Which two cities were targeted by atomic bombs during World War II?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Osaka
Berlin and Dresden
London and Coventry
Correct Answer :
A. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Which country was partitioned into East and West after World War II and reunited in 1990?
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
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World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Cold War
The Renaissance originated in which Italian city?
Florence
Venice
Rome
Milan
Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vo Nguyen Giap
Le Duan
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Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Nikita Khrushchev
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Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Africa
The Peloponnesian War was fought between:
Athens and Sparta
Greece and Persia
Rome and Carthage
Macedonia and Persia
The Industrial Revolution began in which country?
England
France
Germany
United States
The American Revolution began with the event known as:
Lexington and Concord
Boston Tea Party
Declaration of Independence
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Rwandan Patriotic Front, led by Paul Kagame, played a key role in ending the Rwandan Genocide. What position does Paul Kagame hold today?
President of Rwanda
Prime Minister of Rwanda
Secretary-General of the United Nations
President of the African Union
The Nuremberg Trials were held after World War II to prosecute leaders of which country?
Germany
Japan
Italy
Soviet Union
Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990 and later became the President of which country?
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Kenya
Who led the Haitian Revolution, resulting in the establishment of the first independent black-led nation in the Americas?
Toussaint Louverture
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Jos� de San Mart�n
Who was the first President of independent India?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Rajendra Prasad
Sardar Patel
The Great Depression, which began in the late 1920s, had its origins in which country?
United States
Germany
Soviet Union
Japan
The Balfour Declaration of 1917 expressed support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in which region?
Palestine
India
Cyprus
Egypt
The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, was a significant document in the development of:
Constitutional monarchy
Absolute monarchy
Democracy
Feudalism
Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vo Nguyen Giap
Le Duan
The Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 established British sovereignty over which country?
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
South Africa
The Arab Spring, a series of protests and uprisings in various Arab countries, began in which year?
2010
2011
2009
2012
Who wrote The Republic, an influential work on political philosophy?
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
Herodotus
Which event is considered the immediate cause of World War I?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Invasion of Poland
Treaty of Versailles
Bolshevik Revolution
The Protestant Reformation was initiated by:
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Henry VIII
Ignatius of Loyola
Who were the leaders of the Big Three Allied powers during World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Joseph Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin
The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of which earlier empire?
Roman Empire
Persian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Macedonian Empire
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia
Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria
Albania, Macedonia, and Montenegro
Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine
The 2011 Arab Spring protests led to the ousting of long-standing leaders in several Middle Eastern and North African countries. Which leader of Libya was overthrown and subsequently killed?
Muammar Gaddafi
Hosni Mubarak
Bashar al-Assad
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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To promote international cooperation and prevent future conflicts
To establish a global currency
To enforce colonial rule in Africa and Asia
To create a single world government
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The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The formal surrender of Japan aboard the USS Missouri
The Battle of Okinawa
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The Dayton Agreement in 1995 helped bring an end to the conflict in which country?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo
Croatia
Montenegro