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A History of War Quiz
1.
Which treaty ended the War of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Versailles
Maastricht Treaty
2.
In what country did the Battle of Waterloo take place?
France
the Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
3.
Which of these was not a battle fought in World War II?
Anzio
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Gettysburg
4.
Which leader was overthrown by the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003?
Abdel Gamel Nasser
King Saud
Indira Gandhi
Saddam Hussein
5.
What was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier?
Forrestal
Invincible
Enterprise
Yamato
6.
The D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, took place in:
Belgium
Canada
Ireland
France
7.
Which river did George Washington’s troops cross to engage in the Battle of Trenton?
Potomac
Delaware
Hudson
Mississippi
8.
Where did the abortive 1961 invasion of Cuba take place?
Guantanamo Bay
Havana Bay
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Biscay
9.
In what year was the Battle of Hastings fought?
1066
1011
1055
1061
10.
Which of these is another name for World War I?
Great War
Yugoslav Wars
Revolution of 1917
Austro-Prussian War
11.
Where was the first Nazi concentration camp in Germany established?
Auschwitz
Dachau
Bergen-Belsen
Buchenwald
12.
Which peace treaty was signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and Germany?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Congress of Vienna
13.
What was the final battle fought during the Hundred Days of Napoleon?
Battle of Austerlitz
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of La Rothière
Battle of Acre
14.
Which battle was fought between the Zulu and the Voortrekker Boers in South Africa in 1838?
Battle of Blood River
Anglo-Zulu War
Battle of Isandlwana
Battle of Italeni
15.
Also called the Typhoon of Steel, one of the bloodiest battles fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II is better known as:
Battle of Wake Island
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Midway
16.
In which century did the Carnatic Wars take place?
20th century
15th century
18th century
17th century
17.
What is the name of the series of international treaties created for the purpose of ameliorating the effects of war on soldiers and civilians?
Treaties of Utrecht
Barrier Treaties
Geneva Conventions
Hague Conventions
18.
Who devised the first systematic method for breaking messages encrypted by the Germans during World War II?
Joan Clarke
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander
Kurt Gödel
Alan Turing
19.
Who was sworn in as the U.S. Army chief of staff on September 1, 1939, the day Germany invaded Poland?
George Marshall
Omar Bradley
Billy Mitchell
Dwight D. Eisenhower
20.
Name the military tactic used by the Germans during World war II to strike a quick and surprising blow at the enemy?
Flying wedge
Blitzkrieg
Fifth column
Siege
21.
Who conceived the surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?
Wang Jingwei
Sun Yat-sen
Araki Sadao
Yamamoto Isoroku
22.
What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union during WW II?
Operation Bagration
Operation Barbarossa
The Blitz
Normandy Invasion
23.
Which was the first battle in naval history where not a single shot was exchanged by surface ships?
Battle of the Java Sea
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Coral Sea
Nivelle Offensive
24.
In what year did the French Wars of Religion begin?
1562
1531
1548
1597
25.
What is the general term for a person who opposes bearing arms or who objects to any type of military training and service called?
A Sergeant York
Pacifist
Conscientious objector
Conscript
26.
Which battle during the Napoleonic Wars established British naval supremacy for more than 100 years?
Battle of Eylau
Battle of Copenhagen
Battle of Grand Port
Battle of Trafalgar
27.
War waged by states or their proxies through computers and computer networks is known as:
Asymmetrical warfare
Cyberwar
Just war
Proxy war
28.
Which treaty ended the Thirty Years’ War?
Treaty of San Francisco
Peace of Lodi
Treaty of Westphalia
Treaty of Constantinople
29.
The victory of the British East India Company in the Battle of Plassey, which marked the start of British rule in India, was fought in which year?
1671
1757
1526
1826
30.
The Dos de Mayo Uprising in 1808 took place in which country?
Mexico
Philippines
Portugal
Spain
31.
Which battle marked the end of Napoleon’s power in Spain?
Battle of Orthez
Battle of Vitoria
Battle of the Nive
Battle of Salamanca
32.
What was name of the Spanish fleet sent by King Philip II to invade England in 1588?
First Fleet
Royal Navy
Spanish Armada
Santissima Trinidad
33.
What was the German nighttime bombing against Britain during WW II called?
Operation Colossus
Belfast Blitz
The Blitz
Viking invasion
34.
Which of these battles was instrumental in stopping the Japanese invasion in the Pacific?
Siege of Namur
Battle of Midway
Battle of Tsushima
Battle of Wenden
35.
Which is a military tactic was fully developed by the ancient Greeks?
Laager
Phoulkon
Phalanx
Pike square
36.
What was the war fought between Pope Gregory XI and an Italian coalition headed by Florence called?
Norman Conquest
War of the Eight Saints
War of the Three Henrys
Lamian War
37.
What was the series of wars fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne called?
Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Lombard League
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Kappel Wars
38.
What was the name of the telegram sent from Germany to Mexico in 1917 that contributed to the entry of the U.S. into World War I?
Long Telegram
Zimmermann Telegram
Goring Telegram
Kruger Telegram
39.
The First War of Independence in India is also known as:
Kiel Mutiny
Sepoy Mutiny
Hermione Mutiny
Mutiny on the Bounty
40.
Which holiday commemorates the soldiers who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign?
Cinco de Mayo
Memorial Day
Veterans Day
ANZAC Day
41.
In which year did the War of Jenkins' Ear between Great Britain and Spain begin?
1699
1789
1739
1800
42.
Which was the first rebellion in Australian history?
Castle Hill Rising
Cape Grim massacre
Lambing Flat Riots
Rum Rebellion
43.
The Ottoman Empire captured Constantinople in which year?
1553
1510
1480
1453
44.
What is the name for the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group?
Succession by force
Coup d'état
Veto
Insurgency
45.
What was the name of the military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott in the American Civil War?
Sherman's March to the Sea
Kenner mission
Anaconda plan
Bleeding Kansas
46.
What were Japanese pilots who flew suicide attacks into enemy warships during WW II called?
Air cavalry
Seppuku
Kamikaze
Jigai
47.
What is the name of the conspiracy by English Roman Catholics to blow up the Parliament and King James I?
Bishops' Wars
Pilgrimage of Grace
Gunpowder Plot
Rough Wooing
48.
In which battle did Napoleon Bonaparte get the nickname “The Little Corporal”?
Battle of Lodi
Battle of Rivoli
Battle of Mondovì
Battle of Waterloo
49.
In which state did the Battle of Monmouth take place during the American Revolution?
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
50.
Which naval battle in World War II is known as “the greatest carrier battle of the war”?
Battle of Singapore
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of Arras
Battle of Borneo
51.
What is the term used for describing the first six months of World War II?
Pig War
War of the Pacific
Moro War
Phony War
52.
How many Punic Wars were fought between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian empire?
Three
Nine
Five
Seven
53.
In which year did the Seven Years' War start?
1769
1731
1756
1792
54.
Which was the largest Russian assault of World War I?
Battle of Verdun
Great Retreat
Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive
Brusilov Offensive
55.
Which general implemented the Overland Campaign during the Civil War?
William Tecumseh Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
56.
In which Belgian city was the Battle of Passchendaele fought?
Antwerp
Namur
Brussels
Ypres
57.
Which treaty ended the Russo-Turkish War in 1812?
Treaty of Bucharest
Treaty of Kars
Treaty of Trianon
Treaty of Lausanne
58.
What was the name of the revolt by Polish Jews against deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp in 1943?
Siege of Warsaw
Operation Tempest
November Uprising
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
59.
Which battle occurred at a mountain pass in Greece between the Greek forces led by the Spartan king Leonidas and the Persians led by King Xerxes I in 480 BCE?
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Artemisium
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
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