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1. In what year was Rome founded by Romulus and Remus?
647 BC
1831
753 BC
1642
2. What country was invaded by Nazi Germany that officially started World War II?
Poland
France
Russia
Belgium
3. What year was the Berlin Wall destroyed?
1977
1961
1989
1991
4. In what country did gunpowder originate in the 9th century?
India
Japan
China
Vietnam
5. What famous invention was created by Johannes Gutenberg?
Telephone
Reaper
Printing Press
Cotton Gin
6. What city of Italy is credited with the origination of the Renaissance Period?
Milan
Florence
Pisa
Naples
7. Which one of these cities has served as the capital of the United States of America?
Richmond, Virginia
Princeton, New Jersey
Boston, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois
8. In what year did the 100 Years' War begin?
1283
1324
1453
1337
9. The sinking of what ship ultimately resulted in the United States of America's involvement in World War I?
USS Arizona
RMS Lusitania
HMS Bounty
RMS Titanic
10. What was the city of Istanbul known as between 660 BC and 330?
Constantinople
Izmir
Byzantium
Ankara
11. What ancient road connected East Asia to Southeast Asia, East Africa, West Asia, and Southern Europe?
Denim
Cotton
Lavender
Silk
12. In what year did the Gold Rush begin in California?
1923
1689
1749
1848
13. What modern Japanese city was the capital of Japan before Tokyo?
Kyoto
Osaka
Hiroshima
Fukuoka
14. At it's greatest extent of 35.5 square km, which empire controlled the most territory by land?
Mongol
British
Ottoman
Roman
15. Who is credited as the author of 'The Raven"
Emily Dickinson
Langston Hughes
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert Frost
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Level 72
Jul 7, 2020
The biggest empire ever controlled 35 Square kilometres of land?