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Was the emperor of the Qin Dynasty and creator of the first unified Chinese Empire.
Wu Zetian
Qi´nan Huan
Huan Ta´Namera
Qin Shi Huang
2
Which Belgian King, led to the genocide of over six million and slave labour of the Congolese people.
King Albert I
Leopold II
Leopold I
Philippe of Belgium
3
A period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular the period of the Terror during the French Revolution.
Battle of the Ardennes
Reign of Terror
French Civil War
Pastry War
4
Tyrant known for transferring the last legion under a senatorial proconsul to an imperial legate.
Nero
Caligula
Agrippina
Julio Cesar
5
Political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler. It was his only complete book.
Mein Liebling
Mein Schiff
Mein Kampf
Mein Herz
6
The word "dracul" directly translates to "__________" in modern Romanian.
the devil
the great
the enlightened
the dragon
7
___________ (meaning "the leader" in Italian) was the title adopted by Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator.
L´Unico
Il Capitano
Gli Illuminati
Il Duce
8
Joseph Stalin's real name was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
True
False
9
His regime aroused international outrage for its brutal treatment of the Congolese.
Alfred Wegener
Leopold II of Belgium
Bertolt Brecht
Henry Ford
10
Her policies helped transform Chinese society during the Tang dynasty.
Wuhou / Wu Zetian
Nefertiti
Elizabeth I
Wu Tang Klan
11
Was a general and the leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic republic.
Horacio Franco
Francisco Franco
James Franco
Franco Escamilla
12
__________, coined the term "Genocide" in the 1940´s.
Alfred Wegener
Josef Mengele
Raphael Lemkin
Adolf Eichmann
13
___________ was born in about 1162 in northern Mongolia. His name at first was Temüjin (blacksmith).
Kublai Khan
Genghis Khan
Akbar The Great
Shah Jahan
14
____________ has come down in history with the unpleasant name of Bloody Mary because of the religious persecutions.
Queen Mary I
Queen Victoria
Boudica
Queen Elizabeth II
15
His penchant for impaling his enemies on stakes in the ground and leaving them to die earned him the name ____________.
Vlad the Impaler
Vlad II
Prince of Walachia
Count Dracula
16
His name has become synonymous with the Christian Inquisition’s horror.
Fray Juan de Zumárraga
Tomas de Torquemada
Giordano Bruno
Diego de Landa
17
In 1206 the people named him Genghis Khan, which means “___________”
the enlightened
great souled
awakened one
universal ruler
18
Satan is the prince of evil spirits and adversary of God in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
True
False
19
___________
was the founder of fascism and the dictator of Italy.
Benito Mussolini
Luciano Pavarotti
Benito Juárez
Marco Aurelio
20
Was a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety that ruled Revolutionary France.
Victor Hugo
Luis XIV
Charles de Gaulle
Robespierre
21
"Queen Mary I", "____________" and "Bloody Mary" all refer to he first woman to rule England in her own right.
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary Shelley
Mary Tudor
Mary Magdalene
22
He joined the insurgents in the Spanish Civil War and was named "El Caudillo" of the Nationalist forces (1936).
Antoni Gaudi
Luis Buñuel
Francisco Franco
Pablo Picasso
23
He was one of the fiercest and most successful conquerors to come out of Central Asia. He was nicknamed "The Lame".
Emperor Meiji
Wu Zetian
Timur
Ashoka The Great
24
The only woman to rule China in her own name.
Qin Shi Huang
Elizabeth Báthory
Wu Zetian
Joan of Arc
25
The tomb is the burial place of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, who died in 210 bc.
False
True
26
Was a Marxist theorist, revolutionary, and, from 1949 to 1959, the first chairman of the People's Republic of China.
Qin Shi Huang
Mao Zedong
Vladimir Lenin
Karl Marx
27
A Spanish inquisitor named _____________ burned about 2,000 people at the stake.
Juan O´Donojú
Francisco Franco
Tomas de Torquemada
Juan Jacobo Rousseau
28
Was a Hungarian countess who purportedly tortured and murdered more than 600 young women in the 16th–17th century.
Wu Zetian
Irma Grese
Elizabeth Báthory
Joan of Arc
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The word "dracul" originates from the Latin word "dracō," which means "_________".
dragon
beast
evil
devil