Easiest World History Quiz
1 - In 1895 which African country defeated Italy allowing it to stay independent?
EritreaLiberiaEthiopiaLibya
Eritrea
Liberia
Ethiopia
Libya
2 - Where was the last man to successfully conquer England from?
NormandyGermanyNorwayNaples
Normandy
Germany
Norway
Naples
3 - Who was America's first president?
John AdamsThomas JeffersonAbraham LincolnGeorge Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
4 - Which French king built Versailles?
François ILouis XIILouis XIVLouis XVI
François I
Louis XII
Louis XIV
Louis XVI
5 - What was the name of Istanbul before its capture by the Turks?
ConstantinopleByzanceAdrienopleNicosia
Constantinople
Byzance
Adrienople
Nicosia
6 - Of which country was James I the King before becoming King of England?
ScotlandEireNormandyWales
Scotland
Eire
Wales
7 - Where are these pyramides located?
AbousirSaqqaraGizehDahshour
Abousir
Saqqara
Gizeh
Dahshour
8 - What was the original name of New York?
Fort VictoriaNew AmsterdamNew LondonNew Rotterdam
Fort Victoria
New Amsterdam
New London
New Rotterdam
9 - Who famously delcared 'Veni, vidi, vici' ?
Julius CaesarAugustusCiceroCato the elder
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Cicero
Cato the elder
10 - What was the capital of West-Germany from 1949 to 1989?
CologneWest BerlinBonnMunich
Cologne
West Berlin
Bonn
Munich
11 - Which state sold Corsica to France in 1768?
GenoaVeniceThe Papal StatesThe United Kingdom
Genoa
Venice
The Papal States
The United Kingdom
12 - By the end of the 19th century, which country was the biggest colonial power?
FranceThe United KingdomSpainGermany
France
Spain
13 - Of the following Napoleonic battles, which one was a defeat for Napoleonic France?
AusterlitzThe PyramidsWagramTrafalgar
Austerlitz
The Pyramids
Wagram
Trafalgar
14 - What Roman general conquered Gaul in the First Century BC?
Julius CeasarGnaeus Pompeius (Pompey the Great)CrassusVercingetorix
Julius Ceasar
Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey the Great)
Crassus
Vercingetorix
15 - What Italian city was called the 'Queen of the Adriatic' during the Renaissance period?
GenoaTriesteVeniceBari
Trieste
Bari
16 - What political system based on a strict social hierarchy with land-owning nobles at the top was dominant in middle-age Europe?
GeocentrismFeudalismTribalismTheocentrism
Geocentrism
Feudalism
Tribalism
Theocentrism
17 - Over which province have India and Pakistan disputed ownership, leading to brief wars in 1948 and 1966?
HyderabadAssamKashmirKerala
Hyderabad
Assam
Kashmir
Kerala
18 - Where is the monument shown below located?
In western FranceIn southern SwedenIn southern EnglandIn Sicily, Italy
In western France
In southern Sweden
In southern England
In Sicily, Italy
19 - Which Spanish conquistador destroyed the Aztec (or Mexica) empire in what is now Mexico?
Francisco PizzaroHernan CortésDiego VelazquezPonce de Léon
Francisco Pizzaro
Hernan Cortés
Diego Velazquez
Ponce de Léon
20 - Where was Napoleon born?
SardiniaFrench GuianaCorsicaElba
Sardinia
French Guiana
Corsica
Elba
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