Japan
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Japan
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What religion was introduced to the country in 538 A.D.?
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Buddhism
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What term refers to the hereditary military nobility of medieval Japan?
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Samurai
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What destroyed much of Tokyo in 1923?
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Earthquake
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What naval base did Japan attack in 1941, bringing them into war against the U.S?
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Pearl Harbor
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What city was second to be struck by an atomic bomb?
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Nagasaki
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Italy
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Italy
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What northern region takes its name from the Etruscans, who lived in the area before the Romans?
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Tuscany
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Who was famously killed by Brutus and other Senators?
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Julius Caesar
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What Adriatic port city once controlled Crete, Cyprus, and parts of Crimea?
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Venice
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Near what small town was Leonardo born?
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Vinci
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Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
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Michelangelo
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United States
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United States
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What religious group first settled Pennsylvania?
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Quakers
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In which state was the first battle of the American Revolution fought?
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Massachusetts
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Who gave the Gettysburg Address?
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Abraham Lincoln
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What Thomas Edison invention was a predecessor to the record player?
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Phonograph
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Who was the top U.S. commander in Europe during WWII?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Norway
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Norway
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What four-letter word is the term for an oral history of the Norse people?
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Saga
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Vikings from Norway were the first Europeans to reach Vinland. In what modern-day country would you find Vinland?
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Canada
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What award has been given out in Norway to people such as Nelson Mandela and Mother Theresa since 1901?
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Nobel Peace Prize
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What country was united with Norway from 1814 to 1905?
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Sweden
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What Norwegian explorer was the first person to reach the South Pole?
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Roald Amundsen
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Cambodia
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Cambodia
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What empire ruled Cambodia from the 9th to 15th centuries?
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Khmer Empire
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And what was the capital of the above empire?
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Angkor
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What European power colonized Cambodia?
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France
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What leader had millions killed in Cambodia by mass killings or malnutrition in the seventies?
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Pol Pot
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What country invaded and occupied Cambodia in 1979?
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Vietnam
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Germany
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Germany
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What river was generally considered the boundary between the Roman Empire and the Germanic tribes?
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Rhine River
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What did Johannes Gutenberg invent?
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Printing Press
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Who supposedly nailed 95 theses to a church door?
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Martin Luther
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Who was the Kaiser of Germany during WWI?
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Wilhelm II
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In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
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1989
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The phrasing of the question is asking about an animal that became domesticated during that specific time period, not one that was already domesticated prior to it. There is a significant difference between those two concepts.
I was surprised the correct answer wasn't accepted while the incorrect answer was, especially when the correct answer is far more interesting. :)
Please review and thank you for many years of enjoyment with these terrific quizzes!
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