Think you know about world history? Your Columbus from your Vespucci? Your Peter the Great from your Ivan the Terrible? Put your mouse where your mouth is and take our quiz to find out!
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Question 1/10
This charter – agreed to in 1215 at Runnymede, England – limited the power of the crown, protected certain individual liberties and the rights of the church, and was used by the writers of the United States Constitution as foundational source material.
The Mayflower Compact
The Olive Branch Petition
The Charter of Privileges
The Magna Carta
Question 2/10
The “taking out” of this heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1917 set off a chain of events that started World War I.
Kaiser Wilhelm
Prince Max von Baden
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Prince Max von Bialystock
Question 3/10
In the 1600s, some doctors would wear these masks while treating patients afflicted with this blackest of diseases that ravaged Europe in multiple outbreaks. The beaks were stuffed with pungent herbs to “protect” the doctor from dangerous vapors.
Bubonic Plague
Smallpox
Cholera
Typhus
Question 4/10
The center of the Incan Empire (1438-1533) was located in Cusco, which is still a city located in modern-day...
Mexico
Guatemala
Chile
Peru
Question 5/10
Discovered in 1799, this stele contained a decree by Ptolemy V written in Greek, Demotic script and previously indecipherable Egyptian hieroglyphs. It allowed archaeologists to finally crack the pictographic language of the pharaohs.
The Stela of Iddi-Sin
The Stele of Akhenaten
The Rosetta Stone
The Code of Hammurabi
Question 6/10
Ironically, this French monarch who enthusiastically supported the American Revolution, fell victim to a peasant revolt in 1789. He was beheaded in 1792.
Louis XVI
Henry IV
Charles IX
Louis CK
Question 7/10
This war (280-275 BC) – resulting in massive casualties – was fought primarily between Rome and the Greek state of Epirus and spawned a popular phrase meaning “a victory at too high a cost.”
The Ionian Revolt
The Macedonian Conflict
The Great Schism
The Pyrrhic War
Question 8/10
Between 1762 to 1796, this empress transformed Russia into one of the great European powers by building new cities, patronizing the arts, and modernizing the country, but she could never escape charges of elitism and unfair treatment of the poor.
Grand Empress Anna
Yulia the Magnificent
Catherine the Great
Grand Empress Anastasia
Question 9/10
This anti-Christian and anti-imperialist revolt occurred in China between 1899 and 1901, but was knocked out by the Eight Nation Alliance which included Japan, Russia, and the United States.
The Boxer Rebellion
The Hong Kong Uprising
The Miao Rebellion
The White Lotus Rebellion
Question 10/10
The first Prime Minister of India, this man was a tireless leader of the Indian independence movement, worked closely with Mahatma Gandhi, helped created a secular government and still found time to inspire a 60s fashion trend with a jacket named after him.
