Wars & Battles Quiz

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20 questions · 30 min timer · Results at the end

Wars and battles have profoundly shaped the course of human history, influencing the rise and fall of civilizations, the creation of nations, technological innovation, political sy...

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All 20 questions in this Wars & Battles quiz
  1. Which war ended in 1945?

    • A. WWII
    • B. Vietnam War
    • C. Cold War
    • D. WWI
  2. Which war was fought over the succession to the Spanish throne?

    • A. Thirty Years' War
    • B. Seven Years' War
    • C. War of the Spanish Succession
    • D. Napoleonic Wars
  3. Which treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War?

    • A. Treaty of Ghent
    • B. Treaty of London
    • C. Treaty of Paris
    • D. Treaty of Versailles
  4. Which war was fought between the North and South of the USA?

    • A. Civil War
    • B. War of 1812
    • C. Mexican War
    • D. Revolutionary War
  5. Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Civil War?

    • A. Bull Run
    • B. Gettysburg
    • C. Antietam
    • D. Shiloh
  6. Who was the British Prime Minister during most of World War II?

    • A. Anthony Eden
    • B. Winston Churchill
    • C. Neville Chamberlain
    • D. Clement Attlee
  7. Which treaty ended WWI?

    • A. Vienna
    • B. Paris
    • C. Versailles
    • D. Geneva
  8. The Vietnam War ended in which year?

    • A. 1985
    • B. 1975
    • C. 1980
    • D. 1970
  9. Which leader signed the Treaty of Versailles on behalf of Germany in 1919?

    • A. Hermann Mller
    • B. Friedrich Ebert
    • C. Kaiser Wilhelm II
    • D. Paul von Hindenburg
  10. The 'Zimmermann Telegram' helped draw which country into WWI?

    • A. Japan
    • B. USA
    • C. Italy
    • D. Russia
  11. Who was the British general defeated at the Battle of Yorktown?

    • A. Cornwallis
    • B. Howe
    • C. Burgoyne
    • D. Clinton
  12. The 'Space Race' was a competition between which two countries?

    • A. USA and China
    • B. UK and Germany
    • C. USA and USSR
    • D. Russia and China
  13. The 'Treaty of Ghent' ended which war?

    • A. Civil War
    • B. WWI
    • C. War of 1812
    • D. Revolutionary War
  14. Which empire fought Peloponnesian War?

    • A. Roman
    • B. Greek
    • C. Persian
    • D. Macedonian
  15. The 'League of Nations' was established after which war?

    • A. Korean War
    • B. WWII
    • C. Napoleonic Wars
    • D. WWI
  16. The 'Battle of Gettysburg' was a turning point in which war?

    • A. Revolutionary War
    • B. War of 1812
    • C. WWI
    • D. American Civil War
  17. Which war was fought over the 'right of search' on the high seas?

    • A. WWI
    • B. Napoleonic Wars
    • C. War of 1812
    • D. Crimean War
  18. Which French Emperor was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo?

    • A. Louis Napoleon
    • B. Louis XVI
    • C. Charles X
    • D. Napoleon Bonaparte
  19. Which city-state won the Peloponnesian War?

    • A. Sparta
    • B. Corinth
    • C. Thebes
    • D. Athens
  20. The 'Hundred Years' War' was fought between which two countries?

    • A. Germany and Austria
    • B. England and France
    • C. Spain and Portugal
    • D. Italy and Greece