Mexico
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Mexico
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What civilization's cities included Tikal and Yaxchilan?
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Maya
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What empire had its capital at Tenochtitlan?
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Aztec
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What priest is often considered to be the father of the Mexican nation?
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Miguel Hidalgo
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What river was established as the U.S-Mexico border after the Mexican-American War?
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Rio Grande
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What telegram was sent to Mexico in 1917 in an attempt to convince them to invade the U.S?
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Zimmerman Telegram
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Israel
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Israel
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In what town did Jesus grow up?
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Nazareth
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What building was destroyed by the Romans 70 AD?
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Second Temple
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What series of conflicts involved European efforts to capture the Holy Land?
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Crusades
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What word refers to an Israeli agricultural commune?
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Kibbutz
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What peninsula did Israel annex in 1967 but return in 1982?
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Sinai Peninsula
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Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia
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According to the Quran, what cubic black structure was built by Abraham and Ishmael?
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Kaaba
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Who was born in Mecca in 570 AD?
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Muhammad
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What empire controlled the coastal regions of Saudi Arabia from the 16th century until WWI?
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Ottoman Empire
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What was discovered in Saudi Arabia in 1938, seriously changing the Saudi economy?
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Oil
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What were women allowed to legally do for the first time in 2018?
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Drive
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Austria
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Austria
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What royal house controlled Austria for most of its existence?
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Hapsburg
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Who was the only woman to rule the Austrian empire?
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Maria Theresa
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What country was Austria merged with from 1867-1918?
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Hungary
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Who became the world's first psychoanalyst in 1886?
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Sigmund Freud
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What was the term for Austria's merger into Germany in 1938?
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Anschluss
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Russia
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Russia
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What territory did Russia sell to the U.S. in 1867?
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Alaska
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Prior to 1917, what was the title of the leader of Russia?
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Tsar
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What was the first country to secede from the USSR?
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Lithuania
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Who was the first president of the Russian federation?
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Boris Yeltsin
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What appeared in the skies over Chelyabinsk in 2013?
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Meteor
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Netherlands
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Netherlands
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What flower was the center of a famous investment bubble in the 1600s?
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Tulip
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What wind-powered device was used by the Dutch to drain wetlands and greatly expand the land area of the country?
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Windmill
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What North American city did the Dutch cede to the English in 1664?
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New Amsterdam
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What scientific device was greatly improved by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?
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Microscope
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What world famous painter was born in the Netherlands in 1853?
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Vincent Van Gogh
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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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