SUPERQUIZ WORKBOOK
SECTION V
Who’s Who
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__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 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Aigle on November 17, (1869, 1896) to
celebrate the very (EXPENSIVE, PRACTICAL)
opening ceremonies for the opening of the canal.
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.
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.
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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