France
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France
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What was the Roman name for France?
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Gaul
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Who led France during the radical phase of the French Revolution?
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Maximilien Robespierre
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On what tiny island in the Atlantic did Napoleon die?
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St. Helena
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Who wrote "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"?
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Victor Hugo
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What was France's currency before the Euro?
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Franc
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Pakistan
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Pakistan
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Along what river did civilization in Pakistan first develop?
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Indus River
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What religion, started in the 15th century, teaches its followers to wear five items, including a small knife?
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Sikhism
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What three letter word ending in J refers to the period of British rule in India and Pakistan?
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Raj
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What nation declared independence from Pakistan in 1971?
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Bangladesh
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Who was Pakistan's only female Prime Minister?
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Benazir Bhutto
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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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South Africa
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South Africa
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What country originally colonized the Cape of Good Hope?
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Netherlands
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What kingdom did Shaka rule?
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Zulu Kingdom
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What group of people did the British go to war with in 1880 and 1899?
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Boers
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What system of racial discrimination was ended in the early 1990s?
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Apartheid
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What political party has dominated South Africa since 1994?
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African National Congress
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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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Turkey
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Turkey
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What city in Turkey was supposedly destroyed in 1180 BC?
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Troy
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Which Roman emperor moved the capital of the empire to Turkey?
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Constantine
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What empire was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1453?
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Byzantine Empire
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What war caused the downfall of the Ottoman Empire?
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WWI
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What country did Turkish troops enter in 2019?
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Syria
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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. :)
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