• 1. 
    Which famous monument did Shah Jahān build to immortalize his wife?

  • Taj Mahal
  • Golestan Palace
  • the Jāmeh Mosque of Isfahān
  • Angkor Wat
  • 2. 
    Who restored democratic rule to the Philippines after the long dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos?

  • Corazon Aquino
  • Benigno Aquino III
  • Fidel Ramos
  • Manuel Roxas
  • 3. 
    Which type of aircraft was used to bomb Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II?

  • B-52 Stratofortress
  • B-29 Superfortress
  • B-17 Flying Fortress
  • B-24 Liberator
  • 4. 
    Which two Asian countries are divided by the 38th parallel?

  • Laos and Cambodia
  • Thailand and Malaysia
  • North and South Korea
  • North and South Vietnam
  • 5. 
    Who led the first European expedition around the Cape of Good Hope, opening a sea route to Asia via the Atlantic and Indian oceans?

  • Pedro Álvares Cabral
  • Amerigo Vespucci
  • Bartolomeu Dias
  • Christopher Columbus
  • 6. 
    What religion that originated in India was divided into the “White-Robed” and the “Sky-Clad” sects in a 5th-century schism?

  • Hinduism
  • Sikhism
  • Buddhism
  • Jainism
  • 7. 
    In which year did Pakistan launch “Operation Grandslam” against India?

  • 1989
  • 1958
  • 1970
  • 1965
  • 8. 
    Of the three kingdoms that constituted ancient Korea until 668, which was the largest?

  • Koguryŏ
  • Silla
  • Yamato
  • Paekche
  • 9. 
    Which failed revolt against British rule led to major changes in colonial administration and society?

  • Indian Mutiny
  • Barrackpore Mutiny
  • Boxer Rebellion
  • Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
  • 10. 
    What religious movement was responsible for a nerve gas attack on a Tokyo subway in 1995?

  • AUM Shinrikyo
  • Hare Krishna
  • Falun Gong
  • Caodaism
  • 11. 
    Which ancient ruler’s reign, from 336 to 323 BCE, marked a decisive moment in the history of Europe and Asia?

  • Shield Jaguar II
  • Tutankhamun
  • Julius Caesar
  • Alexander the Great
  • 12. 
    Which temple complex in Asia symbolically represents Mount Meru and was built during a golden age of Cambodian history?

  • Shangri-La
  • Potala Palace
  • Angkor Wat
  • Amarnath Temple
  • 13. 
    Who launched the Cultural Revolution in China?

  • Jiang Qing
  • Liu Shaoqi
  • Mao Zedong
  • Deng Xiaoping
  • 14. 
    What South Asian country emerged in 1971 as the result of civil war and foreign invasion?

  • Bangladesh
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • Myanmar
  • 15. 
    What is Aṣṭchāp?

  • the name of Rana Pratap Singh’s horse
  • a group of 16th-century Hindi poets
  • a Mughal delicacy
  • an ancient Indian board game
  • 16. 
    Which communist leader’s economic strategy was called the Great Leap Forward?

  • Mao Zedong
  • Joseph Stalin
  • Fidel Castro
  • Josip Broz Tito
  • 17. 
    Who was the first president of Indonesia?

  • Sukarno
  • Suharto
  • U Ne Win
  • Lee Kwan Yew
  • 18. 
    What name was given to the surprise attack launched by the North Vietnamese army against U.S. and South Vietnamese forces during the Lunar New Year festival of 1968?

  • Tet Offensive
  • Summer Offensive
  • June Offensive
  • Equinox Offensive
  • 19. 
    Who was the world’s first woman prime minister?

  • Indira Gandhi
  • Golda Meir
  • Margaret Thatcher
  • Sirimavo Bandaranaike
  • 20. 
    Who was the first president of the independent Republic of the Philippines?

  • Manuel Roxas
  • Ferdinand Marcos
  • Fidel Ramos
  • Corazon Aquino
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