Western history trivia

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• Which Russian ruler pushed through Western-style reforms and built a new capital on the Baltic coast?Early modern Europe
• Which European conqueror brought down the Aztec Empire in 1521?Early modern Europe
• Which queen reigned over Britain at its 19th-century height, when it was called 'the empire on which the sun never sets'?Early modern Europe
• On which Mediterranean island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?Early modern Europe
• Which king of England was defeated by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War and executed in 1649?Early modern Europe
• Which industry was the first to be mechanized in the British Industrial Revolution of the late 18th century?Early modern Europe
• Which British engineer greatly improved the steam engine and helped drive the Industrial Revolution?Early modern Europe
• Which country sponsored Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic in 1492?Early modern Europe
• What goods did Europeans on the voyages of exploration most want to obtain from India and Southeast Asia?Early modern Europe
• Which Austrian-born queen of France was executed during the French Revolution?Early modern Europe
• Columbus thought the land he had reached was a new continent unknown to Europe.Early modern Europe
• As the Industrial Revolution progressed, people left the cities and flocked to the countryside.Early modern Europe
• Henry VIII of England broke with the papacy in Rome over the annulment of his marriage to his queen.Early modern Europe
• The potato is a crop that reached Europe from the Americas after the voyages of exploration.Early modern Europe
• Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 ended in a great victory for the French army.Early modern Europe
• Italy was not unified into a single kingdom until the second half of the 19th century.Early modern Europe
• France's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was issued before the American Declaration of Independence.Early modern Europe
• Germany and Russia were the first countries to take the lead in the voyages of exploration in the 15th century.Early modern Europe
• The word 'Renaissance' means 'rebirth'.Early modern Europe
• After the French Revolution brought down the monarchy, a republic was established in France.Early modern Europe
• Which kingdom did Cleopatra VII, the famous queen of the ancient world, rule?Ancient Greece and Rome
• Who was emperor when the great fire of AD 64 burned much of Rome?Ancient Greece and Rome
• Which statesman led Athenian democracy at its height in the mid-5th century BC?Ancient Greece and Rome
• Which ancient Greek temple column style has a plain, almost undecorated capital and a sturdy, heavy look?Ancient Greece and Rome
• Which queen of Sparta was carried off by the Trojan prince Paris, setting off the Trojan War?Ancient Greece and Rome
• What was the public square at the heart of an ancient Roman city, used for political meetings, trials, and trade?Ancient Greece and Rome
• Which figure in Greek myth flew on wings fixed with wax, went too close to the sun, and fell into the sea?Ancient Greece and Rome
• Which figure in Greek myth fell in love with his own reflection in the water, could not leave it, and became a flower?Ancient Greece and Rome
• Which hero of Greek myth is famous for completing twelve labors?Ancient Greece and Rome
• What is the Roman name for Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty?Ancient Greece and Rome
• Winners at the ancient Olympic Games received gold medals, just as they do today.Ancient Greece and Rome
• After Theodosius I died in 395, his two sons divided the Roman Empire into east and west.Ancient Greece and Rome
• In Greek myth, the Trojan Horse was built by the Trojans to trick the Greeks.Ancient Greece and Rome
• The Peloponnesian War ended in victory for Athens.Ancient Greece and Rome
• "Bread and circuses" mocks how Rome's rulers kept citizens content with free grain and public spectacles.Ancient Greece and Rome
• Hannibal invaded Italy by sailing across the Mediterranean and landing in the south.Ancient Greece and Rome
• In ancient Rome, a slave freed by his master could become a free person.Ancient Greece and Rome
• In the democracy of ancient Athens, women could also attend the assembly and vote.Ancient Greece and Rome
• In Greek myth, the one thing left inside after Pandora opened her box was hope.Ancient Greece and Rome
• "I came, I saw, I conquered" is said to be Julius Caesar's report of a victory.Ancient Greece and Rome
• Which insect did the ancient Egyptians treat as a symbol of rebirth and the sun, making many amulets in its shape?Ancient civilisations
• In which present-day country did most of the centers of Mesopotamian civilization lie?Ancient civilisations
• Of the four great ancient civilizations, along which river did Chinese civilization arise?Ancient civilisations
• Which New Kingdom pharaoh of Egypt had the Abu Simbel temples cut into a rock cliff in Nubia?Ancient civilisations
• Which European country brought down the Aztec Empire and then the Inca Empire in the 16th century?Ancient civilisations
• In which present-day country did the Aztec civilization flourish?Ancient civilisations
• Which ancient people, famed for Mediterranean trade, founded Carthage in North Africa?Ancient civilisations
• In which present-day country do the two best-known city sites of the Indus civilization both lie?Ancient civilisations
• Which ancient civilization made and used a solar calendar with a 365-day year?Ancient civilisations
• Mesopotamia was enclosed by desert and sea, so invasions from outside were rare.Ancient civilisations
• Achaemenid Persia forced the peoples it conquered to follow the Persian religion.Ancient civilisations
• Which ancient law code is well known for the principle of retaliation, 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth'?Ancient civilisations
• The four great ancient civilizations arose as people began to use iron tools.Ancient civilisations
• The heartland of the ancient Persian Empire lay in what is now Iran.Ancient civilisations
• The four great ancient civilizations all arose in the valleys of large rivers.Ancient civilisations
• In ancient Egypt, cats were regarded as sacred animals.Ancient civilisations
• The pharaoh of ancient Egypt was a leader chosen by the people in a vote.Ancient civilisations
• The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.Ancient civilisations
• Assyria is counted as the first state to unite the whole of the ancient Near East.Ancient civilisations
• The Zhou dynasty ran its realm through the commandery-county system, in which the king sent officials to govern the provinces directly.Ancient civilisations