Normal World History Quiz

 

1 - What was the title of the leader of the Genoan Republic?

2 - Which of these nations had an army in excess of 1 million men in the 70s?

3 - Which of those peoples was not considered a threat to Western Europe in the 7th to 9th centuries?

4 - Which Pope launched the First Crusade?

5 - What was the capital of Republican China (1928 - 1949)?

6 - In 1901, US President William McKinley was fatally shot by Leon Czolgosz. What kind of political extremist was Czolgosz?

7 - Under which sultan did the Ottomans capture Constantinople from the Byzantines in 1453?

8 - After being released from prison in 1953, to which country was Fidel Castro exiled?

9 - After whom was Virginia named?

10 - On which side did Japan fight in the First World War?

11 - On which side did Finland fight in WWII?

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

13 - What is the date of Charlemagne's coronation?

14 - How many women do most experts agree Jack the Ripper killed?

15 - How did the Byzantines call themselves?

16 - In the 1st Century BC, Crassus (reportedly the richest man of Rome) led a disastrous and embarrassing campaign against who?

17 - What entity did Napoleon replace the Holy Roman Empire with in 1806?

18 - What was the part of England ruled by the vikings called?

19 - Against which country did William the Silent, Prince of Orange, lead his revolt?

20 - Who founded the Mughal dynasty?

 

  

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