Memorize these and you could recognize 18.4% of all World History clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 9 | In 1794, 1830, 1846, 1848, 1861, & 1863 this neighbor unsuccessfully revolted against Russia |
| 2 | Egypt | 9 | King Menes, who unified the upper & lower regions of this ancient country, was killed by a hippopotamus |
| 3 | China | 9 | The numerous Sino-Japanese Wars involved Japan & this country |
| 4 | Hungary | 8 | This country's radio recently re-broadcast a speech made by Imre Nagy the day the Soviets invaded in 1956 |
| 5 | France | 8 | In 1914, this European country controlled almost all of West Africa |
| 6 | India | 7 | In 1947 Britain's George VI dropped his title as emperor of this country |
| 7 | Christopher Columbus | 7 | On his 2nd voyage, he discovered Jamaica |
| 8 | Japan | 6 | This country's forces sank the U.S. gunboat Panay in 1937 |
| 9 | Brazil | 6 | During the Napoleonic Wars, the royal family of Portugal fled to this colony |
| 10 | Spain | 5 | Ferdinand VII was forced to abdicate the throne of this country in favor of Joseph Bonaparte |
| 11 | South Africa | 5 | Neither Blacks nor Whites but Bushmen & Hottentots were the 1st to live in this troubled country |
| 12 | Russia | 5 | Peter the Great abolished the aristocratic Boyar class in this country |
| 13 | Peter the Great | 5 | 1st Russian czar ever to visit the "west", he built his capital as a "window on the west" |
| 14 | Denmark | 5 | As a result of the Napoleonic Wars, this country lost Norway to Sweden in 1814 |
| 15 | Cuba | 5 | From 1868-78, this Caribbean island fought a 10-year war for independence from Spain but lost |
| 16 | Canada | 5 | MacKenzie King's tenure as this country's prime minister was longest for any parliamentary government |
| 17 | Alexander the Great | 5 | As a youth, this future ruler's education was supervised by Aristotle |
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| 19 | the Philippines | 4 | Under revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo, this country declared its independence from Spain in 1898 |
| 20 | Sweden | 4 | King Gustav III restored autocratic rule to this country in the 18th century |
| 21 | Portugal | 4 | In 1493, Pope Alexander VI divided the New World between Spain & this country |
| 22 | Napoleon | 4 | His 1808 ousting of the king of Spain gave Latin American states the pretext to declare independence |
| 23 | Mexico | 4 | Long the ruling party in this country, the PRI won the 1988 election by its lowest margin ever |
| 24 | Mao Tse-tung | 4 | In 1969 Lin Piao was designated successor to this man by the 9th Party Congress |
| 25 | Louis XIV | 4 | In 1661, this French king began construction of the Palace of Versailles |
| 26 | Italy | 4 | Prime minister de Gasperi of this Mediterranean country was K.O.'d in a 1950 parliamentary brawl |
| 27 | Haiti | 4 | Former slave Jean-Jacque Dessalines ruled this country as emperor Jacque I from 1804-1806 |
| 28 | Germany | 4 | As a result of World War II, this country's eastern border was pushed back to the Neisse & Oder Rivers |
| 29 | Finland | 4 | This N. European country was a grand duchy ruled by Russia before gaining its independence in 1917 |
| 30 | Charlemagne | 4 | Semi-literate himself, this 9th c. emperor set up the Palace School to help others learn |
| 31 | Cambodia | 4 | In recent years this country has also been known as Kampuchea & Khmer Republic |
| 32 | Bismarck | 4 | In 1871 this Prussian unified the separate German states into a single German empire |
| 33 | the Netherlands | 4 | In 1826 this Low Country established its first tea plantations on Java |
| 34 | The Boer War | 4 | This conflict that began in 1899 is also known as the South African War |
| 35 | Yugoslavia | 3 | In 1929, the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes became known as this |
| 36 | U Thant | 3 | On Nov. 30, 1962 the U.N. General Assembly elected this Burmese diplomat secretary-general |
| 37 | the Suez Canal | 3 | An 1888 treaty said this canal was neutral & would remain open even during a war |
| 38 | the Ottoman Empire | 3 | In the 16th century the Janissaries formed the elite core of this empire's army |
| 39 | the Crusades | 3 | King Louis IX of France led the 7th & 8th of these military expeditions |
| 40 | Scotland | 3 | 1 year before Robert the Bruce died, he was finally recognized by Edward III as king of this |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | In 1926 Ibn Saud became King of Hejaz & later made it part of this kingdom |
| 42 | Saladin | 3 | This Muslim warrior captured Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187, triggering the Third Crusade |
| 43 | Rome | 3 | Marcus Opellius Macrinus was the 1st emperor of this who was not a senator first |
| 44 | Prussia | 3 | From 1871-1918, this was the largest constituent kingdom of the German Empire |
| 45 | Nasser | 3 | About 1000 times as many people attended this man's 1970 Cairo funeral as attended his successor's |
| 46 | Mexico City | 3 | Conquistadores founded this city on the site of the Aztec cities Tenochtitlan & Tlatelolco |
| 47 | Martin Luther | 3 | While a teacher of moral philosophy at the Univ. of Wittenberg, he received his doctorate of theology in 1512 |
| 48 | Maria Theresa | 3 | In 1745 her husband, Francis Stephen, became Holy Roman Emperor Francis I |
| 49 | Lenin | 3 | Born Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov in 1870, but the name on his much-visited tomb is this |