History Quiz: Geography #1

The border between the Ottoman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ran through part of what is now Ukraine, while the border between Francia and the Umayyad Caliphate was located near the city of Arles. Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, however, were separated by Austria, Hungary and Romania.

The Achaemenid Empire extended into what is today Greece and North Macedonia at its greatest extent, while it also reached into modern Libya. The Seleucid Empire reached as far as the western coast of modern Turkey, while the Sasanian Empire existed in modern Egypt but not up to the Libyan border.

The empire was located in southwest Colombia, southwest Ecuador, Peru, western and south central Bolivia, northwest Argentina and much of Chile.

The Czech Republic was, at the time, part of Austro-Hungary. Danzig, now Gdańsk, and Königsberg, now Kaliningrad, were both located within Imperial Germany.

It controlled much of the peninsula, with the rest being controlled by the kingdoms of Goguryeo and Baekje. Yue and Qi, meanwhile, existed in China.

The settlement of L'Anse aux Meadows, dating to around the year 1000, is evidence of Viking settlement in Newfoundland. Later, in 1061, the Normans invaded Sicily, after which the Norman House of Hauteville ruled over the island and a large portion of southern Italy, with their territory known as the Kingdom of Sicily. They ruled until 1194, when the German House of Hohenstaufen took control. Lastly, while the Vikings raided Sardinia, they never settled there, and neither did the Normans.

By the time of his death, the empire covered 1,900,000 square miles.

The battle in question is the Battle of Jutland, which was fought off the west coast of Denmark.

The culture stretched across the modern states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, and part of the middle stretch of the river flowed through the territory.

The New Kingdom reached far along the coast of the Levant, reaching into southern Turkey. It also controlled the Kingdom of Kush, the territory of which Khartoum is now located within. However, while it existed in modern Libya, it didn't stretch as far west as where Tripoli is now located.

The USSR covered 8,649,500 square miles. The next largest was the Qing dynasty at 5,100,000 square miles then the French colonial empire at 4,400,000 square miles.

It produced 120 megatons of the gas, which spread to Europe. Krakatoa released 20 megatons while Pinatubo released 17 megatons.

Specifically, it became a prefecture in 1947.

It controlled areas that are now part of Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

The border between the modern countries nearly splits the former territory of the empire in two.