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1. Who was the first female ruler of ancient Egypt?
A. Cleopatra
B. Nefertiti
C. Hatshepsut
D. Ramses II
2. Who was the first person to circumnavigate the Earth?
A. Ferdinand Magellan
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Vasco da Gama
D. Marco Polo
3. Which U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A. George Washington
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Franklin D. Roosevelt
4. Who discovered the theory of general relativity?
A. Isaac Newton
B. Albert Einstein
C. Galileo Galilei
D. Stephen Hawking
5. The United States entered World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
True
False
6. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered the start of World War I.
True
False
7. The Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and the Romans.
True
False
8. The Cold War ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
True
False
9. Which country was NOT a part of the Axis Powers in World War II?
A. Germany
B. Italy
C. Japan
D. United Kingdom
10. Who was the first man to step on the moon?
A. Buzz Aldrin
B. Neil Armstrong
C. Michael Collins
D. Yuri Gagarin
11. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
A. Michelangelo
B. Raphael
C. Leonardo da Vinci
D. Donatello
12. What is the capital of France?
A. Paris
B. Berlin
C. Madrid
D. Rome
13. The Berlin Wall fell in the year _______.
14. The Russian Revolution occurred in _______.
15. The Great Depression started in the year _______.
16. The Treaty of Versailles was signed in _______.
17. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with the _______ Sea.
18. The Roman Empire was divided into Eastern and Western Empires in the year _______.
19. World War I began in the year _______.
20. The Industrial Revolution began in the _______ century.