Asian History
The name of the emperor associated with the "restoration" of Japanese trade, industry, and society through modernizing and opening the country in the 1800s
Meiji
Document outlining privleges of nobles and limiting the power of the English King in 1215
Magna Carta
Egyptian Pharaohess who had an affair with Julius Caesar
Cleopatra
Country with the largest proven oil reserves in South American`
Venezuela
This War was started by the "Shot heard 'round the world" in 1775
American Revolution
Name one of the four successors of Ghenghis Khan
Jochi, Kublai, Chagatai, Ogedei
Crowned "Emperor of the Romans" and controlling large parts of modern Germany, France, and Italy before his death in 814
Charlamagne
African emperor of legend whose apparent gold reserves crashed the near eastern market for years after his Hajj in 1324
Mansa Musa
Which country tried to build the Panama Canal before the United States successful completion of it?
France
This US President was nicknamed "The Great Emancipator"
Lincoln
Singapore was infamously kicked out of this country in 1965 due to their majority Chinese population
Malaysia
King of the British Empire after the abdication of his brother Edward due to his scandalous marriage in 1936
King George VI
Apartheid State named after an English explorer which dissolved and reformed into Zimbabwe in 1980
Rhodesia
This country owns the Galapagos Islands where Darwin developed the theory of Evolution
Ecuador
Mexican President who inspired the revoliution of 1910 due to his dictatorial rule
Porfirio Diaz
First Battle of the Pacific War on Japanese soil
Battle of Iwo Jima
Controversially "European" state which nearly "broke Europe and Christendom" at the sieges of Vienna in 1529 and 1683 before falling into decline and dissolving in 1922
Ottoman Empire
This country owned the modern states of Angola and Mozambique as colonies until 1975
Portugal
Fidel Castro was born and bred in Cuba but his partner Che Guevara was born in this country
Argentina
One of the the largest continguous "countries" before the arrival of the Europeans to the continent, this confederartion has often been called the "Roman Empire" of the Americas
The Iroquios Confederation
Indian collaborator with the Japanese and Nazis during WWII
Chandra Bose
Name one of the stately figures who helped defeat Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars
(various answers)
Name of the Sudanese revolt agasint Egypt from 1881-1899
Mahdi Revolt
Maximilian I was originally from Austria but was the short lived Emperor of this country before his death
Mexico
This position, technically above the Prime Minister in authority, acts as the British Crowns representative in Canada
The Governor General