Historical Figures and Legacies Quiz

Who was the founder of Buddhism?

• Confucius

• Genghis Khan

• Chandragupta

• Siddhartha Gautama

Which dynasty did Shi Huangdi found?

• Tokugawa Shogunate

• Gupta Empire

• Qin Dynasty

• Yuan Dynasty

Who was the first emperor of the Gupta Empire?

• Chandragupta

• Kublai Khan

• Tokugawa Ieyasu

• Napoleon Bonaparte

Which explorer mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492?

• Hernan Cortes

• Zheng He

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

Who invented the printing press?

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

Which philosopher is known for the concept of natural rights?

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

Who was the last Aztec emperor?

• Atahualpa

• Montezuma II

• Louis XVI

• Maximilien Robespierre

Which empire is known for the Code of Bushido?

• Gupta Empire

• Japan

• Mongolia

• Holy Roman Empire

Who was the first black president of South Africa?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Mansa Musa

• Jomo Kenyatta

• Nelson Mandela

Which philosopher wrote the Encyclopedia and spoke out against slavery?

• Denis Diderot

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Cesare Beccaria