Normal World History Quiz

 

1 - Which of the following territories was the last to remain under Spanish rule?

2 - Who fought in the Winter War (1939-1940)?

3 - Which of the following groups were not given official recognition under the Ottoman empire?

4 - Who founded the Mughal dynasty?

5 - Which country employed Henry Hudson to find the famous 'NorthWest-Passage'?

6 - After what was the former British Colony Rhodesia named?

7 - Which of these cities never was a capital of Assyria?

8 - Who founded the Red Cross?

9 - On which side did Finland fight in WWII?

10 - From what country did Britain begin to recruit Gurkha soldiers in 1816?

11 - What is Sri Lanka's former name?

12 - How much did the Federal State of Germany spend on German Reunification between 1990 and 1999?

13 - What Russian city was established in the 1860s after Russia's annexation of Chinese territory along the Sea of Japan?

14 - Of which country was Finland part before 1809?

15 - All three times Mexico has been invaded from the sea (by the Spanish, by the Americans, and by the French), the invaders have landed at virtually the same location. Which modern Mexican city does that location correspond with?

16 - Who won the second Battle of Tannenberg?

17 - After whom was Virginia named?

18 - Many US states, most famously Texas and Hawaii, were once independent countries. Which of the following states was also independent at one time?

19 - In which battle did the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth destroy the Teutonic Order?

20 - When was Kosovo declared independent?

 

  

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