that Leonardo di Vinci used to create his Vitruvian Man as an exploration of the human form?
Phi or the Golden Ratio
Name the Asian country that industrialized and modernized after Americans attempted to invade?
Japan
Name the indigenous group that inhabited the island of San Domingue before Columbus arrived?
The Taino People
Many countries that were previously colonized by France still use French as a language. Name 2 of them.
Haiti, Niger, Senegal, Congo, Benin
Which African country successfully warded off the Italians and is one of 2 countries never colonized by the Europeans?
Ethiopia
Name the philosopher who is famous for his ideas on the separation of power in government?
Montesquieu
Name the Japanese General that served during WWII.
Hideki Tojo
Name the social class in the Encomienda System that means someone is Half Native American, Half European?
Mestizo
Language is a binding factor for what type of group of people?
Nations
What is the name of the ship where slavers threw enslaved people overboard in order to collect insurance on their dying cargo? This sparked the abolition movement in England.
The Zong
Who is credited with creating the false scientific theory of Social Darwinism?
Herbert Spencer
Name the main advocate for a separate Pakistan before Partition in the 1940's in India?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Name the telegram where Germany propositioned the Mexican government to team up with them in WWII in return for support in taking over America?
The Zimmerman Telegram
Name the language where the numbers we use today come from.
Arab-Indic
Name the country that colonized the Congo and was extremely brutal to their enslaved people who were harvesting rubber?
Belgium
Name the group of people who protested industrialization and in turn smashed equipment in factories?
Luddites
Name the proxy war of the Cold War that involved separating a territory at the 38th North Parallel.
Korean War
Which group is credited with leading the fight against the Spanish colonists in Latin America?
Creoles