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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Spain
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Spain
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Who was the wife of Ferdinand II?
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Isabella I
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What was the last Muslim city in Spain?
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Granada
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On what island was Spain's first permanent settlement in the New World?
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Hispaniola
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Who painted "Guernica" a depiction of a bombing that happened during the Spanish Civil War?
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Pablo Picasso
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Who was dictator of Spain from 1939 until 1975?
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Francisco Franco
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Iraq
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Iraq
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What term refers to the Cradle of Civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
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Mesopotamia
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What city was supposedly home to the Hanging Gardens?
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Babylon
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What legendary sailor of the seven seas hailed from Basra?
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Sinbad
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What group raided Baghdad in 1258?
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Mongols
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What country did Iraq invade in 1990?
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Kuwait
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Australia
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Australia
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What type of curved stick was used by Aboriginal Australians to hunt small prey?
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Boomerang
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What British explorer charted maps of Eastern Australia?
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James Cook
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What bird did Australia fight a "war" against in 1932?
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Emus
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What northern city was hit by Japanese air raids during WWII?
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Darwin
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What was Australian prime minister Harold Holt doing when he disappeared in 1967?
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Swimming
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Greece
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Greece
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On what island was the Minoan civilization based?
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Crete
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Who was the teacher of Aristotle?
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Plato
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What city-state bested Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
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Sparta
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What was the most important city in Greece during the Middle Ages? (Hint: It starts with T)
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Thessaloniki
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In 1687, what Greek monument was severely damaged by an explosion?
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Parthenon
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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia
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What was Ethiopia known as prior to the 1600s?
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Abyssinia
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What European power briefly occupied Ethiopia in the 1930s?
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Italy
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Who was emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974?
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Haile Selassie
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What was the name of the Australopithecus skeleton discovered in Ethiopia in 1974?
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Lucy
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What killed over 1 million Ethiopians in the early 1980s?
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Famine
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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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