History Quiz: Personalities, Facts, and Events
Free online printable quiz with multiple-choice questions (MCQ) without registration.
History is a lantern to the future that shines to us from the past. World history is full of great conquests and discoveries, victories and defeats, light and dark pages. The role of individuals in these events is of great importance.
The History Quiz: Personalities, Facts, and Events consists of 20 trivia questions with answers to assess your knowledge. Shall we begin?
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1. What historical event is Simón Bolívar's name associated with?
The liberation movement in South America.
2. Which ancient city was ruled by King Hammurabi?
Babylon
3. Who colonized the Americas in 1607-1775?
The English
4. Which French king was nicknamed the Sun King?
Louis XIV.
5. In which century did Genghis Khan create the Great Mongol State?
XIII
6. What event in history was called the Paris Commune?
The revolutionary government of Paris in 1871
7. Who is the author of Commentarii de Bello Gallico?
Gaius Julius Caesar.
8. Which significant event occurred on October 24, 1945?
Creation of the United Nations
9. During the reign of which Russian emperor was the Holy Alliance (union of Russia, Prussia, and Austria) formed?
Alexander I
10. To which order did Grand Master Jacques de Molay belong?
Templars.
11. Which Native American tribe belonged to Montezuma I? The Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes conquered the land of this tribe.
Aztecs
12. What is the name of the famous work that made the 16th-century humanist Thomas More famous?
Utopia
13. Which political leader raised the Fall Harvest Rebellion in 1927?
Mao Zedong
14. Which country's ruler was King Charles XII? Most historians recognize him as an excellent general, but an unsuccessful statesman.
Sweden
15. In which country did the event that signaled the beginning of World War I take place?
Bosnia
16. From what date does the history of Great Britain begin? On this day England and Scotland merged to form one state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.
May 1, 1707
17. Who was the author of the doctrine of the infinity of the universe?
Giordano Bruno
18. What is the name of the era in European cultural history that came after the Middle Ages and preceded the Enlightenment and the New Age?
Renaissance
19. In what modern state did the ancient country of Sumer exist?
Iraq
20. What was the name of Willem Jansson's ship that came ashore on the Australian Cape York Peninsula in 1606 while exploring the Gulf of Carpentaria?
Duyfken
