History Multiple Choice Quiz 1: multiple choice (Questions only)

1. In which year is the Western Roman Empire traditionally said to have fallen?

1. A 410
2. B 455
3. C 476
4. D 493

2. Who was the first Roman emperor?

1. A Julius Caesar
2. B Augustus
3. C Tiberius
4. D Nero

3. Which treaty made peace between the Allies and Germany after the First World War?

1. A Versailles
2. B Trianon
3. C Saint-Germain
4. D Sèvres

4. Which English king sealed Magna Carta in 1215?

1. A Henry II
2. B Richard I
3. C Henry III
4. D John

5. In which year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Turks?

1. A 1389
2. B 1453
3. C 1492
4. D 1517

6. Which Chinese dynasty built most of the Great Wall as it survives today?

1. A Qin
2. B Han
3. C Tang
4. D Ming

7. Who led the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

1. A Nikita Khrushchev
2. B Joseph Stalin
3. C Leonid Brezhnev
4. D Georgy Malenkov

8. At which battle in 1805 did Napoleon defeat the armies of Austria and Russia?

1. A Jena
2. B Wagram
3. C Austerlitz
4. D Borodino

9. Which US president made the Louisiana Purchase?

1. A John Adams
2. B Thomas Jefferson
3. C James Madison
4. D James Monroe

10. In which decade did the Black Death reach Europe?

1. A 1240s
2. B 1290s
3. C 1340s
4. D 1390s

11. Who was the last tsar of Russia?

1. A Alexander II
2. B Alexander III
3. C Nicholas I
4. D Nicholas II

12. Which war was ended by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648?

1. A Thirty Years' War
2. B Hundred Years' War
3. C War of the Spanish Succession
4. D Seven Years' War

13. Who was the first Tudor monarch of England?

1. A Richard III
2. B Henry VII
3. C Henry VIII
4. D Edward IV

14. Atahualpa was the last independent ruler of which empire?

1. A Aztec
2. B Maya
3. C Inca
4. D Toltec

15. In which year was the Berlin Wall built?

1. A 1949
2. B 1953
3. C 1961
4. D 1968

16. Who was British prime minister at the outbreak of the First World War?

1. A H.H. Asquith
2. B David Lloyd George
3. C Arthur Balfour
4. D Andrew Bonar Law

17. Who was the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt?

1. A Nefertiti
2. B Hatshepsut
3. C Berenice IV
4. D Cleopatra VII

18. The Meiji Restoration of 1868 took place in which country?

1. A China
2. B Japan
3. C Korea
4. D Siam

19. Which explorer became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas, in 1513?

1. A Vasco Núñez de Balboa
2. B Hernán Cortés
3. C Francisco Pizarro
4. D Ferdinand Magellan

20. Which Carthaginian general crossed the Alps with elephants to invade Italy?

1. A Hamilcar Barca
2. B Hasdrubal
3. C Hannibal
4. D Mago