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World History Trivia! From the ancient times to the present day. Goodluck!
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1
Which 14th century emperor of Mali is known for their wealth?
Ptolemy II
Ptolemy
Cleopatra
Mansa Musa
2
Dionysos is the Greek god of what?
Housing
Truth
Wine
Cattle
3
Vatican city gained it's independence under the Italian Facist government
True
False
4
What was the name of Alexander the Great's wife?
Roxana
Xanthippe
Cleopatra
Aspasia
5
Who was the emperor that sucessfully industrialized Japan?
Hironomiya Naruhito
Meiji
Hirohito
Hideki tojo
6
How many years did the Cambodian genocide last?
10 years
2 years
4 years
Around 1 year
7
Who was the enlightenment thinker that proposed the idea of checks and balances through the government?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Baron Montesquieu
8
Females have the same opportunities as men in becoming catholic church officials
False
True
9
Æthelstan was the first king of which kingdom?
Ireland
Scotia(Scotland)
Wales
England
10
As of 2022 Vietnam is still a communist nation
False
True
11
In which year did the Tianemmen Square massacre occur?
1946
1985
1948
1989
12
Who founded the Visigoth kingdom?
Romulus Augustulus
Thervingi
Theodoric the Great
Alaric l
13
New Zealand wasn't habited by anyone untill the 19th century
False
True
14
Sri Lanka became a country before the 19th century
True
False
15
Akbar the Great didn't support religious tolerance
True
False
16
Ibn Battuta traveled during which time period?
Dark ages(6th-10th century)
Middle ages(11-15th century)
Ancient time (BC)
Pre-modern(16-17th century)
17
Who created the FIRST lightbulb?
Nikola Tesla
Joseph Swan
Warren de la Rue
Thomas Edison
18
The Devshirme system was a tribute system that made christians allowed to be sold as slaves
True
False
19
As of 2022 Belarus has which type of government?
Democratic
Republic
Authoritarian
Monarchy
20
Which of the following foods came from the new world?
Oranges
Pineapple
Champa Rice
Grapes
21
Who was the greek traitor that betrayed Leonidas?
Ephialtes
Aspasia
Themistocles
Alexios I
22
In what year was the camera invented?
1823
1861
1816
1840
23
Suleimann the Great was the sultan of which gunpowder empire?
Mughal Empire
Achaemenid Empire
Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
24
Which Indian emperor founded the Mauryan dynasty
Attila the Hun
Ashoka
Akbar the Great
Chandragupta
25
Perikles of Athens is the father of democracy
True
False
26
What were Deli's and what did they do?
Ottoman heavy calvary, they protected the sultan
Ottoman light calvary, they protected high ranking Ottoman officials
Ottoman secret police
High-level Ottoman bureaucrats
27
Albert Einstein discovered gravity
False
True
28
What was the most common type of food in the 12 century?
Meat
Vegetables
Grains(bread)
Fruit
29
The Creoles were the name of the Cuban special forces during the 20th century
False
True
30
The French revolution inspired the American revolution
False
True
31
Norway became a country before England
False
True
32
Who were the two superpowers during the cold war?
United States and Britain
United States and Russian Federation
United States and Soviet Union
Russia and China
33
The Tanzimat reforms were the major reforms of which collapsing empire?
The Ostrogoths
Ottoman empire
Mughal Empire
Russia
34
Who was behind the 7/7 bomings?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Samantha Lewthwaite
Osama Bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
35
Who used the Mit'a system and what was it?
Aztecs, a system involving agriculture
Mayans, a system involving architecture
Incas, a system involving labor
36
Which part of the world did acting originate from?
Oceania(ancient Indonesia)
Europe(Greece)
Asia(China)
Africa(Egypt)
37
France had an emperor after the French revolution
True
False
38
Aten is the Egyptian god of what?
Sun
Space
Machinery
Moon
39
Where was Issac Newton born?
France
Germany
England
North America
40
Pakistan formally became a country in the 11th century as a result of crusader invasions.
False
True
41
A Spanish spy was awarded the highest medal of honor by both the British and the Nazi's
False
True
42
The Han Dynasty was around the 10th century
False
True
43
The mountainous terrain in the ancient Greek world led to the formation of numerous city-states.
True
False
44
Kublai Khan met Marco Polo
False
True
45
Which of these was a British warrior-queen?
Maria Theresa
Marie-Antoinette
Boudicca
Victoria
46
What is the shortest time that a U.S. president has been in office?
2 months
1 year
5 months
2 years
47
Paper was invented by the Chinese
False
True
48
Which Roman Emperor brought about pax romana
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Nero
Tiberius
49
Which was the last major European country to have their monarchy overthrown?
Russia
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
France
50
Napoleon conquered more than the Mongols
True
False
51
Xerxes l founded the Achaemenid Empire
False
True
52
Fascism is the exactly the same as Socialism
True
False
53
Who was the Japanese emperor during WWll?
Meiji
Hideki tojo
Hironomiya Naruhito
Yamashita
54
Grenades were invented in 1916
False
True
55
Which city held the first Olympics?
Athens
Sparta
Marathon
Corinth
56
America owned what is now the Philippines during both world wars
True
False
57
Who was Archimedes born and what was his occupation?
Rome, Architect
Athens, Architect
Corinth, Scientist
Syracuse, Mathematician
58
Which economic policies did Gorbachev implement to help stabilize the Soviet economy?
Glasnost
Perestroika and Glasnost
The Communist reform policies
Perestroika
59
Who was the 17th president?
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Pierce
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
60
The Renaissance was a revival of art,architecture,literature.
True
False
61
Catherine the great overthrew her husband to gain social media followers
True
False
62
What was the name of Hitler's right-hand man?
Joseph Goebbels
Josef Mengele
Heinrich Himmler
Otto Skorzeny
63
Albert Einstein was offered a position as the president of Israel
False
True
64
The Japanese Empire's flag is similar to which modern flag?
North Macedonia
Palau
Thailand
Albania
65
Empress Theodora was one of the first rulers to recognize the rights of women
True
False
66
France was rich after helping the American colonists win their independence
True
False
67
Which was the first country to ban smoking in public places?
Bangladesh
Finland
Sweden
Bhutan
68
Where did the sickle sword originate?
China
Kievan Rus
Achaemenid empire
Egypt
69
The Columbian Exchange had a monumental negative impact on North America.
True
False
70
When was the assembly line invented?
1913
1908
1910
1914
71
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?
Karl Marx
Wilhelm II
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
72
New technologies such as gunpower led to the rise of gunpower empires in the period 1450-1700
True
False
73
Which of the following was a cause of WWI?
Tensions between South American colonies
Alliances
Columbian Exchange
Imperialism
74
What was the name of the tribe from which Gengis Khan was from?
Xinjiang
Borjigin
Yassa
Kiyat
75
Alexios I was a king of Sparta
False
True
76
Which one of the following was an enlightenment philosopher?
John James
Zheng He
Voltaire
John Locke
77
During what century did the Ottoman empire collapse?
20th century
17th century
19th century
16th century
78
Spain was a facist nation during WWII
False
True
79
Which was the first country to industrialize?
Russia
Spain
Japan
Great Britain
80
During which war did the Medal of Honor get introduced?
Spanish-American war
WWI
American Civil War
WWII
81
Which empire did Flavius Belisarius serve?
Song Dynasty
Roman empire
Byzantine empire
Persian
82
Who was the Roman god of the justice?
Athena
Apollo
Venus
Minerva
83
Emperor Diocletian split the Roman empire into 4 parts
True
False
84
Who was behind the 9/11 bomings?
Samantha Lewthwaite
Osama Bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
Lyndon B. Johnson
85
King Alfred the Great of England beat back the viking invaders with the help of Byzantine mercenaries
True
False
86
Japan industrialized before 1900
True
False
87
Who established the Tang dynasty?
Zhao Kuanying
Ying Zheng
Liu Bang
Li Yuan
88
Which Allied air force sunk a ship of concentration camp refugees?
USA
Britain
Soviet Union
France
89
Russia won the Russo-Japanese war
True
False
90
When did Atilla the Hun die?
453
1253
1453
353
91
How many times has Paris been sacked by Vikings?
Twice
They never attacked Paris
They never made it that far
Once
92
Emperor Basil II blinded 15000 captured soldiers
False
True
93
Who was the viking that discovered North America way before Columbus?
Guthrum
Ragnar Lothbrok
Leif Eriksson
King Harald
94
Which country controlled Canada until the 19th century?
France
Britain
Spain
Portugal
95
Who created/wrote Hammurabi's code?
Hammurabi
Xiaoping
Alexander the Great
Akbar the Great
96
India became a country after WWI and before WWII
True
False
97
There were female gladiators in ancient Rome
False
True
98
Which country has directly and indirectly created the most independence days around the world?
Britain
France
Netherlands(Holland)
Spain
99
The empire of Japan officially surrendered on which US naval ship?
Lustitania
York
Louisiana
Missouri
100
In WWII there were no casualties on US soil
False
True
