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1 What ancient civilization used hieroglyphics as writing?

A) Egyptians

B) Romans

C) Greeks

D) Persians

2 What people invented hieroglyphics?

A) Romans

B) Ancient

C) Greeks

D) Sumerians

3 What treaty gave Hong Kong to Britain?

A) Treaty of Peking

B) Treaty of Shimonoseki

C) Treaty of Tientsin

D) Treaty of Nanking

4 What ancient empire built the Colosseum?

A) Persian

B) Greek

C) Roman

D) Egyptian

5 What event triggered the United States' entry into World War II?

A) The invasion of Poland

B) Japanese attack on Pearl

C) The bombing of London

D) The fall of France

6 What people lived in longhouses?

A) Romans

B) Egyptians

C) Vikings/Iroquois

D) Greeks

7 What explorer first reached the southern tip of Africa?

A) Vasco da Gama

B) Ferdinand Magellan

C) Henry the Navigator

D) Bartolomeu Dias

8 What was the role of social media in the Arab Spring?

A) It was censored completely

B) It enabled organizers to

C) It was used only for entertainment

D) It had no role

9 What was the significance of Nelson Mandela's release from prison in 1990?

A) A sports event

B) It marked the

C) A trade agreement

D) A military coup

10 What battle ended the Napoleonic Wars?

A) Trafalgar

B) Leipzig

C) Waterloo

D) Austerlitz

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