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The HayBunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 granted the United States the rights to build and indefinitely administer what major infrastructure project?
- A. The Panama Canal
- B. The Transcontinental Railroad
- C. The Hoover Dam
- D. The Suez Canal
The 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki ended the First Sino-Japanese War and forced China to cede control of which major island to Japan?
- A. Taiwan
- B. Hainan
- C. Luzon
- D. Okinawa
The 1985 Schengen Agreement fundamentally changed European travel by implementing what policy?
- A. The mandatory use of a single currency for all tourism
- B. The establishment of strict visa requirements for all internal travel
- C. The gradual abolition of internal border checks between participating countries
- D. The construction of physical walls between all EU member states
Which 1975 agreement recognized post-WWII European borders?
- A. Potsdam Agreement
- B. Helsinki Accords
- C. Yalta Agreement
- D. London Charter
Which highly influential document, adopted on July 4, 1776, announced that the Thirteen American Colonies were no longer subject to the British monarch?
- A. The Declaration of Independence
- B. The Constitution of the United States
- C. The Articles of Confederation
- D. The Emancipation Proclamation
In 1204, the "Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae" was a treaty signed by Crusaders to partition which massive empire?
- A. The Holy Roman Empire
- B. The Byzantine Empire
- C. The Ottoman Empire
- D. The Mongol Empire
What did the 1938 Munich Agreement disastrously permit?
- A. The Soviet annexation of Poland
- B. The German annexation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia
- C. The Italian invasion of Ethiopia
- D. The Japanese occupation of Manchuria
The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is most famous for codifying which crucial concept of international relations?
- A. The absolute ban on espionage
- B. The establishment of open borders for all citizens
- C. The abolition of all import tariffs for diplomatic goods
- D. The principles of diplomatic immunity
The Peace of Westphalia (1648) is widely credited by political scientists with establishing what foundational concept?
- A. The creation of the United Nations
- B. The modern international system of sovereign states
- C. The universal abolition of the slave trade
- D. The establishment of international copyright law
The historic Edict of Nantes (1598) granted substantial civil rights to which religious minority in France?
- A. Jews
- B. Orthodox Christians
- C. Calvinist Protestants (Huguenots)
- D. Muslims
Which international treaty banned landmines?
- A. Chemical Weapons Convention
- B. Ottawa Treaty
- C. NPT
- D. Geneva Convention
In 1917, the Zimmermann Telegram famously proposed a military alliance between Germany and which country against the United States?
- A. Japan
- B. Mexico
- C. Canada
- D. Spain
The New START Treaty, signed in 2010 in Prague, was a major arms reduction agreement between which two nations?
- A. China and Japan
- B. India and Pakistan
- C. North Korea and South Korea
- D. The United States and the Russian Federation
The Treaty of Ghent (1814) officially ended which conflict?
- A. The American Revolutionary War
- B. The War of 1812
- C. The Spanish-American War
- D. The American Civil War
The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially concluded the Mexican-American War. What major territorial change resulted from it?
- A. The United States ceded the Oregon Territory to Mexico
- B. Mexico absorbed the Republic of Texas
- C. The United States returned control of Florida to Spain
- D. Mexico ceded over half of its national territory to the United States
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed in 2015, placed significan't restrictions on the nuclear program of which country?
- A. North Korea
- B. Pakistan
- C. Iran
- D. India
Which document, written in 1215, established the principle of habeas corpus in English law?
- A. The Magna Carta
- B. The Petition of Right
- C. The English Bill of Rights
- D. The Act of Settlement
What major global conflict did the Treaty of Versailles officially end?
- A. World War I
- B. The Franco-Prussian War
- C. The Thirty Years' War
- D. World War II
Which 1987 treaty eliminated intermediate-range nuclear missiles?
- A. NPT
- B. SALT I
- C. INF Treaty
- D. START
What did the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution explicitly guarantee when it was ratified in 1868?
- A. The right to vote for women
- B. Citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the US
- C. The absolute prohibition of alcohol sales
- D. The direct election of US Senators

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The HayBunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 granted the United States the rights to build and indefinitely administer what major infrastructure project?

The 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki ended the First Sino-Japanese War and forced China to cede control of which major island to Japan?

The 1985 Schengen Agreement fundamentally changed European travel by implementing what policy?

Which 1975 agreement recognized post-WWII European borders?

Which highly influential document, adopted on July 4, 1776, announced that the Thirteen American Colonies were no longer subject to the British monarch?

In 1204, the "Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae" was a treaty signed by Crusaders to partition which massive empire?

What did the 1938 Munich Agreement disastrously permit?

The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is most famous for codifying which crucial concept of international relations?

The Peace of Westphalia (1648) is widely credited by political scientists with establishing what foundational concept?

The historic Edict of Nantes (1598) granted substantial civil rights to which religious minority in France?

Which international treaty banned landmines?

In 1917, the Zimmermann Telegram famously proposed a military alliance between Germany and which country against the United States?

The New START Treaty, signed in 2010 in Prague, was a major arms reduction agreement between which two nations?

The Treaty of Ghent (1814) officially ended which conflict?

The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially concluded the Mexican-American War. What major territorial change resulted from it?

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed in 2015, placed significan't restrictions on the nuclear program of which country?

Which document, written in 1215, established the principle of habeas corpus in English law?

What major global conflict did the Treaty of Versailles officially end?

Which 1987 treaty eliminated intermediate-range nuclear missiles?

What did the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution explicitly guarantee when it was ratified in 1868?