Historical Geography Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 100
In the early 1800s, from which country did Sweden lose Finland?
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russia
Which country is home to the Gallipoli Peninsula, where significant battles occurred during World War I?
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turkey
Which significant waterway, opened to all ships by an 1888 convention, remained accessible until the outbreak of World War I?
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suez canal
Which state was once part of Massachusetts during colonial times and does not border it now?
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maine
Which country acquired Thessaly and part of Epirus from Turkey in 1881?
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greece
What present-day province was known as Upper Canada until 1841, while present-day Quebec was known as Lower Canada?
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ontario
Which area of Central America was legally transferred to the U.S. in 1904?
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panama canal zone
In which 3-part area, subdued by Julius Caesar, was the homeland of the Walloons?
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gaul
On which island, with its capital being Fort-De-France, did Napoleon's wife Josephine spend her first 15 years?
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martinique
In 1971, what name was replaced on maps when Bangladesh became the new designation?
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east pakistan
In which U.S. state was the first atomic bomb exploded in 1945 near Alamogordo?
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new mexico
Which team of surveyors is famous for demarcating the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania?
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mason & dixon
In which country is there a city named after Queen Victoria's prime minister, the 2nd Viscount Melbourne, in 1837?
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australia
In 1998, where did the Palestinians open their first airport, located in a region often associated with conflict?
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gaza strip
What name for the South is believed by some to have originated from $10 notes printed in New Orleans?
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dixie
What was the new name given to British New Guinea when it became a territory of Australia in 1906?
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papua new guinea
What was North China once called, a name derived from the Khitan people of Mongolia?
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cathay
In which present-day state were the Awatovi Pueblos located, near Tuba City, and housed 1,000 people in 1,300 rooms during the 1100s?
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arizona
What is the name of the port settlement that Catherine the Great fortified and renamed from Akhtiar?
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sevastopol
The term 'Caucasian' is properly applied to people who live in the Caucasus region of which former country?
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soviet union
What city, besieged in 1854 and 1855, lies just west of the real Crimea river called the Chernaya?
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sevastopol
What island was known as Santo Domingo during the Spanish colonial period?
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hispaniola
In 1946, Bosnia & Hercegovina were unified as one of the six constituent republics of which country?
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yugoslavia
In 1630, the village of Shawmut, Massachusetts changed its name to what city?
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boston
What capital city of Sierra Leone was founded by British abolitionists in 1787 as a home for liberated slaves?
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freetown
What is the name of the North Korean capital that is considered the oldest city on the Korean Peninsula?
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pyongyang
In which modern-day country did Portuguese explorers dub the land the Gold Coast after finding gold?
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ghana
What is the current name of the country that was previously known as the Malagasy Republic?
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madagascar
What is the name of the island where Virginia Dare was born in 1587?
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roanoke island
When George Washington was 21, he had a mission in what was then the Far West, in Pennsylvania, near which Great Lake?
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lake erie
Under what Latin name did the island formerly known as Albion go on to 'rule the waves'?
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britannia
Which capital city on the Danube became the first in eastern Europe to have a subway in 1896?
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budapest
Under Hammurabi, what new name was given to the Plain of Shinar?
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babylon
In which country, located on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, was the region ruled by the Queen of Sheba?
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yemen
In which modern-day Mideast country did the Sumerians establish Sumer?
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iraq
In 1930, the name of which country's capital city changed from Angora to Ankara?
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turkey
Which country on Africa's southeast coast was at least partly occupied by Portugal from the early 1500s to 1975 and has 10 letters in its name?
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mozambique
What is the name of the nation that was administered by the Germans until WWI as South West Africa and is now independent?
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namibia
In which African country was the ancient city of Old Carthage located?
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tunisia
Which Venezuelan river did Lope de Aguirre discover to be connected to the Amazon in 1561?
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orinoco
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