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Packet E: Bonus 6

An 1889 expedition sent by this empire occupied the port of Sagallo in Djibouti, but was forced to withdraw by French troops. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this empire whose “American Company” was urged to conquer Hawaii in the Schäffer affair and established a line of settlements as far south as Fort Ross.
ANSWER: Russian empire
[10h] This Flemish city was the namesake of an 18th-century Austrian company established to trade with China. This company was forced to close in return for British and Dutch recognition of the Pragmatic Sanction.
ANSWER: Ostend Company [or Oostendse Compagnie; or Compagnie d’Ostende]
[10e] Russia and Austria were among the powers that gained no territory at the Berlin Conference, which this “Iron Chancellor” of Germany convened shortly to organize the Scramble for Africa.
ANSWER: Otto von Bismarck
<CJ, European History> | Packet E - Chicago A, Toronto B, Brandeis B, JHU A

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7516.13100%52%9%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
UCLA AUCSD C1001020ME
UCLA BUC Irvine1001020ME
UCSD AUC Santa Barbara10101030MHE
UCSD BArizona State1001020ME

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
California (North)Main Site✓320.00100%67%33%
California (South)Main Site✓422.50100%100%25%
CanadaMain Site✓110.00100%0%0%
FloridaMain Site✓316.67100%33%33%
Great LakesMain Site✓516.00100%60%0%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓913.33100%22%11%
MidwestMain Site✓818.75100%88%0%
NortheastMain Site✓512.00100%20%0%
OverflowMain Site✓412.50100%25%0%
South CentralMain Site✓215.00100%50%0%
SoutheastMain Site✓714.29100%29%14%
UKMain Site✓1217.50100%67%8%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓817.50100%63%13%
Upstate NYMain Site✓415.00100%50%0%