SUPERQUIZ WORKBOOK

1. SUPERQUIZ WORKBOOK SECTION V

2. Who’s Who

4. 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)

5. FILL IN THE BLANK • 1. The PORTUGUESE for this first-class SAILING vessel derived from the JAVANESE word for ship, ajongThe 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).

6. 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.

7. 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.

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12. MATCHING D a. The Azores b. Greenland c. The Fortunate Isles d. The Canaries e. Hawaii f. Cape Verde islands g. 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 A E B F C G

13. 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. ____ ____ ____ ____

14. 5.07 EITHER/OR _ • 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. ____ ____ ____ ____

15. 5.07 EITHER/OR ____ • 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. ____

16. 5.07 EITHER/OR ____ • 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. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

17. 5.07 EITHER/OR ____ • 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 Aigleon November 17, (1869, 1896) to celebrate the very (EXPENSIVE, PRACTICAL) opening ceremonies for the opening of the canal. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

18. 5.07 EITHER/OR ____ • 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. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

19. 5.07 EITHER/OR • 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. ____ ____ ____ ____

20. WHO’s WHO

22. Chicken or Egg? Which came first in each pair?

23. Chicken or Egg? Which came first in each pair?

24. Chicken or Egg? Which came first in each pair?

25. Famous Firsts

26. Famous Firsts

27. CAUSE & EFFECT

28. 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.

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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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 : BuchiEmecheta • 9. Gandhi : India :: KwameNkruma: Ghana

37. JEOPARDY • 1. Charles Darwin’s 1859 controversial book. • 1. What is On the Origin of Species?

38. JEOPARDY • 2. He wrote The Fairie Queen (1590-96) and View of the Present State of Ireland (c. 1596). • 2. Who was Edmund Spencer?

39. 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?

40. JEOPARDY • 4. His book Missionary Travels (1857) described his commercial and missionary goals in central Asia. • 4. Who was David Livingstone?

41. 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?

42. 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?

43. 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?

44. JEOPARDY • 8. The year that Rudyard Kipling’s poem “The White Man’s Burden” was published. • 8. What is 1898?

45. JEOPARDY • 9. He was a social Darwinist propagandist who wrote Social Evolution (1894). • 9. Who is Benjamin Kidd?

46. QUOTING

47. QUOTING

48. QUOTING

49. WHICH IS BIGGER?

50. WHICH IS BIGGER?