Great Leaders
This leader in the western hemisphere escaped the most assassination attempts by the capitalist imperial world power.
Fidel Castro
This was the only major multi-national conflict/war occurring between the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War.
The Crimean War
What conflict with European powers led to the “Century of Humiliation” for a great Asian superpower?
The Opium Wars (China)
Who was the richest man/ruler who ever lived?
Mansa Musa - King of Mali
This Caribbean island is not only the largest English-speaking country, but it also had the third largest reserve of Bauxite in the world, gave the world a poet laureate and famous singer of peace, love and brotherhood.
Jamaica
This leader of an Asian power totally revolutionized their nation’s system by opening it up to global commerce (Special Economic Zones) to MNCs, transforming their economy and creating an unparalleled trajectory of prosperity and development.
Deng Xiaoping
Give the name of one of the royal dynastic families that ruled France.
Carolingian, Capetian, Valois, Bourbon, Bonaparte
Which country/nation was known as the Hermit Kingdom prior to the 20th century?
The Korean Kingdom
Which specific geographical region in East Africa is the place where all of humanity originated?
The Rift Valley in Kenya
Which Caribbean had the most slave rebellions and uprisings?
Jamaica
This leader in Africa was the chief proponent of the unity of his people (ideology), well respected by the entire region and beyond for effectively standing up to the imperialist designs of the traditional Western powers, liberating his nation’s infrastructure for its development.
Gamel Abdul Nasser
What is the name of the most famous banking family in European history headquartered in Italy
The Medici
Give the name of either faction involved in the Boshin Wars (part of the Meiji Revolution in Japan) in 1867.
The Tokugawa Shogunate (the Bakufu alliance) versus Choshu & Satsuma (the Sacho alliance) ie. the Imperialists
Give the name of the great civilization that existed in the Bantu region of Southern Africa
Great Zimbabwe
Which Caribbean country was the first to have electricity, railway/train and tram cars?
Jamaica
Which leader of the 2nd half of the 20th century transformed his island nation from a fishing village into a 1st world country?
Lee Kuan Yew
During the English Civil Wars, who orchestrated the victory of the Parliamentary forces, the execution of the King and became Lord Protector of the nation?
Oliver Cromwell
What was the name of philosophy upon which China justified its position of superiority and exceptionalism?
The Mandate of Haven or the Middle Kingdom
Give the name of the warrior tribe in the recent movie “The Woman King” who were portrayed as anti-slavery fighters but were actually the perpetrators of slave raiding and kidnapping of other Africans to sell to Europeans.
Dahomey
The slaves who escaped the plantations to the hills/mountains to form independent and self-sufficient communities that the British were not able to conquer and remain autonomous taken are known as?
The Maroons
Which African leader used the oil wealth of his nation to elevate the quality of life of his people via developing the nation’s infrastructure (eg. large-scale irrigation canals), free quality education/schooling inclusive of tertiary education, free healthcare, pension, housing, grants for starting a family; donating the cost of a telecommunication satellite to the African Union?
Muammar Gaddafi
Name either faction of the War of the Roses.
The Lancastrians (the Plantagenets) versus the Yorks
Under the Tributary System used by China, what is the name of the system of protection and influence nations involved in the system would be subject to?
Suzerainty
Give the name of the North African coast famous for its piracy during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Barbary Coast
Which town in the Caribbean was known as the Pirate Capital until it was destroyed in the 1692 earthquake (sank into the sea)?
Port Royal, Jamaica