• 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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