| Hint | Year | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1) This explorer sailed the Atlanticin search of a route to India but landed in North America | 1492-1504 | Christopher Columbus | 100%
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| 4) This French teenager leads a major rebellionin France against English forces at Orleans | 1429-1430 | Joan of Arc | 94%
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| 2) This Byzantine capital falls to the Ottoman reign | 1453 | Constantinople | 89%
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| 6) Johannes Gutenberg invents this revolutionarymachine, and publishes the Gutenberg Bible | 1450 | Printing Press | 83%
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| 3) A brutal conflict between the English housesof York and Lancaster causes this war | 1455-1487 | War of the Roses | 83%
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| 17) Ming emperor Yongle moves the capital from Nanjingto this current capital | 1403 | Beijing | 78%
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| 11) This Italian city becomes the center of the flourishingRenaissance era of art and culture | 1450s | Florence | 78%
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| 20) This Peruvian empire is founded, ruling the area untilthe later Spanish conquest | 1438 | Inca | 78%
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| 21) This Renaissance painter is born in Anchiano, Italy,famous for the Mona Lisa | 1452 | Leonardo DaVinci | 78%
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| 5) The war in which the above fought in betweenthe French and English | 1337-1453 | Hundred Years | 67%
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| 12) This Russian prince comes to power and unites muchof the country for Moscow | 1462-1505 | Ivan | 67%
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| 28) This Bosnian capital is founded by the Ottomans | 1461 | Sarajevo | 67%
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| 27) This famous Incan citadel is constructed high in the Andes | 1450s | Machu Picchu | 61%
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| 14) This Renaissance artist creates the Bacchus sculpture,the Roman god of wine | 1496-1497 | Michelangelo | 61%
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| 9) Casa di San Giorgio is founded in this Italian cityas one of the first public banks | 1407 | Genoa | 56%
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| 13) This Portuguese explorer establishes a trade routeto India around the southern tip of Africa | 1497-1499 | Vasco De Gama | 56%
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| 23) This imperial complex in Beijing is completed | 1420 | Forbidden City | 44%
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| 16) This family of bankers becomes a powerful empire in Florence | 1400s > | Medici | 44%
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| 29) The Ottomans invade this Greek island, faced with a smallgroup of Knights Hospitaller | 1480 | Rhodes | 39%
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| 19) This Khmer capital is sacked by Thai invaders | 1431 | Angkor | 33%
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| 7) This treaty between Spain and Portugal dividednewly discovered lands outside Europe for colonization | 1494 | Tordesillas | 33%
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| 25) The outnumbered English defeat the French forces at this northern French city in a pivotal battle | 1415 | Agincourt | 28%
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| 15) This empire, under king Boabdil of Granada, surrendersto Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain | 1492 | Moor | 28%
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| 8) This empire dominates Iran and much of central Asia, emerging from a fragmented Mongol reign | 1370-1400s | Timurid | 28%
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| 18) A university is established in this northern Italian city,one of the oldest in Europe still in operation | 1404 | Turin | 22%
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| 3) This Venetian explorer reached theCanadian coast, claiming the land for England | 1497 | John Cabot | 17%
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| 10) This Portuguese explorer discovers the west Africancoast and establishes European trade routes | 1420s-1460 | Henry the Navigator | 11%
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| 22) Another famous Renaissance artist is born inUrbino, Italy, known for his works like the Transfiguration | 1483 | Rafael | 11%
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| 24) This Admiral sails to Indonesia, Ceylon, Persia andeast Africa to spread Chinese influence under the Ming rule | 1405-1433 | Zheng He | 6%
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| 30) This Portuguese navigator becomes the first to sailaround the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa | 1488 | Bartolomeu Dias | 0%
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| 26) This king unites the Aztecs, which become the dominantpower in Mesoamerica | 1440-1469 | Montezuma I | 0%
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