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Quiz: Test your knowledge of Empires
- Which empire controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries?
- What term was used for any of several self-governing countries of the British Empire?
- Which Chinese imperial dynasty was the fourth-largest empire in world history in 1790?
- Name the Spanish conquistador best known for the expeditions which led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire?
- Who was founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire until his death in 1227?
- A first general census of the population in 1897 indicated that which empire ruled over a population of 125.6 million?
- Which empire held vast territories between the Adriatic Sea and the Indus River after the fall of Persia?
- Which empire is said to have been founded in 1526 by Babur, a chieftain from what is today Uzbekistan?
- From 1939 to 1943, Albania was an autonomous part of which empire?
- Which empire was also known as the Eastern Roman Empire?
- In which century did the Western Roman Empire come to an end?
- Can you name the Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire in 1864?
- Which empire in central Europe between 1867 and 1918 was also known as The Dual Monarchy?
- Which trading company founded in 1600 become an official imperial tool of the British Empire?
Answers
- The Ottoman Empire (also accept the Turkish Empire)
- Dominion
- Qing dynasty
- Francisco Pizarro
- Genghis Khan
- Russian Empire
- The Macedonian Empire
- The Mughal Empire
- Italian Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- 5th century (476)
- Maximilian I
- Austro-Hungarian Empire
- East India Company