Ancient World History
Which Roman Emperor built a massive wall across Northern Britain in 122 A.D.?
A. Julius Caesar
B. Alexander the Great
C. Hadrian
D. Octavian
C. Hadrian
What is the name of the disease that ravaged and killed a third of Europe’s population in the 14th century?
A. Spanish Flu
B. Swine Flu
C. Bubonic Plague
D. Bird flu
C. Bubonic Plague
The Khmer Rouge was a regime ruling which nation in the 20th century?
A. Vietnam
B. Cambodia
C. China
D. Russia
B. Cambodia
What famous music festival took place in 1969?
A. Burning Man
B. Woodstock
C. Coachella
D. Wicker Man
B. Woodstock
When did the bombing of Pearl Harbor occur?
A. December 7th, 1941
B. December 15th, 1940
C. September 11th, 1941
D. November 6th, 1941
A. December 7th, 1941
What famous 5th century A.D. conqueror was known as “The Scourge of God”?
A. Genghis Khan
B. Hadrian
C. Attila the Hun
D. Constantine
C. Attila the Hun
Who created the first successful printing press?
A. Johannes Gutenberg
B. Ludwig Beethoven
C. Thomas Edison
D. Isaac Newton
A. Johannes Gutenberg
When did WWI officially end?
A. November 11th, 1918
B. November 11th, 1917
C. September 11th, 1919
D. May 29th, 1918
A. November 11th, 1918
What is the smallest country in the world?
A. Hawaii
B. Vatican City
C. Monaco
D. San Marino
B. Vatican City
What is the longest war in US history?
A. Vietnam
B. World War 1
C. World War 2
D. Afghanistan
D. Afghanistan
Which Roman Emperor’s Edict of Milan made Christianity legal?
A. Constantine
B. Julius Caesar
C. Hadrian
D. Octavian
A. Constantine
The Hundred Years War was fought between which two countries?
A. Italy and Germany
B. Russia and Poland
C. The US and Canada
D. England and France
D. England and France
In what year did humans first put a satellite into space?
A. 1944
B. 1951
C. 1955
D. 1957
D. 1957
What country won the first World Cup in soccer?
A. France
B. Argentina
C. Brazil
D. Uruguay
D. Uruguay
What scandal forced U.S. President Richard Nixon to resign in 1974,?
A. Watergate
B. Iran Contra
C. Whitewater
D. Korematsu
A. Watergate
Which civilization was centered around the city of Tenochtitlan?
A. Mayan
B. Incan
C. Aztec
D. Egyptian
C. Aztec
Who wrote the document known as the 95 Theses?
A. Martin Luther
B. Pope Urban X
C. Julius Caesar
D. Johannes Gutenberg
A. Martin Luther
When was the television invented?
A. 1922
B. 1934
C. 1927
D. 1950
C. 1927
Greenland was a colony of which country until 1981?
A. Sweden
B. Norway
C. Canada
D. Denmark
D. Denmark
Along with Hiroshima, Japan, which Japanese city was hit by an atomic bomb in 1945?
A. Kyoto
B. Tokyo
C. Hokkaido
D. Nagasaki
D. Nagasaki
What was the first dynasty of Imperial China?
A. Qin
B. Han
C. Ming
D. Tang
A. Qin
Which series of wars saw European Christians invading the middle east to take the Holy Land?
A. Thirty Years War
B. Hundred Years War
C. Crusades
D. War of Wrath
C. Crusades
The Cuban Revolution led to the rise of what dictator?
A. Fulgencio Bautista
B. Raul Castro
C. Fidel Castro
D. Raoul Trujillo
C. Fidel Castro
What was the name of the first Space Shuttle to go into space?
A. Enterprise
B. Atlantis
C. Challenger
D. Columbia
D. Columbia
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
A. Lee Harvey Oswald
B. James Earl Ray
C. John Wilkes Booth
D. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
C. John Wilkes Booth
One of the ancient world wonders, the “Hanging Gardens,” was found in which city?
A. Babylon
B. Ur
C. Jerusalem
D. Rome
A. Babylon
The Protestant Reformation was started by which person?
A. John Calvin
B. William Penn
C. John Wesley
D. Martin Luther
D. Martin Luther
Who was the first female prime minister of Britain?
A. Victoria Tudor
B. Margaret Thatcher
C. Elizabeth Mountbatten
D. Theresa May
B. Margaret Thatcher
Which team won the first Super Bowl?
A. Dallas Cowboys
B. New England Patriots
C. San Francisco 49ers
D. Green Bay Packers
D. Green Bay Packers
What acquisition of territory by the United States from France occurred in 1803?
A. Florida Annexation
B. Louisiana Purchase
C. Texas Annexation
D. Oregon Treaty
B. Louisiana Purchase