History of the World: IX

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1. This city founded by Peter the Great in 1703, became Russia's capital until 1918. Answer: (Two Words)

2. In 1718 this city, famous for Cajun food and Mardi Gras, was founded by the French. St. Louis New Orleans Quebec Baton Rouge

3. In 1740, Frederich the Great was crowned king of Prussia. Prussia was made up of present day Germany and Austria. True False

4. From 1756-1763, a huge war between Prussia, England, and Portugal vs. Austria, France, Russia, and Spain was fought on three different continents. In the end Britain got New France, and Prussia kept Silesia, a region of the Austrian Empire now in Poland. In Canada, the war is known as the War of Conquest, in America it is called the French and Indian War. What do most historians call this war? The Three Continent War The Seven Years' War The Prussian-Austrian War The New France War

5. What year did the American Revolutionary War start? 1775 1776 1774 1773

6. From 1789 till about 1795 a revolution took place in which European country to dethrone (and later behead) the king? Answer: (One Word)

7. In 1801 what two countries join together, only to break apart 120 years later? Russia and Finland France and Switzerland Britain and Ireland Spain and Portugal

8. In 1819, the East India Company founded the city of Singapore on the Malay Peninsula, which later became a key technological and port city. True False

9. What was the first Eastern European country to break away from the Ottoman Empire as the result of large-scale popular uprising? Macedonia Bulgaria Romania Greece

10. In 1840, what island country in Oceania was founded? Answer: (Two Words)