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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Feudal Japan And The Samurai

Which warrior became famous for defending Emperor Go-Daigo and fighting for the imperial restoration in the 1330s?

Answer

Kusunoki Masashige

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Feudal Japan And The Samurai

Which tea master strongly shaped the wabi style of Japanese tea ceremony under samurai patronage?

Answer

Sen no Rikyū

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Feudal Japan And The Samurai

Which 1185 naval battle ended the Genpei War and destroyed the Taira clan’s political power?

Answer

Battle of Dan-no-ura

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Feudal Japan And The Samurai

Which 1467–1477 conflict severely weakened the Ashikaga shogunate and began Japan’s Sengoku era?

Answer

Ōnin War

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Feudal Japan And The Samurai

In what year did Tokugawa Ieyasu establish the Tokugawa shogunate after receiving the title of shogun?

Answer

1603

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which Algerian salt lake is the lowest point in Algeria?

Answer

Chott Melrhir

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which ocean current helps keep the Sahara’s western Atlantic coast unusually cool and dry?

Answer

Canary Current

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which depression in Egypt’s Western Desert lies below sea level and is one of the Sahara’s largest depressions?

Answer

Qattara Depression

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which railway carries iron ore across the Sahara from Zouérat to Nouadhibou in Mauritania?

Answer

Mauritania Railway

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which desert lies immediately west of the Nile in Egypt and forms much of the country’s Sahara region?

Answer

Western Desert

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which ancient civilization built the pyramids of Meroë on the Sahara’s southern fringe in present-day Sudan?

Answer

Kingdom of Kush

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which oasis town in Algeria is famous for date palms growing in a narrow valley beneath the Atlas Mountains?

Answer

Biskra

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