What Doesn't Belong - Part 1

Which ONE doesn't belong?

• Gupta

• Mauryan

• Mughal

• British Raj

• Safavid

Answer explanation

All have to do with India.

Safavid Dynasty is Persian, so located in the region between India and the Arabian Peninsula.

Which ONE doesn't belong?

• Quipu

• Tenochtitlan

• Chinampas

• Warrior Culture

• Human Sacrifice

Answer explanation

Quipu is Incan.

The rest are all Aztec descriptions.

Which ONE doesn't belong?

• Deng Xiaoping

• Chiang Kai-Shek

• Pu Yi

• Mao Zedong

• Ho Chi Minh

Answer explanation

All are Chinese Leaders.

Ho Chi Minh is Vietnamese.

Which ONE doesn't belong?

• Bullion

• Champa Rice

• Cotton

• Lateen Sails

• Maize

Answer explanation

Ohhh Southernization Map, how I have missed you, ol' friend.

Maize is from the Americas, and it had nothing to do with the Indian Ocean before 1450.

Which ONE doesn't belong?

• Francis Bacon

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

• John Locke

• Nicholas Copernicus

Answer explanation

All are scientists from the European Scientific Revolution. (1500s-1600s)

John Locke is an Enlightenment thinker. (1700s)

Which ONE doesn't belong?

• Mali

• Ghana

• Shanghai

• Timbuktu

• Southernization

Answer explanation

All have to do with West Africa, except for Southernization.

Which ONE doesn't belong?

• Feudalism

• Serfs

• Manorialism

• Vassals

• Renaissance

Answer explanation

All have to do with the Dark Ages in Western Europe, except the Renaissance.

The Renaissance is what got the Dark Ages to end.

Which ONE doesn't belong?

• Janissaries

• Gunpowder

• Suleman the Magnificent

• Taj Mahal

• Sunni Islam

Answer explanation

All have to do with the Ottoman Empire.

The Taj Mahal is the Mughal Empire in Idia.

Which ONE doesn't belong?

• Gandhi

• Pakistan

• Muslim League

• Partition of India

• Mughals

Answer explanation

All have to do with India and its independence and partition.

The Mughals, while were in India, were much earlier on in Indian history. (1500s to 1700s)

Which ONE doesn't belong?

• Bubonic Plague

• Mansa Musa

• Ibn Battuta

• Dark Ages in Western Europe

• Sui Dynasty

Answer explanation

All things listed occurred in the 1300s, but the Sui Dynasty did not.

Sui was during the 600s-700s.