CHINESE HISTORY
In 1912 Puyi, the last holder of this title, was forced to abdicate by a revolution that created a republic
emporer
This New York borough was actually named for but one woman, Catherine of Braganza
Queens
Monte Perdido, also known as Mont Perdu, lies along an international border in these mountains
the Pyrenees
In 1805 he visited Rome & possibly made a vow on Monte Sacro to free the Spanish colonies of America
Bolívar
A former mattress warehouse is now a Museum of Contemporary Art in this Pennsylvania city
Pittsburgh
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In 1988, China began military moves in islands it call Nansha Qundao against this country that calls them Truong Sa
Vietnam
Westernmost of the prairie provinces, it was named for the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, a Canadian governor general
Alberta
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Victoria
11,200-foot Mount Koussi in Chad is the highest point in this desert
the Sahara
Also known as Cent Jours, this period ended in big trouble for Napoleon
the Hundred Days
Alameda, California, is home to a museum housed in this aircraft carrier named for a type of wasp
USS Hornet
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Like events 70 years later, in 1919 student demonstrators took control of this plaza to protest government actions
Tienanmen Square
Maryland is named for Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of this man for whom the Carolinas are named
Charles I
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George I
This big lake of Central Canada lies about 40 miles north of the provincial capital named for it
Lake Winnipeg
John Zephaniah Holwell said, "I will not attempt to describe" his night in this tiny dungeon in India; then he did, in a 1758 book
the Black Hole of Calcutta
This site began as a 12th century fortress on the Rive Droite; in 1546 Francis I began construction on the palace we now know
The Louvre
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The second of these conflicts ended in 1860 when British & French forces seized Beijing, gaining commercial & other concessions
the Opium Wars
This capital of South Australia was named for a consort of William IV
Adelaide
***TRIPLE STUMPER***This other stately river flows into the Mississippi about 50 miles southeast of Pine Bluff
the Arkansas
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Ohio, Missouri, Colorado
In the early 1900s the Herero & Nama genocide occurred in German South West Africa, now this country
As its name suggests it was once an administrative office for the Medicis; now it houses Botticelli's "Birth of Venus"
the Uffizi Gallery
The Ming ruled from 1368 to 1644 between the control of these 2 "M" dynasties
the Mongols and the Manchus
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Yamoussoukro, a capital of this African nation, was named for a great-aunt of President Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Côte d'Ivoire
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The ABC islands of the Lesser Antilles are Aruba, Bonaire & this
Curaçao
Term for fancy-uniformed cavalry troops; in 1610 "winged" Polish ones scored a victory at the Battle of Klushino
the Hussars
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The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House is now home to the New York City branch of the NMAI, National Museum of this
the American Indian
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