Can You Pass This World History Quiz?

By: Michael Moraitis
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
Can You Pass This World History Quiz?
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About This Quiz

World history, huh? There's just so much that has happened over the many millennia that this planet has existed for (and we're not even talking about the time dinosaurs roamed if you believe in the Big Bang thing, that is). We're talking about the time when man existed and was intelligent enough to start making records of his doings, inventions, and even crimes. Do you think you can answer these questions about the world's history?

We're going to ask you the creator of the printing press and when the first 'modern' Olympic games were held. We want to know what you know about the Cold War and if you know the names of the cities which suffered atomic bombings. We also want to know who created the Mona Lisa, which party the infamous Adolf Hitler ran and what battle a certain short man (also debatable) was defeated at. 

If you can't answer these questions of this brief glimpse of our quiz, then we're not sure you'll be in the minority of people who can actually pass this test. 

But if you want to try and if you call yourself a history buff, go ahead and give this quiz a whirl. 


What scandal forced U.S. President Richard Nixon to resign in 1974?
Watergate
Iran Contra
Lewinsky Scandal
Whitewater
The Cuban Revolution led to the rise of what dictator?
Rafael Trujillo
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Augusto Pinochet
Along with Hiroshima, Japan, which Japanese city was hit by an atomic bomb in 1945?
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Osaka
Nagoya

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Who was the first female prime minister of Britain?
Florence Nightingale
Margaret Thatcher
Queen Elizabeth II
Jane Austen
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
John Wilkes Booth
Leon Czolgosz
Adolf Hitler was the leader of which party?
Communist Party
Nazi Party
Republican Fascist Party
none of the above.

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Which continent was devastated by the Black Death in the 1300s?
North America
South America
Europe
Africa
What charter was passed by King John of England in 1215?
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
What acquisition of territory by the United States from France happened in 1803?
Louisiana Purchase
Alaskan Purchase
the annexation of Texas
none of the above

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Along with the United States, what other world power was a major player in the War of 1812?
Mexico
Japan
Italy
Great Britain
The Cold War was between the United States and what other world power?
Soviet Union
Japan
China
Canada
The Reign of Terror was a period during which major social and political event?
American Revolution
Cuban Revolution
Haitian Revolution
French Revolution

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Where were the first modern Olympics held in 1896?
France
Italy
Greece
England
Who created the first successful printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
Nikola Tesla
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
Which world power sent the first human into space?
United States
France
China
Soviet Union

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What military leader, who later became an emperor, rose to power during the French Revolution?
Louis XVI
Marquis de Lafayette
Napoleon Bonaparte
Maximilien de Robespierre
In which year did World War I start?
1914
1917
1937
1941
The Protestant Reformation was started by whom?
John Calvin
Francis Bacon
Voltaire
Martin Luther

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On what date was Julius Caesar assassinated in Rome?
April 15th
March 15th
May 15th
February 15th
In what battle was Napoleon Bonaparte famously defeated in 1815?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Waterloo
Invasion of Normandy
Tet Offensive
Eva Peron was the first lady of what country?
Colombia
Peru
Argentina
Brazil

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Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Who was not a member of the Allied Powers during World War II?
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Italy
Which of these men was not an important figure during the Renaissance?
Michelangelo
Francis Bacon
Leonardo da Vinci
Adam Smith

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"An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth" is a well-known phrase from what collection of 282 laws?
The 10 Commandments
English Law
The Code of Hammurabi
U.S. Constitution
Which of these rivers is associated with The Fertile Crescent?
Tigris
Euphrates
Nile
all of the above
Who was responsible for liberating much of South America?
Manuel Noriega
Agustin de Iturbide
Simon Bolivar
Charles III

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Which Roman Emperor's Edict of Milan made Christianity legal?
Augustus
Nero
Marcus Aurelius
Constantine
What was another name for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
October Crisis
Caribbean Crisis
Missile Scare
all of the above
What was the name of the first computer?
ENIAC
INIAC
CAINE
CNIEC

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Who painted the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper"?
Michelangelo
Pablo Picasso
Rembrandt
Leonardo da Vinci
What African nation successfully resisted European colonialism in the late 19th century?
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Ghana
Cameroon
Which civilization was centered around the city of Tenochtitlan?
Mayan
Incan
Olmec
Aztec

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Who wrote "The Communist Manifesto"?
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
both Marx and Engels
none of the above
What was the first dynasty of Imperial China?
Qin dynasty
Ming dynasty
Tang dynasty
Han dynasty