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Interesting Geography and History Questions #3

Can you correctly answer all these geography and history questions?
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Last updated: January 7, 2022
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1. Which of these landmarks is the oldest?
Machu Picchu ✓
Taj Mahal ✓
Angkor Wat ✓
Leaning Tower of Pisa ✓
Angkor Wat: 1100 - 1150 Tower of Pisa: 1372; Machu Picchu: 1450; Taj Mahal 1648
2. In 1569 Portugal won a naval battle against the Sultanate of Aceh armada. The defending fleet was composed of...
False - they lost ✓
100 naus *carreck ✓
1 single nau ✓
100 naus and british fleet smaller crafts ✓
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aceh_(1569)
3. The shortest war ever recorded was fought by the UK against the Zanzibar Sultanate for the succession of the Zanzibar crown. Ended with British victory. How long did it last?
3 months ✓
38 minutes ✓
4 days ✓
1 year ✓
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War
4. Who were the first people to land in the Americas in the CE?
The Portuguese ✓
The Romans ✓
The Vikings ✓
The Spanish ✓
The first humans are believed to have migrated to the Americas via the then frozen Bering Strait. However in "Modern History", the first society to land in Newfoundland were the Vikings in the year 1000
5. Order the following empires from the oldest to the newest: 1.Aztec; 2.Tuʻi Tonga; 3.Mali; 4.Mongol.
4, 2, 3, 1 ✓
3, 1, 2, 4 ✓
1, 2, 3, 4 ✓
2, 4, 3, 1 ✓
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_empires
6. What did Vikings call community meetings for deciding laws and such?
Jarldom ✓
Thing ✓
Meeting ✓
Danelaw ✓
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(assembly)#:~:text=The%20main%20distinction%20between%20Iceland,period%20and%20the%20Middle%20Ages.
7. It is believed that 1 in ___ men is a descendent of the great conquerer Genghis Khan.
1 000 000 ✓
1 000 ✓
200 ✓
50 ✓
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/mar/02/science.research#:~:text=One%20in%20every%20200%20men,as%20the%20great%20Mongol%20leader.
8. What misterious event in 1200 BCE affected a great number of civilizations of the time?
The Youngest Toba eruption ✓
4.2 Kiloyear Event ✓
The Late Bronze Age Collapse ✓
The Black Plague ✓
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Bronze_Age_collapse
9. San Marino is the only country in the world where there are more ____ than people.
Streets ✓
Cars ✓
Houses ✓
Sheep ✓
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita
10. Because of lack of written records, it's believed that our knowledge of human history only accounts for about __%.
3% ✓
97% ✓
50% ✓
Modern Humans appeared about 200000 years ago and written records started about 6000 years ago.
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