Colonialism quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which language became the most geographically widespread due to global colonialism?

   Answer: English

   Why: It holds official, administrative or cultural standing in some 88 countries and territories, roughly two and a half times as many as its nearest rival.

2. 2 Medium

   Why were League of Nations mandates created after World War I?

   Answer: To manage former Central Power territories

   Why: Article 22 of the League Covenant called the arrangement a sacred trust of civilisation and sorted the territories into classes A, B and C.

3. 3 Hard

   Which French colony was the world's leading producer of sugar?

   Answer: Saint-Domingue

   Why: It supplied around 40 percent of the sugar Europe consumed in the 1780s, and Cuba took the lead after the revolution.

4. 4 Easy

   Which nation colonized Brazil for over three hundred years?

   Answer: Portugal

   Why: Fleeing Napoleon, the Portuguese court sailed to Rio in 1808, and for 13 years the empire was ruled from Brazil, not Lisbon.

5. 5 Medium

   What event signaled the end of French rule in Indochina?

   Answer: Defeat at Dien Bien Phu

   Why: The 56-day siege ended with about 11,700 French Union troops taken prisoner, and the Geneva talks on Indochina opened the very next day.

6. 6 Hard

   What specific labor system forced indigenous people into silver mines?

   Answer: Mita system

   Why: Viceroy Toledo's 1573 decree drafted one in seven adult men from sixteen Andean provinces, about 13,500 a year, into the Potosi silver mines.