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10 History questions to try

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  1. Which revolution brought the Bolsheviks to power in 1917?

    Question 1 of 10, easy

  2. Which ancient civilization wrote on papyrus made from reeds of the Nile?

    Question 2 of 10, easy

  3. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, Allied troops landed in which region of France?

    Question 3 of 10, easy

  4. What was the network of trade routes linking China with the Mediterranean called?

    Question 4 of 10, easy

  5. Who started the Protestant Reformation by publishing his 95 theses in 1517?

    Question 5 of 10, medium

  6. Which battle of 1066 began Norman rule in England?

    Question 6 of 10, medium

  7. Which country fought China in the Opium Wars of the 1800s?

    Question 7 of 10, medium

  8. Which English king won the Battle of Agincourt in 1415?

    Question 8 of 10, medium

  9. Which formerly enslaved man became the best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution?

    Question 9 of 10, hard

  10. Which West African empire had its capital at Kumasi and a sacred Golden Stool?

    Question 10 of 10, hard

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