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World History Trivia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which historical figure lived between the years of 1815 and 1898?

a)

Otto von Bismarck

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Grigori Rasputin

d)

Mohandas Gandhi

2.

Who was the first Western explorer to reach China?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

James Cook

c)

Sir Francis Drake

d)

Marco Polo

3.

In 1971, Idi Amin led a military coup in which country?

a)

Papua New Guinea

b)

Angola

c)

Ghana

d)

Uganda

4.

Prime Minister Golda Meir was the leader in what country?

a)

Pakistan

b)

Israel

c)

Peru

d)

India

5.

Which U.S. president met with Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev in a series of talks to reduce nuclear weapons?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Richard Nixon

6.

What controversial structure went up in 1961 and came down in 1990?

a)

Great Wall

b)

Jorba Laboratories

c)

Berlin Wall

d)

John Wayne Gacy's Home

7.

What political work did Karl Marx co-author?

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

The Wealth of Nations

c)

The Communist Manifesto

d)

The Jungle

8.

What is the name of the famous battle in which Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated?

a)

Battle of Rolica

b)

Battle of Hastings

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Battle of Waterloo

9.

What country was NOT a member of Axis powers in World War II?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Japan

10.

Which British queen ruled from 1837 to 1901?

a)

Victoria

b)

Mary

c)

Elizabeth

d)

Elizabeth II

11.

The assassination of what political leader helped trigger the start of World War I?

a)

Boutros Ghali

b)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

c)

Czar Nicholas

d)

William McKinley

12.

Which leader was officially referred to as the Dear Leader?

a)

Vladimir Putin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Kim Jong Il

d)

Fidel Castro

13.

The Battle of Hastings in 1066 was fought in which country?

a)

Norway

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

England

14.

Roughly how much per acre did the United States pay Russia for the land that is now Alaska?

a)

2 cents

b)

50 cents

c)

$1.00

d)

$12.50

15.

Which student of Aristotle became king of Macedonia and conquered almost all of Persia?

a)

Xerxes

b)

Herodotus

c)

Mark Anthony

d)

Alexander the Great

16.

Who was in the command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on the moon?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Michael Collins

c)

Eugene Cernan

d)

Jim Lovell

17.

Famed Roman slave and gladiator, Spartacus, was born in which country?

a)

Greece

b)

Italy

c)

Bulgaria

d)

Albania

18.

The Hundred Years War was fought between which two countries?

a)

Italy and Greece

b)

France and England

c)

France and Germany

d)

Spain and Italy

19.

Who replaced Boris Yeltsin as the President of Russia in 1999?

a)

Vladimir Putin

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Dmitry Medvedev

d)

Gennady Yanayev

20.

Which great leader committed a treasonous act and crossed the Rubicon river?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Augustus Caesar

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Marcus Aurelius