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Answer
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What fleet of warships did Spain launch against England in 1588?
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Spanish Armada
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What started on October 29, 1929 and lasted for about a decade?
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Great Depression
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What "M" word refers to the ancient region in the area of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
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Mesopotamia
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On what Pacific island did islanders build giant statues called moai?
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Easter Island
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Who was the personification of the American female factory worker in WWII?
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Rosie the Riveter
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Whose "little red book" of quotations has been printed billions of times
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Mao Zedong
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What fermented food product was called "liberty cabbage" during WWI?
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Sauerkraut
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What figurative barrier separated democratic and communist Europe?
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Iron Curtain
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What country was once led by military leaders called shoguns?
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Japan
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In which modern-day country was the Anglo-Boer war fought?
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South Africa
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What insecticide was banned in part due to Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring"?
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DDT
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What British monarch had the title "Empress of India"?
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Queen Victoria
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What country was ruled by "Papa Doc" and "Baby Doc" Duvalier?
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Haiti
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What modern-day country was once the largest and most profitable Dutch colony?
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Indonesia
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What did Karl Marx and the Unabomber both write?
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Manifestos
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What Mexican general defeated the Texans at the Alamo?
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Antonio López de Santa Anna
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What 1950s scenesters were famous for wearing berets, playing bongos, and snapping?
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Beatniks
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Who famously lived at Robben Island prison from 1964–1982?
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Nelson Mandela
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What was the tallest manmade structure in the world in the year 1900?
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Eiffel Tower
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What group of French-speaking people settled in Louisiana after being forced out of eastern Canada?
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Acadians
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There was a clear distinction between the western democracies and the Russian sphere of influence in terms of both humans rights and democratic rights. I don't think there's much of a case to be made against this concept, honestly.