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1.Which of these Australian cities existed in the year 1810?
Perth
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Melbourne
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Adelaide
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Sydney
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Sydney was founded in 1788 as a penal colony, which made it the first European settlement in Australia. Perth was founded in 1829, Melbourne in 1835 and Adelaide in 1836.
2.Which of these cities was not one of the four provincial capitals of the Maurya Empire?
Ujjain
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Madurai
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Taxila
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Tosali
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The other provincial capital was Suvarnagiri. Madurai was located south of the Maurya Empire.
3.Which of these Italian cities had the largest population in 1300?
Naples
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Palermo
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Venice
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Bologna
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According to this page, Palermo was likely the smallest with a population of 50,000, Naples was home to between 50,000 and 60,000 people, Bologna was home to between 50,000 and 70,000, and Venice was the largest with between 110,000 and 180,000.
4.The site of which of these cities was once home to two Iroquois villages called Ganatsekwyagon and Teiaiagon?
Chicago
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Buffalo
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Toronto
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Quebec City
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The villages were constructed in the 1660s, and were inhabited by the Iroquois until they were displaced by the Mississauga in around 1701.
5.The site of which of these cities would have had the smallest population in the 16th century?
Mombasa
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Maputo
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Mogadishu
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Malindi
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There was a small fishing village on the site of Maputo in the 1500s, while the other three cities all existed as cities during that century.
6.Which of these cities was not one of the capitals of Japan?
Asuka
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Kyoto
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Hiroshima
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Nara
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Asuka was the capital of Japan during the Asuka period (538 - 710), Nara was the capital during the Nara period (710 - 794), and Kyoto was the capital or one of the capitals of Japan from 794 to 1869.
7.Which of these cities existed in some form before the arrival of the Spanish?
Asunción
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Lima
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Quito
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Santiago
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There have been settlements on the site of modern Quito since ancient times.
8.Which of these Roman settlements was located within what is now Germany?
Lutetia
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Aquae Sulis
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Colonia Agrippina
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Aquae Helveticae
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Colonia Agrippina eventually became the city of Cologne. Aquae Helveticae was located on the site of modern Baden in Switzerland, Aquae Sulis became the city of Bath in England and Lutetia became Paris.
9.Which of these was not the capital of a sovereign state in 1960?
Havana
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Belize City
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Santo Domingo
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Port-au-Prince
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Belize only became independent on 21st September 1981.
10.Which of these cities was founded by the Phoenicians?
Tangier
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Sfax
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Benghazi
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Oran
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Tangier was founded as Tingis between the 10th and 8th centuries BC. Benghazi was founded by the ancient Greeks, while Oran and Sfax were founded during the Middle Ages on the sites of Roman settlements.
11.Which of these cities has never been the capital of a khanate?
Kazan
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Kokand
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Bukhara
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Bishkek
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The Khanate of Kazan existed between 1438 and 1552, Bukhara was the capital of the Khanate of Bukhara from 1533 to 1540 (Samarkand was the capital of the khanate for most of its history) and the Khanate of Kokand existed between 1709 and 1876.
12.The Swedish fortress Nyenschantz was located on the site of which city?
Tartu
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Saint Petersburg
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Helsinki
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Riga
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Peter the Great captured the fortress during the Ingrian campaign of the Great Northern War.
13.Which of these South American cities was the site of a battle of the War of Jenkins' Ear?
Cartagena
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Cuenca
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Curitiba
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Caracas
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During the battle, which was fought from 13th March to 20th May 1741, the British tried to capture Cartagena three times, yet were unable to.
14.Which of these cities was not a capital city in 1500 BC?
Petra
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Hattusa
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Assur
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Susa
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Petra was built no earlier than the 5th century BC. Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire, Assur was the capital of the Old Assyrian Empire and Susa was the capital of Elam.
15.Which of these cities was the capital of the Transvaal Colony?
Cape Town
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Bloemfontein
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Pietermaritzburg
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Pretoria
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Cape Town was the capital of the Cape Colony, Pietermaritzburg was the capital of the Colony of Natal and Bloemfontein was the capital of the Orange River Colony.