SUPERQUIZ WORKBOOK

SECTION V

Who’s Who

ORDERING

• __1__ Battle of Poitiers (732)• __3__ Turks capture Constantinople (1453)• __2__ Beginning of the Crusades (1095)• __8__ Battle of Waterloo (1815)• __4__ Beginning of Nine Years War (1594)• __5__ Beginning of Seven Years War (1756)• __11_ Boxer Rebellion (1900)• __10_ Beginning of the Boer War (1899)• __7__ French Revolution (1789)• __6__ Battle of Plassey (1757)• __9__ Battle of Omdurman in Sudan (1898)

FILL IN THE BLANK

• 1. The PORTUGUESE for this first-class SAILING vessel derived from the JAVANESE word for ship, ajong The junks were able to carry 1,500 tons, much more than their European counterparts at the time.

• 2. The Reconquista ended in 1492 when the last MUSLIMS were driven out of Europe with the fall of the Sultanate of GRANADA.

• 3. Nawabs were PROVINCIAL governors in India. The British often depended on their good will which they secured with TRIBUTE

• payments. After the Battle of PLASSEY of 1757 nawabs became mostly FIGUREHEADS, as real power lay in the hands of the BRITISH East India Company (EIC).

• 4. The deadliest of the African diseases, malaria, is named for the FRENCH word for swamp, since humid air and bad smells were

• blamed for the disease and the ITALIAN word for mal’aria, which means BAD AIR.

• 5. Africa was known as the “White Man’s Grave” because of diseases like dysentery, yellow fever, TYPHOID and especially because of MALARIA.

• 6. The European powers were able to exploit the Ottomans and Chinese known respectively in the nineteenth century as the “Sick Man of EUROPE” and the “Sick Man of THE EAST.”

• 7. “Livingstone Pills”, David Livingstone’s favorite remedy for malaria were made with a concoction of quinine, CALOMEL, RHUBARB, and resin of julep.

• 8. Sir Francis Drake was called “El Diablo” by the SPANISH because of his attacks on their SHIPS and settlements.

• 9. General Charles Gordon’s western-trained army that quashed the TAIPING REBELLION was called the “EVER-VICTORIOUS” army.

• 10. The “Patriotic Harmonious Fists”, a group known as the BOXERS, led a 1900 rebellion against FOREIGN influence. The rebellion was put down by 20,000 troops from Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy, and America.

• 11. The Dutch West India Company (WIC) was never as powerful as its counterpart the Dutch East India Company (VOC), but it was known for two extraordinary feats: the capture of the MEXICAN silver fleet and the acquisition of MANHATTAN from the Indians.

FINISH THE SENTENCE

MATCHING

a. The Azoresb. Greenlandc. The

Fortunate Isles

d. The Canariese. Hawaiif. Cape Verde

islandsg. Marshall

Islands

_____ 1. Spain captured these islands from Portugal in 1479 and began plantation-based agricultural production, especially the production of sugar

_____ 2. The Portuguese arrived here as early as 1431

_____ 3. King George III authorized James Cook to establish British authority here in 1779

_____ 4. Seamen from this island explored America before the year 1000

_____ 5. The line drawn in the Treaty of Tordesillas runs 600 kilometers to the west of these islands

_____ 6. The Azores, Canaries, and Cape Verde islands were collectively known as this; they were captured by Prince Henry 1419-1460

_____ 7. Germans acquired control of these islands in the South Pacific

DAEBFCG

5.07 EITHER/OR

• 1. Suleyman the (MAGNIFICIENT, BRAVE), the (FATHER, SON) of Selim I, was (SULTAN, VIZIER) of the Ottomans from 1520-1566. He was a conqueror, military leader, ruler, and lawgiver.

• 2. Napoleon put his brother (JOSEPH, NATHANIEL) on the throne in (SPAIN, FRANCE) in 1808, sparking colonial opposition.

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• 3. Francis (I, IV) sponsored early missions by Giovannia de Verrazzano, Jacques Cartier and others, laying early claims to (SOUTH, NORTH) America for (FRANCE, BRITAIN).

• 4. In the (ROSE, GLORIOUS) Revolution of 1688, William of Orange dethroned James II of England. James’ title in (SCOTLAND, FRANCE) was James VII.

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• 5. The (BYZANTINE, OTTOMAN) sultan lost control of Egypt when Mohammed Ali seized power. Ali’s efforts at establishing Egypt’s independence were thwarted by the Sultan’s persistence and continued (MUSLIM, EUROPEAN) intervention.

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• 6. Jules Ferry served (TWO, THREE) terms as premier during the (THIRD, FIRST) Republic. He took the sometimes (UNPOPULAR, POPULAR) lead in France’s colonial expansion in Africa and Asia.

• 7. Mussolini’s minister of (THE INTERIOR, COLONIES), (MINISTER, PRINCE) Lanza de Scalea, spoke at the (DUTCH, FRENCH) Colonial Exhibition of 1931.

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• 8. By (1869, 1896), Menelik of Showa had acquired breechloaders and ammunition making his army the (BEST, WORST)-equipped army of any (ASIAN, AFRICAN) ruler in history.

• 9. Empress Eugenie of (ENGLAND, FRANCE) entered the Suez Canal on her imperial yacht1 the Aigle on November 17, (1869, 1896) to celebrate the very (EXPENSIVE, PRACTICAL) opening ceremonies for the opening of the canal.

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• 10. In 1854 (FRENCH, EGYPTIAN) leader Mohammed Said gave the go ahead to build the (SUEZ, PANAMA) Canal perhaps because he was a close friend of the French (PRIME MINISTER, CONSUL) Ferdinand de Lesseps who wanted to see the canal built.

• 11. Kaiser Wilhelm II took control of Germany in (1888, 1866), marking the beginning of a (LESS, MORE) aggressive German (DOMESTIC, FOREIGN) policy.

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• 12. General Charles de Gaulle became (PRIME MINISTER, PRESIDENT) of France in 1958. He granted (ALGERIA, TUNISIA) its independence in 1862 which led to massive immigration (OUT OF, INTO) France. He was plagued by (TAKE-OVER, ASSASSINATION) attempts and great bloodshed during his time in office.

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WHO’s WHO

Chicken or Egg? Which came first in each pair?

Chicken or Egg? Which came first in each pair?

Chicken or Egg? Which came first in each pair?

Famous Firsts

Famous Firsts

CAUSE & EFFECT

TRUE-FALSE

• T F 1. Spurring early exploration efforts, Asians were drawn to Europe by a desire for luxury goods like spices, textiles, and silk.

• 1. False—Europeans were drawn to Asia for their luxury goods—ever since the Crusades brought the two worlds in contact with one another.

TRUE-FALSE

• T F 2. England’s primary trade overseas in the sixteenth century was wool.

• TRUE

TRUE-FALSE

• T F 3. British soldiers set up strongholds along the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes areas to support their fisherman and fur traders who prospered in Canada in the eighteenth century.

• 3. False—French soldiers set up strongholds

TRUE-FALSE

• T F 4. Because the French were traders only in North America, rather than settlers like the British, they didn’t force the natives from the traditional hunting grounds as the British had before them.

• TRUE

TRUE-FALSE

• T F 5. In the eighteenth century the British monopolized the commerce in salt and opium, both of which they sold to the Chinese to balance trade.

• 5. False—Opium was sent to China and salt was sold in India in order to extract money from the native Indian population

TRUE-FALSE

• T F 6. The U.S. abolished the slave trade in 1807, the same year as Great Britain.

• TRUE

TRUE-FALSE

• T F 7. Palm oil, a raw material used to make soap and to lubricate industrial

• 7. False—Was the principal export of southern Nigeria

ANALOGIES

• 1. Osman I : Ottoman Empire :: Zhu Yuanzhang : MING Dynasty

• 2. Cortes : Aztecs :: PIZARRO : Incas• 3. Mungo Park : Niger River :: Capt. James

Tuckey : CONGO RIVER• 4. William and Macgregor Laird : Father and

son :: Richard and John Lander : BROTHERS

ANALOGIES

• 5. Capt. H.D. Trotter : Wilberforce :: Capt. Dr. William Baikie : Pleiad

• 6. Albert Camus : French journalist :: Claude Etienne Minie : French ARMY CAPTAIN

• 7. Kaffir War of 1851-53 : Xhosa : Mysore Wars : INDIA

• 8. British poet : Rudyard Kipling :: Nigerian writer : Buchi Emecheta

• 9. Gandhi : India :: Kwame Nkruma : Ghana

JEOPARDY

• 1. Charles Darwin’s 1859 controversial book.

• 1. What is On the Origin of Species?

JEOPARDY

• 2. He wrote The Fairie Queen (1590-96) and View of the Present State of Ireland (c. 1596).

• 2. Who was Edmund Spencer?

JEOPARDY

• 3. This author of Discourse of a Discoverie for a New Passage to Cataia (1576) proposed capturing Santo Domingo and Cuba as bases for conquering Mexico.

• 3. Who was Sir Humphrey Gilbert?

JEOPARDY

• 4. His book Missionary Travels (1857) described his commercial and missionary goals in central Asia.

• 4. Who was David Livingstone?

JEOPARDY

• 5. H.G. Wells wrote this book about extraterrestrials that attempt a takeover of the world, but are forced out by invisible microbes.

• 5. What is War of the Worlds?

JEOPARDY

• 6. Dr. Alexander Bryson published his Report on the Climate and Principal Diseases of the African Station in 1847 advocating the use of this.

• 6. What is the prophylactic use of quinine among Europeans in Africa?

JEOPARDY

• 7. Charles B. Wallis who wrote West African Warfare as a manual for British officers was a former district commissioner here.

• 7. Where is Sierra Leone?

JEOPARDY

• 8. The year that Rudyard Kipling’s poem “The White Man’s Burden” was published.

• 8. What is 1898?

JEOPARDY

• 9. He was a social Darwinist propagandist who wrote Social Evolution (1894).

• 9. Who is Benjamin Kidd?

QUOTING

QUOTING

QUOTING

WHICH IS BIGGER?

WHICH IS BIGGER?

WHICH IS BIGGER?

Authors/Titles/Dates

Authors/Titles/Dates

Fill ins

• 1. Many explorers, including CORONADO from 1540-1542 looked for the mythical city of gold, EL DORADO.

• 2. In 1739 the PERSIAN army made its way to DELHI and sacked the ancient capital of the MUGHAL Empire.

• 3. In 1840, the Qing Emperor in China tried to blockade the importation of OPIUM at the Chinese port of CANTON.

• 4. On May 6, 1931 France’s Colonial Exhibition, a project four years in the making, opened in PARIS under the leadership of French PRESIDENT Gaston Doumergue.

• 5. The French expeditionary force that attacked the city of ALGIERS in 1830 was bombarded by the steamship Sphinx.

• 6. By 1871 TELEGRAPH cables lines ran from VLADIVOSTOK to Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

• 7. Karl Pearson, author of National Life from the Standpoint of Science, held the first chair of EUGENICS at University College in LONDON.

• 8. Tens of thousands of citizens of the former COLONIES migrated to Europe, particularly to its CAPITAL cities. One example is Buchi Emecheta who migrated from NIGERIA to England in 1961.

• 9. As MIGRATIONS swelled during the twentieth century nearly every European capital city’s RESTAURANTS and grocery stores

• mirrored the DIVERSITY of the world’s cuisines.

DEFINITIONS

DEFINITIONS

Q and A

Q and A

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