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Questions	Answer	% Correct
10) Period of high geopolitical tension between the US and USSR following WW2 and ending in 1989	Cold War	99%
12) Italian explorer who, while sailing under the Spanish crown, explored theAmericas and is often credited for "discovering" it	Christopher Columbus	97%
9) Famous Egyptian ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, the only female pharaohand wife of Romans Julius Caesar and Mark Antony	Cleopatra	96%
2) Former name of Istanbul under the Roman/Byzantine empire rule,named after the famed Roman emperor	Constantinople	96%
17) This megacity is the seat of Egypt, closest to the pyramids and Giza	Cairo	94%
13) According to the book of Genesis, this son of Adam killed his brother Abelin revenge over Gods choosing	Cain	93%
4) This internal war was fought between the American North and South over the issue of slavery and its legality	Civil War	90%
6) Series of military campaigns between Muslims and Christians to takecontrol of the Holy Land	Crusades	90%
20) Supreme set of laws of the US, beginning with "We the people" as its preamble	Constitution	87%
11) This Chinese philosopher, born as Kong Qiu, contributed to the development ofthe major religion that bore his name	Confucius	81%
1) This Frankish king was crowned Roman Emperor in 800, restoring Roman power to the European west	Charlemagne	79%
5) This major writing script is used in several Eurasian countries, particularlyRussian, Bulgarian, and other Slavic countries	Cyrillic	69%
3) This English queen was the first wife of Henry VIII, originally from Spain	Catherine of Aragon	66%
8) Now in present day Tunis, this city was the capital of the Punic empirethat fell to the Romans in the 2nd century BC	Carthage	64%
7) Tense 2 week confrontation between the US and USSR over projectiles beinglaunched in Cuba, moving closer to a full scale war in 1962	Cuban Missile Crisis	64%
14) The collective Southern states that seceded from the Union during the Civil War	Confederacy	55%
16) This term is an Islamic form of political-religious government where the head of state is a long successor of the Prophet Muhammad	Caliphate	49%
19) This "great" emperor hailed from Iran and founded the Persian Achaemenid Empire	Cyrus the Great	36%
18) Alternative time dating to after the death of Christ is often called "After death" or _______ Era	Common	34%
15) This battle was a decisive Confederate victory in April 1863, but resulted in thedeath of Gen. Stonewall Jackson	Chancellorsville	13%

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