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1. The earliest state to exist on what is now Cambodia was called Norkor Phnom (Norkor Kuork Phlouk). What did the Chinese call this distant southern land that probably was born in the 1st century B.C.?
2. By the 7th and 8th centuries A.D. another state began to develop in the midst of the decline of Norkor Phnom. The Chinese also record the existence of this empire, one they call what?
3. The greatest Cambodian empire, the Khmer, was established in the 9th century A.D. under which great king?
4. The Khmer empire was centered on a great capital, famous for its water works. What was this capital called?
5. The Khmer empire began to decline by the 14th century due to internal rebellions, economic mismanagement and the introduction of Theravada Buddhism. People of which nation brought the empire to its knees by invading the capital in 1353?
6. Cambodia further declined as a vigorous nation when in the 1620s, the Vietnamese conquered the former Cambodian dominated Mekong delta region. Which people were also displaced in this Vietnamese power move?
7. In the late seventeenth century, a king arose who would later be characterized as the 'king who left religion'. What had actually happened to this fellow?
8. In 1779, a six-year-old boy was selected as the new king of Cambodia. In 1794, he was crowned as king in an official ceremony in Bangkok, the first time a Cambodian king had ever been crowned by a foreign power. Who was this young king?
9. In the year 1863, which country established a protectorate over Cambodia?
10. Who was the last monarch of a free Cambodia, prior to the colonial period?
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