Can you name the Geography of History? by Bischoffshof

Historical Event	Nation
Archduke Ferdinand was assasinated in Sarajevo to start WWI. What modern nation has Sarajevo as its capital?
Auschwitz, the largest German concentration camp of WWII was built in what country?
Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena in 1815. St. Helena is now classified as a dependent territory of what modern country?
Marco Polo was a Venetian merchantmen who explored through Asia for 24 years and met Kublai Khan. If he lived during modern times what country would he be from?
Kamikaze winds saved what modern nation from two of Kublai Khan's invasions?
Vikings discovered the cities of Cork, Limerick and also the capital city of what modern nation?
Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, has been renamed and now resides in what modern nation?
The British East India company established control of Ceylon in 1796. Ceylon is now what modern nation?
The largest city of what modern nation got its start as a convict settlement in 1778?
Hernan Cortez was a Spanish Conquistador who brought down the Aztec Empire in 1521. The Aztec's capital lies in what modern nation?

Historical Event	Nation
The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement to split the New World in half. The agreement was signed between Spain and what other nation?
The United States made the Louisiana Purchase to more than double its size at the time. What nation did the United States purchase the land from?
The Ming Dynasty of China extended the Great Wall to protect themselves from a group of nomads to their north. What modern nation takes its name from these northern nomads?
The Salt March, which started the wider Civil Disobedience Movement, took place in what modern country to protest a British instituted salt tax?
Howard Carter, a British archaeologist, discovered the burial site of King Tut in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. The Valley of the Kings lies in what modern nation?
Nelson Mandela was the first president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election in what country?
Simon Bolivar nicknamed 'El Libertador' was a revolutionary who lead 6 nations to their independence was born in Caracas. Caracas lies in what modern country?
The United States fought the Barbary Coast pirates in the Battle of Derne, in the quasi-independent nation of Tripoli. Today Tripoli is the capital of what nation?
The French and Indian Wars was finally won by Great Britian when it captured a major city in New France. What modern nation does this city lie in?
The Battle of Marathon which occured between the Athenians and Persians was fought on land which is now part of what modern nation?

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Geography of History Quiz

by Bischoffshof

Created May 12, 2010 in Geography
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	scarpgarph:	May 12th, 2010 at 22:34 GMT	8 points
	too much time

	AlexRandom:	May 13th, 2010 at 01:43 GMT	12 points
	This was pretty easy. Besides cutting some time, you might consider rephrasing a few of the questions so that they can't be answered just by geographical knowledge as opposed to historical. For example, even if I didn't know who the hell was Simon Bolivar I could still answer that question just by knowing where is Caracas. Same with Sarajevo, Venice, and Tripoli. Rewriting the quiz so that the city names are not mentioned makes it both more challenging and more consistent.

	phildm:	May 13th, 2010 at 04:54 GMT	3 points
	Might want to change your column settings to 70/30

	HiddenPalace:	May 13th, 2010 at 11:02 GMT	4 points
	Easy, you don't need all this time.

	Ribhump:	May 13th, 2010 at 12:11 GMT	2 points
	good quiz, but i'd drop the timer to 5 mins. max

	gowhere:	May 13th, 2010 at 14:00 GMT	4 points
	I like the concept - maybe the answers could also be a mix of countries and cities - this would make it harder - also, did the vikings 'discover' those irish cities, that is they were already in existence, or did they found them.

	redsxfenway:	May 13th, 2010 at 14:23 GMT	2 points
	It's a good quiz, but it's too easy. My knowledge history isn't too great but I still managed to get them all in few minutes.

	steelwolf:	May 13th, 2010 at 14:41 GMT	1 point
	I realise I'm being extremely pedantic here, but most of the places you have the word "nation" in the clue should actually read "country". A nation is a group of people with the same cultural identity, a country is a political entity. Therefore the Valley of the Kings doesn't lie in a nation, but in a country. Great quiz apart from that, although I agree there's too much time.

	Teary_Ennui:	May 13th, 2010 at 15:14 GMT	3 points
	It's solidly put together but very easy. As stated above, you need to hide the elements which enable people to work out answers without knowing history (e.g. X is the capital of Y). Many of these questions may as well read "Venice is in...", "Caracas is in..." etc plus a random historicla fact

	RS89:	May 14th, 2010 at 00:29 GMT	3 points
	Way too much time. Cut it down to no more than five minutes.

	AKAPseudonym:	May 14th, 2010 at 21:40 GMT	3 points
	Man did I ever spend a lot of time guessing what country Kublai Khan was from. I no read so good.

	conradmcmasters:	May 15th, 2010 at 00:35 GMT	4 points
	No real historical questions, just a lot of words to say "where is venice?" etc.

	catcherj:	May 19th, 2010 at 21:58 GMT	1 point
	There is way too much time. Also, you should change the column settings so that there is more space for the paragraph long questions and less for the one word answers, limiting the amount of scrolling required.