The Ultimate World History Quiz
The Ultimate World History Quiz
Test your knowledge of world history with our comprehensive quiz that covers a wide range of topics, from ancient civilizations to modern events.
Join now to challenge yourself and learn something new!
- 18 engaging questions
- Covers major historical events
- Great for history enthusiasts!
The ________ Age was marked by the use of some rough stone tools along with hunter/gatherer lifestyles.
Prehistoric
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Bronze
The Defenestration of Prague of 1618, famous for preceding the Thirty Years War, occurred when ...
Napoleon conquered Czech Slovakia in three days.
A Hussite mob threw a judge and 14 others to their deaths from the Town Hall.
Two Catholics survived being thrown from a 70 foot tower by Protestants.
Michael Romanov I and Ferdinand III met in Prague to divide their conquests in Eastern Europe.
The two major Confederate offensives into Union territory during the U.S. Civil War ended at the battles of ______ and Gettysburg.
Bull Run (Manassas)
Antietam (Sharpsburg)
Spotsylvania
Shiloh
This Chinese monk traveled west to meet with Europe's monarchs and even the pope in the late 13th century and is considered the "Reverse Marco Polo"
Rabban Bar Sauma
Wang Lung
Kublai Khan
Siddhartha Gautama
This Patron Saint of France was burned at the stake by the English after leading the French to victories at Orleans and Patay.
Charlemagne (Charles I)
John Calvin
Maximilien Robespierre
Joan of Arc
This Portuguese Explorer who didn't quite circumnavigate the globe was killed in a small battle against natives in the Phillipines, after which his crew completed the full trip around the world.
Vasco de Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry the Navigator
Amerigo Vespucci
The Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson was killed in battle, supposedly taking an arrow to the eye in this battle.
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Badon Hill
Battle of Tours (Poitiers)
This English monarch was named "Defender of the Faith" by Pope Leo X, in recognition of his Catholic pamphlet: “Declaration of the Seven Sacraments Against Martin Luther”.
Henry VIII
Oliver Cromwell
James I
Elizabeth I
This company which held quasi-governmental power as well as its own military, was also the first company to issue stock.
The South Sea Company
The Mississippi Company
British East India Company
The Dutch East India Company
This cowboy famous for his many shootouts was killed while playing poker in Deadwood, Dakota Territory.
Doc Holliday
Wyatt Earp
"Wild Bill" Hickock
"Billy the Kid" Henry McCarty
This famous ninja associated with the Iga Clan is crediting with saving the life of Tokugawa Leyasu, as well as bringing together the rivial ninja clans of the Koga and the Iga
Uesugi Kenshin
Takeda Shingen
Hattori Hanzo
Oda Nabunaga
Rome took control of Greece after defeating the Greeks at the battle of _____ in 146 BC.
Corinth
Thermopylae
Marathon
Troy
The only country in Africa to successfully defend itself from a European colonization attempt during the Age of Imperialism was _____.
Rwanda
Congo
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Alexander the Great had studied under the philosopher _____ before taking over his father's rule.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Pythagoras
What was interesting about the Battle of new Orleans fought during the War of 1812?
It was fought after the Treaty of Ghent had ended the war
It was Andrew Jackson's only major defeat during the war
The United States achieved a strategic victory despite taking three times as many casualties as the British
The battle showed the world that Great Britain no longer had the world's strongest Navy
The Indian Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya Dynasty was famous for...
Successfully invading China, thus influencing the construction of the Great Wall of China
Erecting numerous Buddhist monuments around his empire, helping to spread the religion
Repelling Alexander the Great's invasion into the Indian sub-continent
Sponsoring voyages that led to the discovery of the island of Sri Lanka
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