Wherio · June 4th, 2026
Five real historical events. Guess where each one happened, then compare your score with the answers and locations below.
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1. In 1625, an English envoy blown off course from South America claimed an eastern Caribbean island for England.
Answer: 🇧🇧 Barbados · 1625
Holetown was the site of Barbados's initial English settlement in 1625.
2. Around 1050, Cahokia became a major center of Mississippian culture in the central Mississippi Valley.
Answer: 🇺🇸 United States of America · c. 1050
Cahokia, in the United States, became a major center of Mississippian culture around 1050.
3. Between 850 and 800 BC, Lapita artifacts provided the earliest evidence of human habitation on South Pacific islands between Fiji and Samoa.
Answer: 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Is. · 850-800 BC
Wallis and Futuna's earliest evidence of human habitation consists of Lapita artifacts dating roughly from 850 to 800 BCE.
4. In 1405, Tuareg leaders founded a sultanate in the Air Mountains at the southern edge of the Sahara.
Answer: 🇳🇪 Niger · 1405
The Sultanate of Agadez was founded in 1405 in what is now Niger.
5. On 31 March 1885, Britain established the Bechuanaland Protectorate in a landlocked part of southern Africa.
Answer: 🇧🇼 Botswana · March 31st, 1885
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was the British territory that became Botswana at independence in 1966.
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