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The Treaty of Portsmouth (1905), mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, concluded which conflict?
- A. The Russo-Japanese War
- B. The Crimean War
- C. The First Sino-Japanese War
- D. The Boxer Rebellion
The 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty that divided which region into spheres of European influence?
- A. South America
- B. Southeast Asia
- C. The Middle East
- D. West Africa
The Treaties of Tilsit (1807) were famously negotiated and signed on a raft in the middle of the Neman River by which two historical figures?
- A. Napoleon Bonaparte and Tsar Alexander I
- B. George Washington and King George III
- C. Queen Victoria and Abraham Lincoln
- D. Otto von Bismarck and Napoleon III
Which treaty replaced the failed Treaty of Svres, establishing the borders of the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923?
- A. The Treaty of Lausanne
- B. The Treaty of Trianon
- C. The Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine
- D. The Treaty of San Stefano
The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), signed in 1959, uniquely reserves the entire continent of Antarctica for what primary purpose?
- A. Oil and mineral extraction
- B. Peaceful scientific research and environmental protection
- C. A massive international military base
- D. Exclusive territorial claims for the United States and Russia
Which 1987 treaty eliminated intermediate-range nuclear missiles?
- A. NPT
- B. SALT I
- C. INF Treaty
- D. START
Which treaty banned chemical weapons globally?
- A. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- B. Chemical Weapons Convention
- C. Biological Weapons Convention
- D. Geneva Protocol
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 English monarch was forced to seal the Magna Carta in 1215?
- A. King Richard the Lionheart
- B. King Henry VIII
- C. King John
- D. King Charles I
The Dayton Agreement (1995) put an end to the horrific three-and-a-half-year war in which country?
- A. Rwanda
- B. Somalia
- C. Bosnia and Herzegovina
- D. Kosovo
The famous Federalist Papers, a collection of 85 articles promoting the ratification of the US Constitution, were written under what shared pseudonym?
- A. Cato
- B. Brutus
- C. Publius
- D. Silence Dogood
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
Who chaired the drafting committee for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948?
- A. Eleanor Roosevelt
- B. Winston Churchill
- C. Mahatma Gandhi
- D. Nelson Mandela
The UN's landmark Agenda 21, adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, provides a comprehensive global blueprint for what?
- A. Sustainable development and environmental conservation
- B. The complete disarmament of all nuclear arsenals
- C. A unified global currency system
- D. The privatization of global water resources
The 1951 Refugee Convention established the fundamental legal principle of "non-refoulement". What does this principle prohibit?
- A. The recruitment of refugees into the armed forces of their host country
- B. The denial of a primary education to refugee children
- C. The restriction of refugee movement within the host nation's borders
- D. The forced return of refugees to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom
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
The historic Treaty of Tlatelolco (1967) established a nuclear-weapon-free zone in which region of the world?
- A. Antarctica
- B. The Middle East
- C. Latin America and the Caribbean
- D. Southeast Asia
The 1951 Treaty of Paris officially established which organization, seen as the very first step toward the modern European Union?
- A. The European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
- B. The Council of Europe
- C. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- D. The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
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
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

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The Treaty of Portsmouth (1905), mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, concluded which conflict?

The 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty that divided which region into spheres of European influence?

The Treaties of Tilsit (1807) were famously negotiated and signed on a raft in the middle of the Neman River by which two historical figures?

Which treaty replaced the failed Treaty of Svres, establishing the borders of the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923?

The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), signed in 1959, uniquely reserves the entire continent of Antarctica for what primary purpose?

Which 1987 treaty eliminated intermediate-range nuclear missiles?

Which treaty banned chemical weapons globally?

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

Which English monarch was forced to seal the Magna Carta in 1215?

The Dayton Agreement (1995) put an end to the horrific three-and-a-half-year war in which country?

The famous Federalist Papers, a collection of 85 articles promoting the ratification of the US Constitution, were written under what shared pseudonym?

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

Who chaired the drafting committee for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948?

The UN's landmark Agenda 21, adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, provides a comprehensive global blueprint for what?

The 1951 Refugee Convention established the fundamental legal principle of "non-refoulement". What does this principle prohibit?

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

The historic Treaty of Tlatelolco (1967) established a nuclear-weapon-free zone in which region of the world?

The 1951 Treaty of Paris officially established which organization, seen as the very first step toward the modern European Union?

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

What did the 1938 Munich Agreement disastrously permit?