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Famous Historical People from World History
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1
Who created the Communist government in post-WWII China?
Qin Shi Huangdi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Tse-tung
2
Who led South Africa to end apartheid?
Mahatma Gandhi
Desmond Tutu
Nelson Mandela
3
Who began the Confucian philosophy in China?
Confucius
Lao Tzu
Buddha
Jet Li
4
Who was the first European to sail to the American continents?
Vasco Da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
5
Who was the first Mesopotamian to create an Empire?
Hannibal
Hammurabi
Sargon
6
Who was crucified by the Romans for his teachings?
Moses
King David
Peter
Jesus
7
Who created a harsh law code used for a millennium in the Ancient Middle East?
Qin Shi Huangdi
Emperor Constantine
Hammurabi
Hannibal
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Who changed the Egyptian religion to monotheism?
Akhenaten
Tutankhamen
Amenhotep I
Cleopatra
9
Who is thought to have written the Ten Commandments?
Jonah
Moses
Jesus
King David
10
Who was the rich African king who converted to Islam?
Imhotep
Mansa Musa
King Watusi
11
Taoism was begun by...
Lao-Tzu
Qin Shi Huangdi
Confucius
12
Who called for all of Europe to go on the First Crusade?
Joan of Arc
King John of England
Pope Urban II
King Edward
13
Who was the first European to sail around Africa?
Sir Francis Drake
Marco Polo
Edward Teach, aka "Blackbeard"
Vasco da Gama
14
Who was the creator and first emperor of the Roman Empire?
Augustus Caesar
Antony
Justinian
Julius Caesar
15
Who legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire?
St Peter
Constantine
Charlemagne
Jesus
16
Who was the Athenian leader during the first part of the Peloponnesian War?
Pericles
Plato
Theseus
17
Who was the First Chinese Emperor?
Lao-Tzu
Jet Li
Shi Huang Di
18
Who attacked and conquered England in 1066?
King Henry V
Stormin' Norman
Charlemagne
William the Conqueror
19
Who signed the Magna Carta?
King John
Constantine
Justinian
20
Who was able to successfully conquer most of Asia in the Medieval time period?
Hannibal
Suleiman the Magnificent
Ghenghis Khan
21
What famous person's death ended the Roman Republic?
Commodus
Antony
Brutus
Julius Caesar
22
Who proved the earth was not the center of the universe?
Socrates
Galileo
Aristotle
Leonardo da Vinci
23
Who conquered the Persian Empire, causing the Hellenistic Age to begin?
Alexander the Great
Hannibal
Hippocrates
Solon
24
Who led India to gain independence from the British Empire?
Ashoka
Nelson Mandela
Mahatma Gandhi
25
Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor?
Julius Caesar
Charlemagne
Augustus
Justinian
26
Who changed the Indian religion to Buddhism?
Mohammed
Gandhi
Gupta
Ashoka
27
Who was the founder of Islam?
Constantine the Great
Mohammed
Confucius
Charlemagne
28
Who started the Protestant Reformation in Europe?
Martin Luther
John Calvin
King John
29
Who was the first major Greek philosopher?
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
Archimedes
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Who was the most important Chinese explorer?
Zheng He
Marco Polo
Wang Chung
Lao Tzu
