Easy World History Quiz
1 - Which of those territories was never under European control during the 19th century?
Ivory CoastMadagascarRwandaEthiopia
Ivory Coast
Madagascar
Rwanda
Ethiopia
2 - Who was Premier of the Soviet Union in the Cuban Missle Crisis?
KrushchevStalinBrezhnevKosygin
Krushchev
Stalin
Brezhnev
Kosygin
3 - Only one South American country had a Monarchy. Which was it?
ArgentinaBrazilParaguayUruguay
Argentina
Brazil
Paraguay
Uruguay
4 - What is the latest state to join the United States, bringing the number to 50?
HawaiiAlaskaPuerto RicoGuantanamo
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Guantanamo
5 - What world-famous monument is shown below?
The Taj Mahal near Agra, IndiaThe Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, TurkeyThe Angkor Vat temple in CambodiaHumayun's Tomb in Delhi, India
The Taj Mahal near Agra, India
The Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey
The Angkor Vat temple in Cambodia
Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, India
6 - Fifteen-century ruler Vlad III Dracula ('Vlad the Impaler') is best remembered today for inspiring Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. What land did he rule?
BulgariaAlbaniaMoldaviaWallachia
Bulgaria
Albania
Moldavia
Wallachia
7 - In what year did a Wall Street crash start the "Great Depression"?
1928192919331930
1928
1929
1933
1930
8 - What country won the first World Cup of football (soccer) in 1930?
BrazilEnglandGermanyUruguay
England
Germany
9 - What happened in France in 1789?
The coronation of Napoleon the FirstThe beheading of Louis the XIVthThe declaration of war against AustriaThe fall of the Bastille prison
The coronation of Napoleon the First
The beheading of Louis the XIVth
The declaration of war against Austria
The fall of the Bastille prison
10 - Which of those books was written by Caesar?
MetamorphosesDe Bello GallicoRes Gestae Divi AugustiPro Marcello
Metamorphoses
De Bello Gallico
Res Gestae Divi Augusti
Pro Marcello
11 - The church below, later converted into a mosque, was the largest Christian cathedral for nearly a thousand years. Where does it stand?
In Rome, ItalyIn Alexandria, EgyptIn Jerusalem, IsraelIn Istanbul, Turkey
In Rome, Italy
In Alexandria, Egypt
In Jerusalem, Israel
In Istanbul, Turkey
12 - Who was crowned King of Italy in 1861?
Victor EmmanuelHumbertGaribaldiCamillo Benso
Victor Emmanuel
Humbert
Garibaldi
Camillo Benso
13 - In which city did the Russian Revolution start?
St.PetersburgMoscowKazanOdessa
St.Petersburg
Moscow
Kazan
Odessa
14 - Where was the largest Jewish state in history located?
EgyptThe LevantMesopotamiaCentral Asia
Egypt
The Levant
Mesopotamia
Central Asia
15 - The ancient city of Antioch lay within the boundaries of what modern country?
GreeceTurkeySyriaEgypt
Greece
Turkey
Syria
16 - Which sultan extended the Ottoman Empire to within 90 miles of Vienna, which he unsucessfully beseiged?
Selim the GrimMehmet the ConquerorIshmael I Sulieman the Magnificent
Selim the Grim
Mehmet the Conqueror
Ishmael I
Sulieman the Magnificent
17 - Where did Ernesto 'Che' Guevara die?
ArgentinaEcuadorVenezuelaBolivia
Ecuador
Venezuela
Bolivia
18 - What U.S. naval commander signed the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854, opening Japan to the west for the first time?
John RogersMatthew PerryJames BiddleFrancis Shermann
John Rogers
Matthew Perry
James Biddle
Francis Shermann
19 - From which Macedonian general was Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, descended?
SeleucusAlexander the GreatAntipaterPtolemy
Seleucus
Alexander the Great
Antipater
Ptolemy
20 - Which of the following was a Portuguese colony?
MadagascarSri LankaZimbabweMozambique
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
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