Treaties and Turning Points of Diplomacy

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Ten multiple-choice questions on the dates and scope of specific treaties.

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1. Which 1648 peace settlement brought the Thirty Years' War to an end?

   1. Treaties of Utrecht (1713)
   2. Peace of Westphalia (1648)
   3. Treaty of Versailles (1919)
   4. Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
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   B) Peace of Westphalia (1648)

2. Which 1713 treaties ended the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped Europe's territorial order?

   1. Treaties of Utrecht (1713)
   2. Maastricht Treaty (1992)
   3. Treaty of Nanking (1842)
   4. Treaty of Berlin (1878)
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   A) Treaties of Utrecht (1713)

3. Which 1494 treaty set a dividing line for Spanish and Portuguese claims to overseas territories?

   1. Treaty of Versailles (1919)
   2. Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
   3. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
   4. Peace of Westphalia (1648)
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   B) Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

4. Which 1842 treaty ended the First Opium War and provided for Britain to receive Hong Kong?

   1. Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902)
   2. Treaty of Berlin (1878)
   3. Treaty of Nanking (1842)
   4. Treaties of Utrecht (1713)
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   C) Treaty of Nanking (1842)

5. Which 1848 treaty ended the Mexican–American War and established the border between the two countries?

   1. Treaty of Nanking (1842)
   2. Treaty of Versailles (1919)
   3. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
   4. Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
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   C) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)

6. Which 1878 treaty revised the terms of San Stefano and reconsidered the settlement in the Balkans?

   1. Treaty of Berlin (1878)
   2. Treaties of Utrecht (1713)
   3. Treaty of San Stefano (1878)
   4. Treaty of Versailles (1919)
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   A) Treaty of Berlin (1878)

7. Which 1919 treaty set the terms of the peace made with Germany?

   1. Maastricht Treaty (1992)
   2. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
   3. Peace of Westphalia (1648)
   4. Treaty of Versailles (1919)
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   D) Treaty of Versailles (1919)

8. Which 1978 accords established a framework for the Egypt–Israel peace process?

   1. Treaty of Nanking (1842)
   2. Treaty of Berlin (1878)
   3. Camp David Accords (1978)
   4. Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902)
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   C) Camp David Accords (1978)

9. Which treaty, signed in 1992, established the basis for the European Union and deepened European integration?

   1. Treaties of Utrecht (1713)
   2. Camp David Accords (1978)
   3. Treaty of Versailles (1919)
   4. Maastricht Treaty (1992)
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   D) Maastricht Treaty (1992)

10. Which 1902 alliance formalized shared security interests between Britain and Japan in East Asia?

    1. Treaty of Berlin (1878)
    2. Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902)
    3. Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
    4. Maastricht Treaty (1992)
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    B) Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902)