Blue history study guide 2024

Question 1

Oromia and Tigray are separatist regions in this country

Answer 1

Ethiopia

Question 2

Capital of Egypt’s Ptolemaic Empire.
Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE.
Known for the Pharos lighthouse, one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world.

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Alexandria

Question 3

Shaka was the leader of this kingdom in southern Africa

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Zulu kingdom

Question 4

This king killed his brother, Remus, and founded Rome

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Romulus

Question 5

This physician was known as the “Father of Medicine”

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Hippocrates

Question 6

This distance race originated from Pheidippides running 25 miles from a namesake battle to share the news that the Athenians won

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The marathon

Question 7

This was the earliest recorded battle in history

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Battle of Kadesh

Question 8

This was a group of 9 people who represented inspiration and the arts

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The muses

Question 9

This Southeast Asian country had a long war with the USA from 1955-1975

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Vietnam

Question 10

This writing system was used in Mesopotamia and was notable for its wedge-shaped characters

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Cuneiform

Question 11

This man was a Babylonian king who was famous for his namesake code

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Hammurabi

Question 12

This character was the charioteer of Arjuna in the Mahabharata as well as an avatar named Vishnu, a reincarnation of the preserver god

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Krishna

Question 13

This city was the final capital of the British Raj and housed the Red Fort which contained the Koh-i-Noor, a large diamond

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New Dehli

Question 14

After the dissolution of this dynasty, a series of revolts came about such as the Xinhai Rebellion, the Dungan Revolt, and the Boxer Rebellion

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The Qing dynasty

Question 15

This conflict was between the USA and the natives of the Philippines

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The Moro rebellion

Question 16

This man was the last emperor of Brazil and signed the Golden Law which made Brazil the last Western country to outlaw slavery

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Dom Pedro the Second

Question 17

This country was once an empire where Maximillian the First led it before gaining independence and electing presidents such as Benito Juarez

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Mexico

Question 18

This Russian composer was best known for “The Rite of Spring” which legendarily caused a riot at its 1913 premiere

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Igor Stravinsky

Question 19

Hernando de Soto was the first European to see this river

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The Missippi

Question 20

This man was the leader of the Rurikid dynasty and was the one who initiated the construction of Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, also considered the first tsar of Russia

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Ivan the Terrible

Question 21

This Swedish king led protestant forces during the Thirty Years’ War

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Gustavus Adolphus

Question 22

This microstate gained attention when Prince Rainier the Third married Grace Kelly

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Monaco

Question 23

This was a 1687 work by Sir Isaac Newton that established laws of motion and universal gravitation

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Philosopiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Question 24

This was a union of traders that was centered in the German port of Lubeck

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The Hanseatic League

Question 25

This campaign was a failed operation during WW1 where Allied powers attempted to weaken the Ottoman empire

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The Gallipoli Campaign

Question 26

This was an event in which Ferdinand and Isabela of Spain tried to execute Muslim and Jewish people on the Iberian peninsula

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The Inquisition

Question 27

This person was considered the first computer programmer when she designed parts to help with an analytical computer developed by Charles Babbage

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Ada Lovelace

Question 28

This woman was a British Primatologist who conducted a 30-year study in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania

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Jane Goodall

Question 29

This monarch was the first of the kingdom of Greece

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King Otto

Question 30

This man led Germany during WW1 after dismissing the "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck

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Kaiser Wilhelm the Second

Question 31

This woman co-founded an organization known as the 99's to help women find opportunities in aviation.

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Amelia Earhart

Question 32

This man was a general who served the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War before being fired by Abraham Lincoln and replaced by Ambrose Burnside

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George B. McClellan

Question 33

While serving as a senator in this state, Al Gore promoted the modern idea with the High Performance Computing Act of 1991

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Tennesee

Question 34

Major artists like Picasso, van Gogh, and Monet are all featured in this museum

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The Art Institute of Chicago

Question 35

This holiday is celebrated in New York on November 25th to celebrate the British left in 1783

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Evacuation Day

Question 36

This company was founded at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington

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Starbucks

Question 37

This New York City neighborhood is home to several venues and home to its namesake renascence

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Harlem

Question 38

This is an award given to citizens who show extreme courage, 40% of recipients were earned from the Civil war

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The Medal of Honor

Question 39

This is the president's official retreat in Fredrick County, Maryland

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Camp David

Question 40

This state city of Montgomery is home to a lot of civil rights moments such as Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a white inky bus

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Alabama

Question 41

This is a term to describe how politically stable everything felt when James Munroe was president

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The Era of Good Feelings

Question 42

This group and the Dakotas are part of a greater Sioux group

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Lakota