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Modern World History Quiz
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A 20 question modern world history quiz
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1
Which German leader officially surrendered from World War II in 1945?
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Alfred Jodl
Adolf Hitler
2
On what date did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur?
December 7th, 1941
March 23rd, 1972
January 17th, 1986
September 18th, 1947
3
Which major food chain opened their first store in 1955?
Subway
Burger King
McDonald's
Wendy's
4
Which country was not part of the Central Powers in World War 1?
Germany
Soviet Union
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
5
What was the name of Joseph Stalin's systematic murdering of millions in the Soviet Union?
The Five Year Plan
The Purge
The Holocaust
The Great Purge
6
Which country was the first to abolish slavery?
United States
Cuba
Brazil
Britain
7
What was the name of the dictator of China?
Xi Jinping
Yang Shangkun
Sun Yat-Sen
Mao Zedong
8
What type of government did Fidel Castro create in Cuba?
Capitalist
Communist
Democratic
Monarchy
9
Which of these events occurred first?
Creation of Israel
Japanese invasion of China
The Cold War
Iranian Revolution
10
When was the first computer, ENIAC, first invented?
1947
1948
1946
1945
11
In what year did Ghana gain independence from the British?
1987
19975
1978
1957
12
Which of these conflicts is an example of a proxy war?
Seven Year's War
World War 1
Chinese Civil War
Battle of Tours
13
Who became the British Prime Minister in 1937?
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
14
Which president was in charge of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba?
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
15
What was the process used by Gandhi to strive towards independence?
Civil Disobedience
Treason
Violence
Rioting
16
"Appeasement" was the policy followed by the British to avoid...
Another war
Being viewed as aggressive
Fall of Britain
Economic destruction
17
Which world power did not meet at Versailles to sign the Treaty of Versailles?
Cuba
Austria
Czechoslovakia
United States
18
In what year did the Soviet Union collapse into Russia?
1991
1993
1992
1990
19
What was the name of the man who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr.
Gavrilo Princip
Samuel Morse
Kaiser Willhelm
20
In what year did Germany surrender from World War II?
1948
1947
1956
1945