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1. A. He was the last important Ottoman sultan, 1876-1909.
2. B. He was a German statesman,known as "the Iron Chancellor".
3. C. He was a British political leader, responsible for the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902.
4. D. He was a dictatorial President of Mexico 1877-1910.
5. F. He was Archduke of Austria, nephew of, and from 1896 heir to, the Emperor Franz Joseph I.
6. G. He was a British general, first distinguished for bravery in the Crimean war (1854-56).
7. H. He was the Austrian founder of the Zionist movement.
8. I. He was the Khedive (or governor) of Egypt under Ottoman sovereignty. He opened the Suez Canal in 1869 and expanded Egyptian rule in the Sudan.
9. J. He was President of the US 1801-09.
10. K. He was a German industrialist and arms manufacturer, not a politician. Still, the Franco-Prussian war was won largely with his fieldgun.
11. L. He was made King of Belgium in 1865. He was instrumental in founding the Congo Free State, 1879, over which he secured personal control in 1885.
12. He was the Mystic founder of a vast Muslim state in the Sudan. In M. 1881 he proclaimed a divine mission to purify Islam under the title "the Right-Guided One", which in Arabic constitutes his name. (Al-_________).
13. N. He proclaimed himself Emperor of France in 1852. He was defeated by Bismarck in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71).
14. O. He was the liberator of Chile, and its first head of state. He was the son of a Spanish officer of Irish origin.
15. P. He was known as "the Younger" - English statesman, Prime Minister 1783-01 and 1804-06.
16. R. He was the founder of Singapore in 1819, henceforth the centre of British colonial activities in South East Asia.
17. S. He was an Argentinian liberator, and with Simon Bolivar he led South America´s 19th century independence struggles from Spain.
18. T. He was a French statesman and diplomat. Foreign Minister under the Directory, 1797-99, and to Napoleon I until resigning 1807. At the Congress of Vienna (1814-15) he secured favourable terms for France.
19. V. He was the first king of united Italy in 1861.
20. W. He was victor of Waterloo and later Prime Minister of Britain. He was born Arthur Wellesley, but was more known under the name Duke of _________?
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