Wars and Turning Points

History · 10 questions

The moments that redrew maps and changed the course of nations.

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1. In which year did World War I begin?

   1. 1914
   2. 1912
   3. 1916
   4. 1918
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   A) 1914

2. Which battle in 1066 led to the Norman conquest of England?

   1. Battle of Agincourt
   2. Battle of Hastings
   3. Battle of Bosworth
   4. Battle of Crécy
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   B) Battle of Hastings

3. Which treaty ended World War I with Germany in 1919?

   1. Treaty of Paris
   2. Treaty of Tordesillas
   3. Treaty of Versailles
   4. Treaty of Westphalia
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   C) Treaty of Versailles

4. Which battle of 1815 ended Napoleon's rule as emperor?

   1. Trafalgar
   2. Austerlitz
   3. Borodino
   4. Waterloo
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   D) Waterloo

5. Which city was divided into four occupation zones after World War II?

   1. Vienna
   2. Berlin
   3. Warsaw
   4. Budapest
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   B) Berlin

6. The American Revolution started with the fighting at which pair of towns in 1775?

   1. Boston and Salem
   2. Yorktown and Trenton
   3. Lexington and Concord
   4. Saratoga and Valley Forge
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   C) Lexington and Concord

7. Which war was fought between the North and South of the United States from 1861 to 1865?

   1. American Civil War
   2. Seven Years' War
   3. War of 1812
   4. Mexican-American War
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   A) American Civil War

8. Who led the Soviet Union during World War II?

   1. Vladimir Lenin
   2. Leon Trotsky
   3. Nikita Khrushchev
   4. Joseph Stalin
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   D) Joseph Stalin

9. The Hundred Years' War lasted exactly 100 years.

   1. True
   2. False
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   B) False

10. World War II ended in 1945.

    1. True
    2. False
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    A) True