History Quiz #804
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Q1. The systems known as Gonin Gumi, in the Edo period in Japan, and Frankpledge, in mediaeval England, shared what?
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Q2. What caused the disaster in December 2004 which killed an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries round the north-eastern Indian Ocean?
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Q3. What is the name for the period of French history from 2 December 1852 (when Napoleon III became Emperor) to 4 September 1870 (when the Third Republic was set up after the Battle of Sedan)?
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Q4. Which country became independent from imperial China in 938 AD in the Battle of Bạch Đằng River?
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Q5. In which country was there a civil war which lasted several decades following independence in November 1975, when three main guerrilla groups, the FNLA, MPLA and UNITA, fought each other?
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Q6. On 30 April 2019 Emperor Akihito of Japan did what?
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Q7. After a long history of forceful action, genocide, theft and forced trading carried out by various countries and trading blocs, Britain captured the islands of Maluku, or the Moluccas, over 1796 to 1810, and held them until 1817. What were the islands called in the west?
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